Allison Kaplan Sommer, Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron 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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—The Torch Has Been Passed—

Yair Lapid, once a weight-lifting, party-going, celebrity hunk, is sworn in as Israel’s 14th Prime Minister. What a long strange trip it’s been.

—There Will Be Blood—

Why is menstruation trending in Israel?

—Dealing With Jewish Thugs—

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Haredi thugs break up a Bat Mitzvah and two Bar Mitzvah’s at the Wall in the most awful way. How do we cope with a thing like that?

All this and Amir Lev!