The Kol Cambridge Sukkot soundtrack
Tune in as we transport you back thousands of years to a time of wandering in the desert, together with all your favourites songs of the festival.
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The Jews of Atlit and the definitive Aliyah – Pathways
In our inaugural report, broadcast journalist Mordechai I. Twersky takes us to the former British Detention Camp in Atlit, in the North of Israel.
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Sukkot special: The fragility of the etrog – Israel in Translation
Today we explore the etrog, a powerful symbol of the holiday of Sukkot, through a short story by Shai Agnon and a poem by Orit Gidali.
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How to judge the judges
The Israel Bar Association recently decided to reinstitute the annual rating of judges by lawyers. Does this serve to remind judges that they’re human?
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The ‘doctors, lawyers, and rabbis’ edition – The Promised Podcast
Allison, Don, and Noah talk about doctors getting political; lawyers rating judges; and El Al’s ultra-Orthodox seating arrangements.
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A spoonful of politics helps the medicine go down?
Lancet editor Richard Horton visited Israel this week to apologize for his publication’s controversial ‘An Open Letter for the People of Gaza.’
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So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
What other ways are there to say ‘goodbye’ in Hebrew, apart from the ubiquitous, yalla bye?
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StreetWise Hebrew on the surprising roots of ‘Kippur’
Guy Sharett talks about Moroccan-Jewish slang capara sheli (‘my sweetheart’), and the Arabic word for ‘infidel’ or ‘denial.’
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Seeing black at 30,000 feet
We discuss the now-infamous El Al flight that took off 20 minutes late because an ultra-Orthodox man was negotiating not to have to sit next to a woman.
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