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LET’S GET LIT: Love & Longing amid the uncertainty

July 11, 2014

Host Ilene Prusher interviews author Yael Unterman, who reads from her recently published short-story collection, ‘The Hidden of Things: Twelve Stories of Love & Longing.’

Life interrupted: Can we plot peace from our bomb shelters?

July 10, 2014

Ilene, Noah and special guest Miriam Herschlag discuss whether we can still plan for peace in our bomb shelters.

Yocheved Bat Miriam, a poet on the threshold – Israel in Translation

July 9, 2014

Yocheved Bat Miriam is unique among Hebrew language poets for holding the land of her birth and the land of her life in equal esteem.

From the Caribbean to the Middle East: The soulful grooves of Hillary Sargeant – Journeys

July 7, 2014

Host Rogel Alpher meets Trinidad-born singer Hillary Sargeant, who moved to Israel in the mid-80s. She explains how she became the soulful and diverse artist she is today.

Letters to a young cadet contemplating conscientious objection

July 7, 2014

A 17-year-old asks if he should refuse IDF service in the territories; Don, Ilene & Noah try to answer.

Alon Oleartchik, a hallmark of modern Israeli music – Journeys

July 5, 2014

Alon Oleartchik is one of Israel’s best-known musicians, boasting a career spanning several decades as a singer, composer, producer and bass player. He joins Rogel Alpher in the studio for a journey down memory lane.

Corporeal Zionism: The reinvention of the Jewish physique

July 5, 2014

Host Gilad Halpern interviews Dr. Nina Spiegel of Portland State University about a startling aspect of Zionism.

Will ‘Uber’ taxis take us for a ride?

July 5, 2014

Don, Ilene & Noah discuss whether Israeli taxi drivers are toast thanks to the ‘Uber’ taxi app, which is coming to Israel.

The Golden Age of the Shtetl

July 4, 2014

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University, posits that Medieval Spain wasn’t the only ‘Golden Age’ in Jewish history.

Is it time for Lapid and Livni to quit Netanyahu’s government?

July 4, 2014

Don, Ilene & Noah discuss whether the center parties propping up Netanyahu should cut it out.