“How YOU Doin’?”
Israelis love to indulge in the circular “how-are-you-how’s-it-going-what’s-new” conversation chain, so it’s important to become proficient in this verbal dance.
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Dr. Harinder Mishra: From the banyan to the olive tree – Journeys
Dr. Harinder Mishra tells Rogel Alpher about his upbringing in a small Indian village, and how he ended up working as a journalist in Israel.
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The everyday experience: Keeping monotony at bay
Dr. Eran Dorfman shares with host Gilad Halpern the mechanisms that can prevent our daily lives from becoming unchanging and monotonous.
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Tortured by the State: Race and gender in contemporary Israel
Host Gilad Halpern speaks to Prof. Smadar Lavie, author of a recent anthropological study, about race and gender in contemporary Israel.
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Haim Gouri’s Piyyut for Rosh Hashanah
Born in Tel Aviv in 1923, Haim Gouri is a poet, novelist, documentary film maker, journalist, and the author of a book on the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
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Streetwise Texting: The Hebrew Booty Call
What’s happened to Hebrew-speaking romantics in these days of Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter? How do they convey their feelings in 140 characters?
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Comedian Yisrael Campbell: A tale of three conversions – Journeys
Orthodox Jewish comedian Yisrael Campbell joins host Rogel Alpher to discuss his remarkable and unconventional life story.
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Rivka Miriam on asking forgiveness – Israel in Translation
We explore the month of Elul’s themes of creation and forgiveness through two poems by Rivka Miriam.
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Black belt Aliyah: Filipino martial artist Jon Escudero – Journeys
Jon Escudero is a Master of ‘Arnis,’ a Filipino martial art that uses mainly cold weapons.
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Land of the Setting Sun
On this episode, we explore the root of the word ערב, which means evening, and explain what it’s got to do with Western movies. Plus, why wasn’t Miley Cyrus willing to say the name of a famous Israeli TV show host?
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