A Night to Remember on the Road to Independence
“Just you look, my boy, take a very good look, son, take it all in, because you won’t forget this night to your dying day…”
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The house where Israel was born — Pathways
In this audio slideshow we visit Beit Haatzmaut, the house in which the State of Israel was born and the city of Tel Aviv was planned.
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David Grossman’s echo of reality
Host Marcela Sulak reads from David Grossman’s novel ‘To The End Of The Land,’ which he began writing during his oldest son’s military service.
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Is It Worth It?
Israelis love tips and recommendations in order to speed up their decision making. So it’s no surprise that the word כדאי – ‘it’s worth it’ – is so popular in everyday use
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How Jews in the Jim Crow South Labored to be White
Dr. Caroline Light of Harvard University talks about her work on “The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South,” which analyses the circumstances that led to the establishment of a sizable Jewish charity network in the American South in the post-Reconstruction period.
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Maya Bejerano’s poetry lab – Israel in Translation
Host Marcela Sulak reads from Israeli poet Maya Bejerano’s poems “Data Processing 60” and “Data Processing 10.” Poetry, for Bejerano, is a laboratory.
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“We are always the Palmach” — Pathways
In this audio slideshow we visit the Palmach museum in Tel Aviv; the Palmach was the elite strike force of the Haganah paramilitary body in Mandate Palestine.
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You’re Suddenly Learning Hebrew? No Way!
Pit’om, suddenly, is a popular Hebrew word. What happens when we add the word ma before it? And how do you say sudden?
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The natural and man-made monuments of Timna Valley Park — Pathways
In this audio slideshow we visit the Timna Valley Park. This immense, arid esplanade – larger than Tel Aviv – is Israel’s biggest park.
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High-Tech Hebrew
You can’t be in the Start-up Nation and not talk the talk. Guy Sharett teaches key words/phrases & the conjugation of lesames. StreetWise Hebrew gets geeky!
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