Religious Conflict — And Magic June 13, 2024June 12, 2024 A moving account: The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day. A really thoughtful conversation on Gaza: this Ezra Klein podcast. . . . I wanted to know what it’s like to watch these protests from Israel. What are Israelis seeing? What do they make of them? Ari Shavit is an Israeli journalist and the author of “My Promised Land,” the best book I’ve read about Israeli identity and history. “Israelis are seeing a different war than the one that Americans see,” he tells me. This is a conversation about trying to push divergent perspectives into relationship with each other: On the protests, on Israel, on Gaza, on Benjamin Netanyahu, on what it means to take societal trauma and fear seriously, on Jewish values, and more. A BONUS: Exchanging Contact Info If you and a new acquaintance want to share contact info — and your iPhones are both up to date (even if they’re old), just touch the two together and tap the Share button that will appear. It’s magic!