We Need the Bread, Man! – The Promised Podcast
Why do more than 900,000 Israelis go to bed hungry? Is there a “character problem” in Israeli politics? Should store shelves stock sourdough on Passover?
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Know your roots – Israel in Translation
The Founder of Hebrew Spanish Poetry, Dunash ben Labrat, also made your ulpan studies possible. He was the first to distinguish between transitive and intransitive verbs in Hebrew, and to catalog verbs by the 3-letter roots.
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Weary, Bleary-Eyed and Spent
How do you say I’m tired, beat, drained, knackered, and the like in colloquial Hebrew? And what do you say when you crash on a Tel Avivi couch?
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Rogel Alpher with the Toyota whistleblower Betsy Benjaminson – Journeys
In the course of her work for Toyota, Betsy Benjaminson noticed some discrepancy between corporate correspondence and the technical manuals, and became persuaded that the corporation was hiding the truth about what was causing the acceleration defects. After receiving legal advice from a law firm, Benjaminson began to leak the information to the media, thrusting her into the limelight. This is her story.
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The feminist squad: Fight the army like a woman
The army is one of the most masculine institutions in modern societies, which makes it a perfect target for a feminist critique.
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Trading Places
Is Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s proposal to exchange blocs of population sincere or mere smartassery?
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Zionism, Apartheid, Blackface: Africa in Israeli Culture
In the early years of statehood, Israeli culture was teeming with references to Africa. Israel’s fascination with the black continent derived from particular cultural, political and social contexts that are analyzed in a new book.
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Zionism, Apartheid, blackface – The Tel Aviv Review
In the early years of statehood, Israeli culture was teeming with references to Africa. Israel’s fascination with the black continent derived from particular cultural, political and social contexts that are analyzed in a new book.
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Playing with knives
Why do Israeli parents let their kids play with fire and rusty nails and take candy from strangers?
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