Meet Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova
TLV1’s Ari Plachta sat with Zionist Union Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova in her Jerusalem office for a conversation on her experience as a lawmaker and thoughts on today’s political climate.
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The curious incident of the weed vaped in the night-time
This past week, the Israeli government took a huge step towards decriminalizing marijuana.
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Schools, Cool & Uncool: An Education Rumination
The Tel Aviv city council was charged with deciding whether or not it should support two unofficial schools by providing them with an adequate building and by allocating annual funds to keep them afloat.
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Proto-Mizrahim: Oriental Jews and Arabs in pre-state Israel
Dr. Abigail Jacobson and Dr. Moshe Naor discuss their co-authored book “Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine.”
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Alt-Zionism
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer “dreams” of an “ethno-state” that would be “a homeland for all Europeans” in America. He also says “It’s very similar to the idea of Zionism for Jews in the 19th century.”
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Catching up with MK Ksenia Svetlova
TLV1’s Ari Plachta and Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union discuss Trump and the Middle East, the Israeli center-left, and Israel’s relationship with Russia from her Jerusalem office.
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Russell’s teapot and kiddush cup: Between Jewish and Western philosophies
Orthodox rabbi, educator, and philosopher Dr. Sam Lebens talks about his eclectic borrowing from Jewish and Western traditions, and his inability to separate between the two.
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Crass Combat Couture
As reported by Haaretz, an army t-shirt tradition has turned into shirt prints of sex, violence and maybe especially, sexual violence.
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Reports of our Death are Greatly Exaggerated
A recent Geocartographia poll shows that if the elections were held today, the present center-left opposition would win 60 seats in the Knesset.
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What did Jewish rituals look like 2,000 years ago?
Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies Robert Goldenberg at Stony Brook University discusses the Jewish rituals of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and why a practicing Jew today will unlikely recognize any of them.
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