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Learning to live independently with autism – Journeys

Walter Solomon tells Rogel Alpher his incredible family story: how his son learned to live independently with autism.

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A lawyer who works for justice beyond the court – Journeys

Human rights lawyer and activist Emily Schaeffer has been a champion of the oppressed and under-privileged, fighting for various causes inside and outside the courtroom.

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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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Rogel Alpher with the Toyota whistleblower Betsy Benjaminson – Journeys

In the course of her work for Toyota, Betsy Benjaminson noticed some discrepancy between corporate correspondence and the technical manuals, and became persuaded that the corporation was hiding the truth about what was causing the acceleration defects. After receiving legal advice from a law firm, Benjaminson began to leak the information to the media, thrusting her into the limelight. This is her story.

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Rogel Alpher with right-wing ideologue Yisrael Medad – Journeys

Right-wing journalist and blogger Yisrael Medad refuses to recognize the Palestinians as a national collective — but that, he says, doesn’t exclude the prospect of dialogue.

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Rogel Alpher with illustrator Michel Kichka – Journeys

Illustrator Michel Kichka’s autobiographical comic book explores the condition of the children of Holocaust survivors.

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Rogel Alpher with Mizrahi muckraker Sami Shalom Chetrit – Journeys

Born in Morocco, raised in Israel and based in New York, the culture critic and public intellectual has many unconventional views about the ethnic and socioeconomic makeup of Israel in its current form.

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Rogel Alpher with ‘plastic cartoonist’ Hanoch Piven – Journeys

It took Uruguay-born Hanoch Piven a while, and a few trips abroad, to realize that Israel is his true home, despite his initial – and protracted – feeling of alienation.

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Rogel Alpher with the Holocaust survivors’ ambassador Colette Avital – Journeys

Romanian-born Colette Avital reached many summits – and many capitals – during her long career as a diplomat, but over the past few years she has dedicated herself to the plight of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Israel.

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