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[gentle music] Welcome to Waiting for 61, JTA's Israel election podcast, where we break down the fundamentals of Israel's 2026 elections, the politics, the players, and what's at stake as the country heads to the polls.

I'm Ami Eden, CEO of 70 Faces Media, the organization behind the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

And I'm Ruth Eglash, JTA's senior Israel correspondent.

Today marks 13 days until Israelis cast their votes.

Welcome to Waiting for 61, JTA's Israel election podcast, where we break down the fundamentals of Israel's 2026 elections, the politics, the players, and what's at stake as the country heads to the polls.

I'm Ami Eden, the CEO of 70 Faces Media, the organization behind the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

And I'm Ruth Eglash, JTA's senior Israel correspondent.

Today marks 15 days until Israelis cast their votes, and we're here to keep you up to speed on the latest twists and turns and give you the context you need to make sense of it all.

And maybe if you've been listening, you have also been thinking about what it means to be a person in a broken world that is also full of blessings.

[singing] Shofar So Good is a podcast from My Jewish Learning, a division of Seventy Faces Media.

It's written and produced by me, Kate Mishkin.

Gabrielle Birkner is our story producer.

It was written and performed by Grace Corsi as part of her debut album, Downriver.

Grace Yagel is our art director.

Ami Eden is the CEO of Seventy Faces Media, and Rebecca Phillips is the publisher.

Shofar So Good was originally developed in the Jewish Writers Institute Digital Storytellers Lab and produced with support from Maimonides Fund.