Ilene, Noah and special guest Miriam Herschlag discuss: Whether we have lost the moral high-ground; whether we can still plan for peace in our bomb shelters; and whether the social protests of three years ago had any effect.
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Yocheved Bat Miriam is unique among Hebrew language poets for holding the land of her birth and the land of her life in equal esteem.
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Jonathan Elkhoury, born in South Lebanon to a Christian family, joins Rogel Alpher in the studio to tell the story of his family’s complicated escape to Israel.
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Guy Sharett takes us through how to say in Hebrew those non-committal phrases we all rely on from time to time
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Host Rogel Alpher meets Trinidad-born singer Hillary Sargeant, who moved to Israel in the mid-80s. She explains how she became the soulful and diverse artist she is today.
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Alon Oleartchik is one of Israel’s best-known musicians, boasting a career spanning several decades as a singer, composer, producer and bass player. He joins Rogel Alpher in the studio for a journey down memory lane.
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Host Gilad Halpern interviews Dr. Nina Spiegel of Portland State University about a startling aspect of Zionism.
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Don, Ilene & Noah discuss whether Israeli taxi drivers are toast thanks to the ‘Uber’ taxi app, which is coming to Israel.
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Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University, posits that Medieval Spain wasn’t the only ‘Golden Age’ in Jewish history.
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Letters to a young cadet contemplating conscientious objection
A 17-year-old asks if he should refuse IDF service in the territories; Don, Ilene & Noah try to answer.
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