The Close Read - Invidious

The Close Read

Political arguments, read closely, by someone who won't pretend the other side is stupid.

I'm a rabbi and a technologist, American and Israeli. I read a contested issue the way I was trained to read a hard text: in good faith, against the strongest version of the case I disagree with, never the weakest. Then I ask the technologist's question, which is what the incentives reward and what breaks two moves later.

Each video works one real trade-off out loud. I tell you where I stand before I argue, then argue, and I change my mind on camera when the better case turns out not to be mine. I'd rather be caught updating than caught pretending I had it figured out all along.

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13:41

Israel votes today: what vision are you voting for?

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9:54

Who pays for cheaper prices? Israel's parties on the cost of living, side by side

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10:32

Who checks whom? Israel's major parties on the courts, side by side

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12:26

Gaza after Hamas, and a Palestinian state: the major parties side by side

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12:46

"Everyone should serve": what Israel's parties mean by it on the Haredi draft

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9:19

Who should investigate October 7? The major parties side by side

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7:58

Noam L'Yisrael: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:18

United Torah Judaism: what they've published for the 2026 election

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11:43

HaKahal: what they've published for the 2026 election

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10:26

The Joint List: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:13

Tekuma (תקומה): what they've published for the 2026 election

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15:18

Tzomet Beit Israel: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:15

Achi Movement: what they've published for the 2026 election

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15:13

Religious Zionism-Zehut: what they've published for the 2026 election

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13:39

Blue and White: what they've published for the 2026 election

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10:40

Likud: what they've published for the 2026 election

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4:26

Black Color (Tzeva Shachor): what they've published for the 2026 election

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3:42

Personal Security: what they've published for the 2026 election

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10:03

Orot HaShachar (Lights of Dawn): what they've published for the 2026 election

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6:41

Betach (Social Security): what they've published for the 2026 election

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10:32

Special episode: a personal reflection

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6:37

The Biblical Bloc: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:15

Tikun, the electoral reform list: what they've published for the 2026 election

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4:24

Brit Olam (Eternal Covenant): what they've published for the 2026 election

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9:15

Me and You (Ani VeAta): what they've published for the 2026 election

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10:08

Haredi Public: what they've published for the 2026 election

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9:48

Shas: what they've published for the 2026 election

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9:52

Ra'am (United Arab List): what they've published for the 2026 election

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12:36

The Democrats: what they've published for the 2026 election

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13:01

The Reservists and the Economic Party: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:29

New Order: what they've published for the 2026 election

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9:41

Otzma Yehudit: what they've published for the 2026 election

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6:38

Shema: what they've published for the 2026 election

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4:53

Mishpat Tzedek: what they've published for the 2026 election

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12:42

Yisrael Beiteinu: what they've published for the 2026 election

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4:58

Together We Will Succeed: what they've published for the 2026 election

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3:05

Women's Voice: what they've published for the 2026 election

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11:21

Garden of Eden: what they've published for the 2026 election

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7:00

Sharren Haskel's Israel First platform, in their own words (ballot letter י)

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13:40

Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael platform, read in English

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6:45

Israel's Pirate Party platform, in their own words (ballot letters צף)

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4:31

Partnership for Everyone (השותפות לכולם): no platform, one interview

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4:15

Sharshar for Love and the Unity of the People: what its leader has said

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12:03

Yashar: what they've published for the 2026 election

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17:58

What is each party promising? Reading every platform before the Israeli elections: B'Yachad

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8:36

What Makes America Unlike Any Nation in History

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