Women walking in silence across the seamline
Elana Rozenman of Trust-Emun is organizing a woman’s walk across one of the seamlines between East and West Jerusalem next Monday.
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The Freedom Theatre’s show must go on
The Freedom Theater’s new play, ‘Atuwani,’ is about life for Palestinians in a village in the South Hebron Hills. Director Faisal Abu AlHeja explains the play’s significance, and tells us about life at the Jenin-based company after the loss of founder Juliano Mer-Khamis.
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Big ideas at TEDX Jaffa: Fighting discrimination through empowerment
“Discrimination will get to you if you feel weak, but if you feel that you are strong enough, discrimination can never hurt you.”
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A Muslim and democratic state: Lessons from Indonesia
Dr. Giora Eliraz of Hebrew University discusses the exchange between the Islamic center and periphery on democracy and religion.
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ILENE IN: On train delays and the peace process
Sometimes a train delay is just a bloody annoying train delay. And sometimes it’s a metaphor for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Exploring ‘the Uncanny’ in dance and visual art
Dancer-choreographer Iris Erez about her upcoming performance of the piece ‘Homesick’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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A Storied Life: The Fifth Haifa Story Festival
Plays and poems as well as stories of all shapes and sizes will be featured in this years’ Haifa Story Festival.
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LET’S GET LIT: Elana Sztokman and the war on women
Jewish Orthodox feminist, activist, and author Elana Maryles Sztokman talks about her latest book on this week’s Let’s Get Lit.
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How Israel abolished trafficking in women – The Tel Aviv Review
Dr. Nurit Hashimshony-Yaffe tells us about her most recent study on women trafficking; and Dr. Giora Eliraz gives us lessons from Indonesia.
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Working towards a true acceptance of the ‘other’
Dr. Meir Buzaglo of the Tikun movement tells us about the alternative conference he set up when the Ministry of Education held an event called ‘From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of the Other’ and didn’t include any speakers of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) origin.
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