Jews and Arabs driven apart in ‘The Swimming Race’ – Israel in Translation
Marcela Sulak introduces us to Benjamin Tammuz’s short story ‘The Swimming Race,’ which appears in the anthology ’50 Stories from Israel.’
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Finding a spiritual home in Israel – Journeys
Thomas Hubl is a contemporary spiritual teacher: Tune in to hear everything you wanted to know about spiritual practice but were afraid to ask.
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Addicted to Acronyms
We love using ראשי תיבות (acronyms) in Hebrew. Sometimes the transformation from word to acronym is so extreme that some words even end up changing their gender!
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The guy fighting to export Israeli music – Journeys
“My vision is to do what Bjork did for Iceland or what Abba did for Sweden,” says Jeremy Hulsh, the founder and managing director of Israel’s Oleh! Records.
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Shazam a…painting?
Yoram Ben Zvi, CEO of Artbit App tells us how leading museums, like New York’s MOMA, are sharing their masterpieces and their databases with him.
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Imperial Capital: The capture of Jerusalem in WWI
Historian Dr. Justin Fantauzzo’s research focuses on the capture of Jerusalem by the British army during the First World War.
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Reframing the Art & Music Scene in Tel Aviv
Ari Fruchter of the Tel Aviv Arts Council and Jeremy Hulsh of Tune In Tel Aviv tell us about their upcoming events.
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Bottomless Pit: The Cairo Genizah and the Untold History of Medieval Jewry
Dr. Moshe Lavee, a Talmud scholar at the University of Haifa, tells us about the Cairo Genizah.
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‘Valley of Strength’: Feminism in the Zionist narrative – Israel in Translation
Shulamit Lapid’s novel ‘Valley of Strength’ depicts the first seven years of the Gai Oni agricultural settlement, later renamed ‘Rosh Pina.’
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