Noah Efron and journalist-extraordinaire Linda Gradstein discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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—Can’t Spell “Minister Ben Gvir” Without “Bite Me”—

Minister Ben Gvir?!?

—This Time, It’s Personal—

Anything wrong with tidying up a ‘Basic Law’ so Aryeh Deri can become a minister just four years after admitting to tax evasion?

—Good Wine Can’t Possibly Be Bad for Me!—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: With such good Israeli wine, why ever get sober?

All that and a remembrance of Amnon De Hartog, plus Tom Schneid, the “first queer rapper” since the Torah was given at Sinai!