The beneficiaries and victims of ‘Ashkenazi privilege’ in Israel

Prof. Meir Amor, an Israeli sociologist at Concordia University in Canada, a Mizrahi activist, and long-time researcher of the Mizrahi question, talks about the principles of the Mizrahi struggle, theoretical and practical.

The evolution of candle-lighting practices in Ashkenaz

Dr. Susan Nashman Fraiman, an art historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, talks about her recent research, which focuses on the emergence and evolution of candle-lighting practices – namely, the Shabbat Lamp – among the Jews of Ashkenaz.

Music:

Yael Naim – Paris
Chava Alberstein – Haballada Al Sus Im Ketem Al Hamezach
Boaz Sharabi – Etzli Hakol Beseder