Laragh Widdess

All that glisters is not Gindi: Israeli fashion close up

November 5, 2015

Outside Tel Aviv’s official Fashion Week, meet the city’s hard-working, urban designers to get a snapshot of the real Israeli fashion industry.

October 27, 2015

Habtom Zarhum was a 29-year-old Eritrean man who was shot and lynched in Be’er Sheva Central Bus Station, having been mistaken for a terrorist.

October 1, 2015

This stage adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, originally written for a US audience, was so successful in Israel it got a second run.

September 24, 2015

Israelis and Palestinians are being driven apart in the world of soccer, so they’ve found a different kind of football to play together.

September 13, 2015

Find out why over a million Israelis who moved here as Jews are not Jewish enough to marry in Israel, and what happens when they try to convert.

September 2, 2015

No trip to Israel is complete without a visit to the Dead Sea – the lowest place on earth. But it might not be quite what you expect.

August 21, 2015

“The City” is a tongue-in-cheek, old-school detective story told by five Israeli actors through musical numbers, raps, and rhymes.

June 10, 2015

Beijing has refused to sign a bilateral agreement with Israel on construction workers unless it can be sure they won’t work in West Bank settlements.

May 28, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess tells you everything you need to know about Israel’s 2014-15 soccer season… in just 8 minutes.

May 22, 2015

The road from Hebron to Jerusalem was packed on Jerusalem Day with Israeli settlers making their annual bike ride in memory of Yitzhak Buanish.