Don, Noah, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Hershlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.

Sacred Sites, Fights, and Plights Frightful tensions are mounting over the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif: are we teetering at the edge of religious war?

Moving Up? New research finds that the path for the poor into the upper-middle class is twisty and perverse.

The Queer Thing about Israel's LGBTQ What is it about the struggle for LGBTQ rights that especially inspires so much support and sympathy in Israel?

Music: Ground Heights, in honor of their blowout show this week at the Container in Jaffa! Aynoche Esh Feta Feta In Disguise

The "Sacred Sites and Plights" Edition