Last week, in Brachos 24, Pam Peled attempted to make sense of the current turmoil in Israel by trawling the Talmud (and Shakespeare). Now, in the second instalment of her new book, Doing the Daf as Israel Implodes, the writer tackles the Talmud and the toilet, the handsomest Beatle…

Like half the country, Pam Peled (who writes our Letter from Israel column) is watching in horror as Israel fractures. On top of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, members of the public nationwide have been protesting a proposed judicial reform that would give the Israeli government power…