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The Buena Vista Social Club, Addis-style

The Fifth Hullegeb Israeli-Ethiopian Arts Festival is bringing internationally acclaimed music acts to Jerusalem next week.

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Confronting violence and abuse

Debbie Gross, founder of the Crisis Center for Religious Women, tells host Ilene Prusher about a ground-breaking conference the Center is holding next week.

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Surfing 4 Peace: Bridging barriers with a board

Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz died earlier this month, in 1956 he introduced surfing to the beaches of Tel Aviv and went on to live an extraordinary life. His friend Arthur Rashkovan talks about Doc’s legacy.

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Arizona and the Negev: An aquifer runs through them

Prof. Sharon Megdal of the University of Arizona, US, discusses how limited water resources should be managed in arid areas like Israel and Arizona.

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Why the Internet didn’t kill the TV star

Jerome Bourdon, a professor of communications at Tel Aviv University, explains the evolution of the peoplemeter and why it’s still such an important tool.

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A ‘Likud’ for the Left?

Is it really possible for the entire center-left to join together into a single ‘super-party,’ as the center-right did in 1973 with the formation of’Likud?

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Meet the man behind Secret Tel Aviv – Journeys

If you’re an expat living in Israel and you’ve moved here in the past few years, you’ve most likely heard of Secret Tel Aviv…

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Dodging ‘the second assault’

Miriam Shler discusses the disturbing case of the judge who refused to press charges against her rapist, avoiding what feminists call ‘the second assault.’

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Sayed Kashua: An examination of Arab-Israeli identity

Hear an excerpt from Kashua’s novel ‘Second Person Singular,’ which examines the identity of Arab Israelis who have assimilated into mainstream Israeli culture.

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How novelist Ayla Adler found inspiration in the Negev – Journeys

When Ayla Adler, a teacher at the University of Michigan, was 40 years old and mourning the death of her brother’s baby, she had a sudden, unexplained desire to visit Israel.

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