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The lay of the land on Israel’s holiday of trees

February 4, 2015

One of the traditional things to do on today’s Jewish festival of Tu BiShvat is to plant trees. But what about in a ‘shmita’ year?

Sports news: Patriots and politics

February 4, 2015

Eli Ohana’s three days in politics; Israel has a new ironman; Diego Costa’s punishment doesn’t fit the crime; and something called the Superbowl.

Sporting mensches: Introducing netball, basketball’s big sister

February 3, 2015

Chances are, unless you’re from a Commonwealth country, you haven’t heard of netball. But here in Israel, as least, Judy Aknin is changing all that.

Israeli elections 2015: Hell is other people

January 30, 2015

Allison, Don, and Noah ask what it says about the state of Israeli politics today that this election is shaping up to be about which bastard not to vote for.

Requiem for a bygone Jewish-Arab coexistence

January 30, 2015

Prof. Menachem Klein, a Middle East history professor, discusses his recent book ‘Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jersualem, Jaffa and Hebron.’

Professor Simon Benninga on the challenges facing Israeli academia

January 30, 2015

Israeli academia has a worldwide reputation. However, with the majority of Israeli PhD holders employed abroad, the challenge is stopping the brain drain.

The merger of Israel’s Arab parties: An historic unification?

January 29, 2015

There’s been an historic unification of three Arab parties and one joint Arab-Jewish party. Can the Balad-Ra’am-Ta’al-Hadash list, which incorporates such opposing ideologies, succeed?

Standing in line for bread – Israel in Translation

January 28, 2015

Host Marcela Sulak takes us on an unusual trip to the bakery with Sharron Hass’ short story ‘The Thief.’

Pour encourager les autres

January 28, 2015

Israeli Steimatzky bookstore chain decided to cancel a “Charlie Hebdo” event, in which they had planned to sell a shipment of the post-massacre issue. Should offensive cartoons be in our face?

International sports news: Big balls, deflated balls, and just plain balls

January 28, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess tells this week’s sporting tales from around the globe, including Chelsea’s loss and NFL’s #DeflateGate, and picks a ‘team of the week.’