Almost overlooked in the dramatic political changes of the last two weeks is an historic moment in Israeli history: Naftali Bennett is the first Orthodox prime minister of Israel. Not everyone in the religious Zionist community is thrilled, however: Some accuse him of betraying religious Zionism through his preference for political pluralism over an exclusively right-wing coalition.

In this episode, Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain explore how Bennett’s so-called betrayal opens up tantalizing questions about the direction of religious Zionism and for Israeli Jewish society as a whole.

A transcript of this episode is available here.