This was a wonderful conversation! Yael is 100% right about how extraordinarily comfortable we Americans are.
And yes, I think we in the West have a very hard time believing that anyone is capable of the barbarity exhibited by Hamas. I certainly did. Until Oct 7, what I saw was two sides making impossibly cruel claims about each other. On Oct 7, I realized that, in fact, one side really was capable of what they were accused of. A lot fell into place because of that.
This was a great episode, very cathartic conversation. I was, at several points, unironically fist-pumping the air because of how refreshing it was to hear other people saying the things that I’ve been thinking. I have become so disillusioned with my generation. At this point, the non-Jews that I most trust people several decades older than me. They were the ones who actually made the effort to check up on me after the October 7 attack and who actually get that Hamas are terrible people doing terrible things.
What has become especially apparent is that a lot of young people just don’t grasp the realities of war. I think I must’ve overestimated my generation’s understanding of what war is. People die in every war. Usually in pretty large numbers. Non-combatants and combatants (whose deaths are also extremely sad, especially in cases where literally every person of a certain age is drafted) alike. That’s why it’s generally reckless to invade other countries during peacetime and go on hideous murderous rampages and why countries run by reasonably sane people tend to avoid doing that. I feel bad for non-Hamasniks who get caught up in the violence, but I feel like the other side are not doing enough to condemn the people and ideology that actually launched the war in the first place and who are continuing to perpetuate the war by not surrendering and releasing all hostages. And perhaps a lot more young people need history books and dictionaries, because war and genocide are quite different concepts.
Keep up the great work. I love you two and Moynihan.
Is Moynihan’s pilot connected with Bari Weiss’ Netflix deal??? Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?
Re Joe Lieberman: I was in ninth grade during the 2000 election, and his daughter, who went to my school, was in seventh. A mysterious new student appeared in the high school who clearly did not fit in in our Orthodox Jewish school. I don’t remember what I thought of him at the time, but a friend pointed out years later that he was clearly a secret service agent doing the Steve-Buscemi-on-30-Rock thing. Then Gore lost and I guess he switched schools.
Love when Moniyhan is on. Such a good conversation! Who was that comedian Yael recommended watching (with a Netflix special? Indian?). If anyone can save me from fast forwarding thru the episode!
She also shows (hilariously) cooking recipes on youtube. No patience with anyone (you Americans!) who wants to know measurements for quantities of ingredients
This was a wonderful conversation! Yael is 100% right about how extraordinarily comfortable we Americans are.
And yes, I think we in the West have a very hard time believing that anyone is capable of the barbarity exhibited by Hamas. I certainly did. Until Oct 7, what I saw was two sides making impossibly cruel claims about each other. On Oct 7, I realized that, in fact, one side really was capable of what they were accused of. A lot fell into place because of that.
This was a great episode, very cathartic conversation. I was, at several points, unironically fist-pumping the air because of how refreshing it was to hear other people saying the things that I’ve been thinking. I have become so disillusioned with my generation. At this point, the non-Jews that I most trust people several decades older than me. They were the ones who actually made the effort to check up on me after the October 7 attack and who actually get that Hamas are terrible people doing terrible things.
What has become especially apparent is that a lot of young people just don’t grasp the realities of war. I think I must’ve overestimated my generation’s understanding of what war is. People die in every war. Usually in pretty large numbers. Non-combatants and combatants (whose deaths are also extremely sad, especially in cases where literally every person of a certain age is drafted) alike. That’s why it’s generally reckless to invade other countries during peacetime and go on hideous murderous rampages and why countries run by reasonably sane people tend to avoid doing that. I feel bad for non-Hamasniks who get caught up in the violence, but I feel like the other side are not doing enough to condemn the people and ideology that actually launched the war in the first place and who are continuing to perpetuate the war by not surrendering and releasing all hostages. And perhaps a lot more young people need history books and dictionaries, because war and genocide are quite different concepts.
Keep up the great work. I love you two and Moynihan.
Is Moynihan’s pilot connected with Bari Weiss’ Netflix deal??? Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?
Re Joe Lieberman: I was in ninth grade during the 2000 election, and his daughter, who went to my school, was in seventh. A mysterious new student appeared in the high school who clearly did not fit in in our Orthodox Jewish school. I don’t remember what I thought of him at the time, but a friend pointed out years later that he was clearly a secret service agent doing the Steve-Buscemi-on-30-Rock thing. Then Gore lost and I guess he switched schools.
CL grilling MM on the west bank chef's kiss!
I could 100% see him in Hebron 🤣
This is exactly what I needed.
Here's Moynihan's Reason article on Tucker Carlson. https://reason.com/2009/03/18/he-insists-their-real-news-is/
Glenn Greenwald wrote an absolute tearjerker of a piece detailing his late husband’s battle with sepsis. It’s well worth a read.
https://open.substack.com/pub/greenwald/p/update-on-david-mirandas-health-and
https://youtu.be/FwrMNu-VQh8?feature=shared
Zarna Garg maybe?
That's the one!
Love when Moniyhan is on. Such a good conversation! Who was that comedian Yael recommended watching (with a Netflix special? Indian?). If anyone can save me from fast forwarding thru the episode!
Zarna Garg on Amazon!
Zarna Garg was just on stage at the ADL conference and she KILLED!!! She's amazing.
She also shows (hilariously) cooking recipes on youtube. No patience with anyone (you Americans!) who wants to know measurements for quantities of ingredients
Thank you!
Is the Don Rickles recording really on Spotify? I couldn’t find it
This may be it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9pSG1FM-I4