Year: 2014

Atsor!

Sometimes you need to ask a driver, or anyone really, “Could you stop here, please?” Today we’ll learn how to say it in Hebrew, and we’ll also find out what it has to do with bowel movements.

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Michael “Mikado” Warschawski: an Israeli anti-Zionist activist – Journeys

Veteran anti-Zionist activist Michael “Mikado” Warschawski tells us about the path that led him to radical social movement “Mazpen” and his work against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

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The Talmud as the basis of Israeli law?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to “legally define the Talmud as the basis of the Israeli legal system”.

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The conflict? There’s an app for that now – The Promised Podcast‏

An iPhone app that puts the dispossession of Palestinian homes and villages into your pocket? Declaring the Talmud as “the basis of the Israeli legal system”? Is Israel on the way to becoming ungovernable? All on this week’s Promised Podcast!

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A poet beloved by one and all – Israel in Translation

The poet Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky was Amos Oz’s first love, first cousin to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and beloved by all Israelis, religious or secular.

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What’s the ‘Biggest’ Word in Hebrew?

Gadol, ‘big,’ and its root, g.d.l, have made a huge career in written and spoken Hebrew. Let’s meet the family today; from mustaches and fast food chains, to towers and plastic surgery.

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Learning to live independently with autism – Journeys

Walter Solomon tells Rogel Alpher his incredible family story: how his son learned to live independently with autism.

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