For this Yom Kippur, we return to stuff that gave us solace and understanding in the past.

Linda Gradstein, Don Futterman and Noah Efron talk about (1) The very viral essay by Yossi Klein Halevi, pressing Israelis to finally engage in the moral conversation that we have, until now, avoided, and (2) The new 5785 Jewish People Policy Institute’s Annual Assessment of the Jewish People, basically a report card for the Jewish people, and why our grades are so lousy, and what we ought to do about it.

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: How did we welcome the New Year, in this seemingly, endless groundhog day of despair?

Plus, the short, beautiful life of Eran Shelem, of Blessed Memory, and weddings, cruises and prayers for the New Year!

Linda and Noah talk about (1) Israel’s newest invasion of Gaza City, and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s chillingly Strangelovian gird-your-loins speech ahead of the invasion, about how Israelis need to learn to be “Super Spartans”, and (2) The fifth year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, and what they have meant in the past and may mean in the future.

For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Why did Charlie Kirk’s assassination mean so much to so many of us here in Israel?

Plus, the 70th anniversary of the founding of Dimona, and ultra-Orthodox women on a bus!