Yom Kippur’s Poetry of Awe – Israel in Translation
Today we explore Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, through the poetry of Yehuda Amichai and Shelley Elkayam.
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A tale of two speeches: Fear and loathing at the UN
Allison, Don, and Noah ask which speech was more depressing, and should we even care about what was said?
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Fear and loathing at the UN – The Promised Podcast
A tale of two speeches: Abbas and Netanyahu at the UN; Does the Supreme Court overreach?; Does Israel silence its dissenters?
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“How YOU Doin’?”
Israelis love to indulge in the circular “how-are-you-how’s-it-going-what’s-new” conversation chain, so it’s important to become proficient in this verbal dance.
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Dr. Harinder Mishra: From the banyan to the olive tree – Journeys
Dr. Harinder Mishra tells Rogel Alpher about his upbringing in a small Indian village, and how he ended up working as a journalist in Israel.
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The everyday experience: Keeping monotony at bay
Dr. Eran Dorfman shares with host Gilad Halpern the mechanisms that can prevent our daily lives from becoming unchanging and monotonous.
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Tortured by the State: Race and gender in contemporary Israel
Host Gilad Halpern speaks to Prof. Smadar Lavie, author of a recent anthropological study, about race and gender in contemporary Israel.
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Tortured by the State: Race and gender in contemporary Israel – The Tel Aviv Review
Host Gilad Halpern speaks to Prof. Smadar Lavie about race and gender in contemporary Israel, and to Dr. Eran Dorfman about keeping monotony at bay.
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Can the army smash class barriers in Israel?
Allison, Don, and Noah ask whether the Israeli Army is a great equalizer and civilian high-tech incubator.
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The cry of the silenced
Allison, Don, and Noah discuss journalist Mairav Zonszein’s New York Times op-ed, ‘How Israel Silences Dissent.’
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