Silencing the ‘Yemenite Babies Affair’
Host Gilad Halpern interviews Dr Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber of Suffolk University about Israeli media bias in the obscure ‘Yemenite babies affair.’
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The Jewish revival and the renaissance of the ‘Orient’
The research of Hebrew University’s Dr. Hanan Harif has focused on Zionist intellectuals, who regarded the Jewish revival in the Land of Israel as part of the renaissance of the so-called ‘Orient.’
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A Modern Orthodox rabbi’s struggle against Israel’s religious establishment – Journeys
Modern Orthodox Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber strongly supports civil marriage, in opposition to Israel’s Orthodox establishment.
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Natan Alterman’s agricultural contributions – Israel in Translation
Some know Natan Alterman as an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist and translator; others know his song “Kalaniot”; but few know he brought a popular species of tomato to Israel.
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Our Missile-Protected Room Is Called מָמָ”ד. What Does It Stand For?
מָמָ”ד is a protected room we Israelis got intimately familiar with during the operation in Gaza. What does it stand for? And we analyze the Hamas Hebrew propaganda song!
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LET’S GET LIT: Love & Longing amid the uncertainty
Host Ilene Prusher interviews author Yael Unterman, who reads from her recently published short-story collection, ‘The Hidden of Things: Twelve Stories of Love & Longing.’
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Yocheved Bat Miriam, a poet on the threshold – Israel in Translation
Yocheved Bat Miriam is unique among Hebrew language poets for holding the land of her birth and the land of her life in equal esteem.
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Escape from Lebanon: How Jonathan Elkhoury became Israeli
Jonathan Elkhoury, born in South Lebanon to a Christian family, joins Rogel Alpher in the studio to tell the story of his family’s complicated escape to Israel.
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