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On love and spices – Israel in Translation

A teenaged spice-shop owner and professional scribe, Shmuel Hanagid wrote such scintillating and literary love letters that a client hired him for bigger and better things.

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Rogel Alpher with conductor Gisele Ben-Dor — Journeys

Described by renowned critics as “a ferocious talent” and “a tremendous musician,” Uruguay-born orchestra conductor Gisele Ben-Dor has made a name for herself in what is still almost entirely a man’s world.

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The secret life of Holocaust survivor Menachem Alter Einhorn — Journeys

Coming out of the ashes of the Holocaust, many survivors chose to leave their old lives behind and start anew. Menachem Alter Einhorn refused to do so. After the war ended, he desperately searched for his wife and children. But after coming to the conclusion that they’d been killed, he remarried and started a new family. As it turned out, he may have jumped the gun.

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A poet tough as nails – Israel in Translation

She may have been a 23-year old poet but she was tough as nails. Hannah Szenes met her end before a firing squad in Nazi-occupied Budapest after she parachuted in to save Jews on their way to Auschwitz.

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Rogel Alpher with acclaimed choreographer Rachel Erdos — Journeys

British-born Rachel Erdos moved to Israel 12 years ago and has since risen to prominence as one of Israel’s leading choreographers. During her short yet eventful career, she has choreographed a number of dance pieces, showcased her work in virtually every festival in the country, and toured the world.

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The Palestinian ‘phantom state’: A contradiction in terms?

One of the basic tenets of most theories of the nation is that concepts like self-determination, sovereignty, and self-sufficiency are sine qua non for states. But some states — “phantom states” — have most of the attributes of sovereign states, except, well, sovereignty. One such “phantom state” is Palestine.

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Rogel Alpher with Gilad Kahana of Girafot – Journeys

Wandering the streets of Tel Aviv is part of poet and singer-songwriter Gilad Kahana’s artistic process. Kahana discusses his life changing experiences, including an LSD trip which led him to become religious for a year and losing both his parents at an early age.

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