Vocational Training: The Past – and Future – of Israel’s Economy
Dr Eitan Regev, economist and Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, analyzes the downsides of Israel's excessive reliance on academic higher education which has hurt its economic prospects and social integration, and offers policy recommendations to rectify that situation.
Introducing the Tel Aviv Review of Books
The Tel Aviv Review of Books is a new online English-language publication that seeks, by way of book reviews, essays, literary criticism, original fiction and poetry, to give the international reader a glimpse into the Israeli world of letters. Gilad Halpern is joined by his co-editors to discuss the whys and wherefores of a new magazine.
Do the Ends Justify the Mean?
Is being a kind-of-a-dick to the Prime Ministerās kid justified, because the Prime Minister is kind-of-a-dick to the rest of us?
Two Tales of Settlements
A revisionist history of the settler movement argues that it was never really about messianic, religious ideology as much as it was about nuts-and-bolts issues of economy and class. Were we wrong all along about Israelās settler movement?
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Why Starbucks Failed in Israel
Why you won’t be sipping a Starbucks latte as you explore Jerusalem’s Old City, or cooling down on Tel Aviv’s beach with one of Starbucks’ famous Frappuccinos.
TLV1’s Democracy Project
Israel was founded as a “Jewish and democratic” state, but what does that actually mean? We explore this in a series of documentaries in which we speak to politicians, experts, activists, and people who have been involved in Israeli politics since the state was founded.
The Mervyn Smith Memorial Podcast Series on South African Jewry
One on one interviews with Prof.Ā Milton Shain,Ā Prof. Deborah Posel, writer Lorna Levy,Ā Dr. Adam Mendelson, and a special panel discussion withĀ attorneyĀ Michael Bagraim,Ā Dr. Sally Frankental, and activistĀ Doron Isaacs.
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Founded in 2013, TLV1 is an English-language podcast network based in Tel Aviv. Our acclaimed shows engage local and international audiences on topics in Israel that matter, whether from street-level or the hallways of government.
Our podcasts are produced and recorded in the TLV1 studios located in Tel Aviv, a city which represents Israelās progressive voice and is its cultural barometer. Each month, listeners from over 210 countries and territories, residing in more than 10,500 cities around the world, log on and tune in.
Six Is a Beautiful Number
This week we celebrate our podcastās sixth anniversary. Can you believe it? Six years, שש ×©× ××. It’s a good excuse to talk about שש, six, and its family of Hebrew words.