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Close Read

Ben Greenberg

Close Read reads political questions through two disciplines: a rabbi's training in interpreting contested texts and arguing in good faith, and a technologist's eye for incentives and second-order effects, from an American and Israeli vantage. Each show takes one question and reads the primary sources closely, quoting them in their own words with every source linked. The first show, Israel Elections 2026, goes through what every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election has published, one party per episode. By Ben Greenberg.

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43 épisodes

  1. Who pays for cheaper prices? Israel's parties on the cost of living, side by side 9:54
  2. Who checks whom? Israel's major parties on the courts, side by side 10:32
  3. Gaza after Hamas, and a Palestinian state: the major parties side by side 12:25
  4. "Everyone should serve": what Israel's parties mean by it on the Haredi draft 12:45
  5. Who should investigate October 7? The major parties side by side 9:19
  6. Noam L'Yisrael: what they've published 7:58
  7. United Torah Judaism: what they've published 7:17
  8. HaKahal: what they've published 11:43
  9. The Joint List: what they've published 10:25
  10. Tekuma: what they've published 7:12
  11. Tzomet Beit Israel: what they've published 15:18
  12. Achi Movement: what they've published 7:14
  13. Religious Zionism-Zehut: what they've published 15:13
  14. Blue and White: what they've published 13:39
  15. Likud: what they've published 10:40
  16. Black Color (Tzeva Shachor): what they've published 4:25
  17. Personal Security: what they've published 3:42
  18. Orot HaShachar (Lights of Dawn): what they've published 10:02
  19. Betach (Social Security): what they've published 6:41
  20. The Biblical Bloc: what they've published 6:37
  21. Tikun, the electoral reform list: what they've published 7:14
  22. Brit Olam: what they've published 4:24
  23. Me and You: what they've published 9:15
  24. Haredi Public: what they've published 10:08
  25. Shas: what they've published 9:48
  26. Ra'am (United Arab List): what they've published 9:51
  27. The Democrats: what they've published 12:35
  28. The Reservists and the Economic Party: what they've published 13:00
  29. New Order: what they've published 7:28
  30. Otzma Yehudit: what they've published 9:41
  31. Shema: what they've published 6:37
  32. Mishpat Tzedek: what they've published 4:52
  33. Yisrael Beiteinu: what they've published 12:41
  34. Together We Will Succeed: what they've published 4:58
  35. Women's Voice: what they've published 3:04
  36. Garden of Eden: what they've published 11:21
  37. Israel First: what they've published 7:00
  38. Amcha Yisrael: what they've published 13:40
  39. The Pirate Party: what they've published 6:44
  40. Partnership for Everyone: what they've published 4:30
  41. Sharshar: what they've published 4:15
  42. Yashar: what they've published 12:03
  43. What is each party promising? Starting with B'Yachad 17:57