Arts & Culture

The Love and Treasure of Ayelet Waldman

August 29, 2014

Writer Ayelet Waldman reads from her new novel “Love and Treasure” and talks about the challenge of writing a novel free of “Holocaust kitsch.”

The sun, the stars, and the last Andalusian Hebrew poet – Israel in Translation

August 27, 2014

Can you guess which celestial feature is named after the last Golden Age Andalusian Hebrew-language poet, Avraham Ben Ezra?

The torchbearer of the Jewish people – Journeys

August 27, 2014

Olympic racewalker Shaul P. Ladany’s life has been strewn with challenges – far more strenuous than his decades-long training regime.

Iron lady: Sculptress Dina Merhav retraces her steps – Journeys

August 25, 2014

Rogel Alpher talks to Holocaust survivor Dina Merhav, a sculptress who specializes in outdoor iron constructions.

LET’S GET LIT: Building bridges

August 23, 2014

In her debut novel ‘Ishmael’s Oranges,’ author Claire Hajaj talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in both literary and personal terms.

A music fix with a Moroccan twist

August 22, 2014

Neta Elkayam, an Israeli musician of Moroccan descent, talks about her artistic and cultural influences.

Naomi Shemer: The first lady of Israeli song and poetry – Israel in Translation

August 20, 2014

We explore the work of poet and songwriter Naomi Shemer, who won the Israel Prize in 1983, and whose best-known work is the 1967 song ‘Jeruslaem of Gold.’

Japanese calligraphy artist Kazuo Ishii – Journeys

August 20, 2014

Host Rogel Alpher finds out what a Japanese calligraphy and ink artist, who has studied with Japanese and Chinese masters, has been doing in Israel for 17 years.

Mehereta Baruch-Ron: From an Ethiopian village to Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv – Journeys

August 18, 2014

Mehereta Baruch-Ron joins Rogel Alpher to discuss her incredible transformation from Ethiopian village child to Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv.

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Noemi Schlosser’s Tractor Factory

August 16, 2014

Host Ilene Prusher talks to Noemi Schlosser, a writer, producer, actor, and the artistic director of Salomee Speelt, a Belgian mixed-media theater company.