Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron and linguist, Jewish scholar and environmental activist Jeremy Benstein discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

Listen to the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon

—Left and Gone—

Is there something about the way we see the world that drives Israel's leftists away from the country?

—The Hills Are Alive With the Sounds of Lawsuits—

Animals and plants are people, too, right?

—Talented-Talk-of-the-Town-TikTok-Talmudist Miriam Anzovin—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion, we discuss how the talented-talk-of-the-town-TikTok-Talmudist Miriam Anzovin is vexing and delighting folks in Israel.

All this and the lovely music of Or Edry, to celebrate her lovely, new record, 20 Tza'adim!