Arts & Culture

To Life, L’Chaim!

November 11, 2014 00:07:43

The Hebrew word חיים, life, is so widely used that we just had to give it its own episode

Cherchez la femme in Jewish history – Journeys

November 10, 2014

When Renee Levine Melammed noticed that most of the history books she found were both written by and focused on men, she was determined to “find the women.”

Sir Moses Montefiore: a world Jewish leader before such even existed

November 9, 2014

Abigail Green, tutor and fellow in history at Brasenose College, Oxford, talks to us about Sir Moses Montefiore.

Seeing Art in Your Dreams

November 8, 2014

Sharonna Karni Cohen, the CEO of Dreame, can turn your dream into a customized piece of art. You just need to remember it when you wake up.

Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in Late Modernity

November 8, 2014

Prof. Motti Regev talks about his book Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in Late Modernity.

The heritage of the Palestinian defeat in 1948

November 7, 2014

Lia Tarachansky, director of the film On the Side of the Road that tackles the way the Nakba is perceived in Israeli society today.

Nisim Aloni’s terrifying ‘To Be a Baker’ – Israel in Translation

November 5, 2014

Though best known for his theater, Aloni also wrote short stories. ‘To Be a Baker’ opens the anthology ’50 Stories from Israel.’

Hebrew Is to Die For

November 4, 2014 00:06:59

The Hebrew word מת means dying and the word למות means to die. Today, Guy teaches us to use these words to mean ‘cool’ and ‘happy’

How a pioneer of Ambient Electronica became a Zionist – Journeys

November 3, 2014

Roland P. Young’s cultural background- African American, Native American and Ashkenazi Jewish- is as diverse as his musical background.

The Museum of Polish Jews: A ‘theatre of history’

November 1, 2014

The Museum of the History of the Polish Jews opened this week in Warsaw. Nawojka Cieślińska-Lobkowicz, art historian and researcher, joined us to discuss this enormous project.