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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Israel’s only buffalo dairy farm
A visit to Israels only buffalo farm, where cheese lovers from across the country come to buy buffalo ricotta, mozzarella, and frozen yoghurt.
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Dr. Weed: Meet Israel’s world-renowned cannabis researcher – Journeys
Dr. Lumír Hanuš explains to host Rogel Alpher that many of the beliefs about the dangers of the drug are false, and that it has very strong medicinal qualities.
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TRAKTORFABRIK, a play by Noémi Schlosser: Act 3
TLV1 has collaborated with Tel Aviv’s premier English-language performing arts organization, The Stage, to bring Noémi Schlosser’s unique play to life on the radio.
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Yehuda Amichai’s ‘Wildpeace’ – Israel in Translation
Yehuda Amichai is probably the most widely translated Hebrew poet since King David. He revised the national, Biblical narrative into a personal love story.
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Ashkelon’s one-man iron dome – Journeys
Dr. Alan Marcus, a 66-year-old Bostonian, is Director of Strategic Planning and Chief Resilience Officer for the rocket-battered city of Ashkelon.
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Beauty Kings and Queens
Yaffe means ‘beautiful,’ but the noun yofi – ‘beauty’ – is used in Modern Hebrew to mean ‘Great!’
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An Israeli left-wing rabbi: Not a contradiction in terms – Journeys
Despite this summer’s hostilities, former MK and minister Rabbi Michael Melchior is still convinced that Israeli-Palestinian peace is within reach.
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TRAKTORFABRIK, a play by Noémi Schlosser: Act 2
TLV1 has collaborated with Tel Aviv’s premier English-language performing arts organization, The Stage, to bring Noémi Schlosser’s unique play to life on the radio.
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Airing grievances: A comparison of social protest movements
Naama Nagar, a sociologist from the University of Wisconsin Madison, was closely involved in two social protest movements in 2011; in Wisconsin and in her native Israel.
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