LET’S GET LIT: Separating the sacred from the mundane
Jane Medved reads from her latest collection of poems Olam, Shana, Nefesh. She also talks about the practice of writing poetry and shares her fascination with King Herod.
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Start Up Ramallah
What does the Ramallah start-up scene look like? And what in the world does it have to do with sex?
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The Road to Recovery: Medical care for Palestinian children
Medical scientist Kobi Sheffi talks about The Road to Recovery, an organization of Israeli volunteers that helps Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank get medical care in Israel.
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Women walking in silence across the seamline
Elana Rozenman of Trust-Emun is organizing a woman’s walk across one of the seamlines between East and West Jerusalem next Monday.
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The Freedom Theatre’s show must go on
The Freedom Theater’s new play, ‘Atuwani,’ is about life for Palestinians in a village in the South Hebron Hills. Director Faisal Abu AlHeja explains the play’s significance, and tells us about life at the Jenin-based company after the loss of founder Juliano Mer-Khamis.
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Big ideas at TEDX Jaffa: Fighting discrimination through empowerment
“Discrimination will get to you if you feel weak, but if you feel that you are strong enough, discrimination can never hurt you.”
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ILENE IN: On train delays and the peace process
Sometimes a train delay is just a bloody annoying train delay. And sometimes it’s a metaphor for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Exploring ‘the Uncanny’ in dance and visual art
Dancer-choreographer Iris Erez about her upcoming performance of the piece ‘Homesick’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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A Storied Life: The Fifth Haifa Story Festival
Plays and poems as well as stories of all shapes and sizes will be featured in this years’ Haifa Story Festival.
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Working towards a true acceptance of the ‘other’
Dr. Meir Buzaglo of the Tikun movement tells us about the alternative conference he set up when the Ministry of Education held an event called ‘From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of the Other’ and didn’t include any speakers of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) origin.
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