Dear Dan and the Arc team.

My daughter just finished her freshman year of high school.

I'm looking for a meaningful program in Israel.

But where do I start?

Those are actual lines from Arc Media's inbox.

Questions about teen programs just keep piling up.

And honestly, it makes sense.

Jewish teens are growing up in a world that asks a lot of

them. They're seeing Israel debated online, argued about in classrooms, and reduced to simplistic

social media posts, often before they've ever had the chance to experience it for themselves.

That's where Route 1 comes in. Route 1 helps make immersive trips to Israel possible for North American

Jewish teens before they go to college, not to tell them what to think, but to give them

the chance to travel through Israel, ask questions, listen, and connect. The result is not just a trip.

It's a deeper connection to Israel, to community, and to something bigger than

themselves. At a time when Jewish identity is being tested in very real ways, Root One gives

teens something powerful, lived experience. To learn more, visit root1.org. You are listening to an art media podcast.

When the New York Times first got an Iranian source saying that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

could be the designated person

to be rule of Iran,

I thought that this is just

yet another conspiracy theory.

Because he's the last person,

...