Why do Jews play a “ridiculously disproportionate” role in the sciences?
Dr. Noah Efron gives us his original take on a generations long question: Why are Jews so smart?
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In Tel Aviv, every day is good for Guinness – Journeys
Dublin-born Robert Segal is the founding owner of Molly Bloom’s, the first Irish pub in Tel Aviv.
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The Israeli Detective Novel
According to the New York Times, Batya Gur was “almost single-handedly responsible for making the detective novel a flourishing genre in Israeli letters.”
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How Do YOU Like It?
Le, לְ, is how we say ‘to’ or ‘for’ in Hebrew. Guy teaches some cool expressions, and shows how we say stuff like ‘for you’ and ‘to her.’
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Kenny Roger on the Church of Scotland’s Middle East mission – Journeys
Host Rogel Alpher meets Glaswegian Kenny Roger, the Middle East Secretary for the Church of Scotland, who lives with his family in Jaffa.
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The Freedom Theatre’s show must go on
The Freedom Theater’s new play, ‘Atuwani,’ is about life for Palestinians in a village in the South Hebron Hills. Director Faisal Abu AlHeja explains the play’s significance, and tells us about life at the Jenin-based company after the loss of founder Juliano Mer-Khamis.
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A Muslim and democratic state: Lessons from Indonesia
Dr. Giora Eliraz of Hebrew University discusses the exchange between the Islamic center and periphery on democracy and religion.
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Exploring ‘the Uncanny’ in dance and visual art
Dancer-choreographer Iris Erez about her upcoming performance of the piece ‘Homesick’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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A Storied Life: The Fifth Haifa Story Festival
Plays and poems as well as stories of all shapes and sizes will be featured in this years’ Haifa Story Festival.
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How Israel Abolished Trafficking in Women
Dr. Nurit Hashimshony-Yaffe of the Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College tells us about her most recent study on women trafficking.
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