Year: 2014

The kids are alright: Cool, calm and collected under rocket fire

The TLV1 team visited the American students at Alexander Muss High School in Hod Ha-sharon, and taught them how to produce, record and edit podcasts. Here’s what they came up with…

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The hymnal poet-paver of the roads of Israel – Israel in Translation

Called ‘Lashonsky’ for his comic wit, linguistic innovations and irrepressible puns, every child in Israel knows Avraham Shlonsky’s version of the German Rumpelstiltskin fairytale: Utzli Gutzli.

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What’s the First Hebrew Word You Learned?

Shalom means ‘peace,’ ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ – it’s one of the most popular words in Hebrew, and the first one everybody learns

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Solar Zionism: Meet Israel’s leading green pioneer – Journeys

Named by CNN as one of the top six “Green Pioneers” worldwide, entrepreneur, financier and activist Yosef Abramowitz is co-founder of Israel’s leading solar power enterprises.

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A journey right back to our roots

Don takes us into total darkness; Elon reminisces over Yaffa Yarkoni; Noah gets deep and meaningful over Vaclav Havel; and Don visits the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Silencing the ‘Yemenite Babies Affair’

Host Gilad Halpern interviews Dr Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber of Suffolk University about Israeli media bias in the obscure ‘Yemenite babies affair.’

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Family album: Arabian Babblers and fake ski slopes

Emily talks about her experiences on the Israel Trail; Noah tells us about the time he tried to go skiing on Mt. Gilboa with his son.

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The Jewish revival and the renaissance of the ‘Orient’

The research of Hebrew University’s Dr. Hanan Harif has focused on Zionist intellectuals, who regarded the Jewish revival in the Land of Israel as part of the renaissance of the so-called ‘Orient.’

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Songs of Innocence and Experience

Eilon talks about the sporty Strawberry family; Miriam reviews the film ‘Invisible’; and Noah introduces us to a very precocious couple of musicians.

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The ‘Better Times’ Edition – The Promised Podcast‏

With rockets and bombs still falling, we go back and remember things we love about day-to-day life in Israel.

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