Allison, Noah, and host of TLV1’s The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

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Yair in the Middle Prime Minister candidate Yair Lapid argues that centrism is the new black with a middle-of-the-road, moderation-in-all-things centrist manifesto.

Psychiatric Chic Two weird-ass initiatives aim to de-stigmatize mental illness, but probably say more about our anxieties about it than about our open-mindedness towards it.

Women of Influence What does the Forbes list of the fifty most influential Israeli women say about the state of gender, sex, and sexism in 2017?

Music: All songs by Yishai Ribo ‘Im Nin’alu Kol Dodi Ha-Nisayon Ha-Zeh Gam Ki-Elekh