“The ‘Herem’ of Public Opinion” Edition

Noah Efron, Don Futterman, and Ha’aretz journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer 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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New Right?
After right-wing voices join (albeit hesitantly) protests against the putative corruptions of the Netanyahu government, we ask whether this marks an important (and perhaps portentous) change. Does it mark an important change in the attitudes of (at least a portion of) the right?

Only Sixteen
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is only lately the most recognizable face in a venerable activist family. Most recently, she appeared in another video that drew international attention. We try to puzzle out what sense to make of the latest incident. What, if anything, do we learn from it?

The “Herem” of Public Opinion: On Excommunication and Rehabilitation
After writer and pundit Ari Shavit cancels a lecture over past sexual harassment, we ask: Should we be crowdsourcing judgment, or meting out tribal justice, when there seems to be no other way to get justice at all? If so, then how do we know when the punishment ought to end?

Music by Sheila Ferber, in honor of her performance today at Beit ha-Yotzer, Hangar 22 in Tel Aviv’s port:
Yehiye Beseder
Koresh 11
Ha-Yalkut ha-Adom 
Bishvilkha