The "Another Year Gone" Edition

Allison, Don, and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance, and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. To hell with what folks think about Israel! This year, perhaps more than ever before in history, our government seems to be saying a big "FUCK YOU" to the world. We just don’t care what you think about us. Obama? Screw you! Hollande? Up yours! Merkel? Take a hike! But why? Why? Why? The beginning of the end of the Rabbinate Blatant rebellion against Israel's Chief Rabbinate broke out this year after a group of rabbis established an alternative, “friendlier” conversion court. Everyone expected the Orthodox hegemony to get even stronger, but are the rabbis losing their grip? Dazed, confused, drunk, and depressed Israeli leftists spent this year mad, muttering, and morbidly depressed. This was the year that so many of us on the left lost our nerve, our mojo, our hope - even though now is when we need them the most: What the hell can we do to get them back?   Songs for a happy, indie Rosh Hashanah! Devek – Shir TishreiEfrat Ben-Tzur – Shnei TapuhimRona Keinan – Sof Ha-OnaYermi Kaplan – Ruach Stav