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ILENE IN: On the war on empathy

August 1, 2014

Host Ilene Prusher leans in on the war on empathy for “the other” in the age of social media.

The way the war ends

July 31, 2014

Ilene, Don and Noah discuss how the war can and should be brought to an end.

Ruth the Moabite: Judaism’s most famous convert – Israel in Translation

July 30, 2014

Jews read the Book of Ruth during the holiday of Shavuot. Host Marcela Sulak reads Linda Zisquit’s lively translation of the first chapter.

Dr. Lionel Bobot brings some ‘je ne sais quoi’ to Israel’s tourism industry – Journeys

July 28, 2014

Host Rogel Alpher meets Dr. Lionel Bobot, who made Aliyah from France with his family three years ago, and has since thrown himself into developing the Israeli tourism industry.

Second thoughts on uprooting the family tree?

July 26, 2014

Ilene, Noah and Eilon ask whether IDF casualties are causing us to question the decision to move the family to Israel.

Empathy for the ‘devil’

July 25, 2014

Ilene, Noah and Eilon discuss the Israeli public reaction to showing empathy for the suffering of the other side.

Is asymmetry the new black?

July 24, 2014

Ilene, Noah and Eilon ask whether Israel’s military superiority is also its greatest weakness.

The hymnal poet-paver of the roads of Israel – Israel in Translation

July 23, 2014

Called ‘Lashonsky’ for his comic wit, linguistic innovations and irrepressible puns, every child in Israel knows Avraham Shlonsky’s version of the German Rumpelstiltskin fairytale: Utzli Gutzli.

Solar Zionism: Meet Israel’s leading green pioneer – Journeys

July 21, 2014

Named by CNN as one of the top six “Green Pioneers” worldwide, entrepreneur, financier and activist Yosef Abramowitz is co-founder of Israel’s leading solar power enterprises.

A journey right back to our roots

July 19, 2014

Don takes us into total darkness; Elon reminisces over Yaffa Yarkoni; Noah gets deep and meaningful over Vaclav Havel; and Don visits the Dead Sea Scrolls.