Arts & Culture

Defeating armies and taking names – Israel in Translation

May 28, 2014

How did two Israeli women save the day by defeating a few ancient armies?

The lesser-known victims of the Holocaust

May 24, 2014

Dr Robert Rozett talks about the Hungarian Jewish forced laborers on the Eastern Front.

Let them eat carrots: The role of incentives in peace processes

May 24, 2014

Why do sanctions always gain the upper hand? Dr. Nimrod Goren, of Mitvim and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explains.

Kids, try this at home: The formation of the Hebrew literary canon for children

May 23, 2014

Prof. Yael Darr discusses the not-so-dogmatic indoctrination of Hebrew-speaking children in the 1930s-1950s.

Yaakov Shabtai’s vernacular – Israel in Translation

May 21, 2014

Discover Yaakov Shabtai’s single-paragraph novel, Past Continuous, the first truly vernacular work in the Hebrew language.

Rogel Alpher with Dov Ber Cohen – Journeys

May 21, 2014

Dov Ben Cohen has led a life full of adventures in far-flung places. What’s left for him to do today? Rogel Alpher finds out.

Atsor!

May 20, 2014 0:07:00

Sometimes you need to ask a driver, or anyone really, “Could you stop here, please?” Today we’ll learn how to say it in Hebrew, and we’ll also find out what it has to do with bowel movements.

Michael “Mikado” Warschawski: an Israeli anti-Zionist activist – Journeys

May 19, 2014

Veteran anti-Zionist activist Michael “Mikado” Warschawski tells us about the path that led him to radical social movement “Mazpen” and his work against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Why Israeli Americans should vote for the Democratic Party – Journeys

May 15, 2014

Sheldon Schorer: Jewish American voters need to grow up and recognize that Obama acts in Israel’s interests.

A poet beloved by one and all – Israel in Translation

May 14, 2014

The poet Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky was Amos Oz’s first love, first cousin to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and beloved by all Israelis, religious or secular.