weekend edition

A music fix with a Moroccan twist

August 22, 2014

Neta Elkayam, an Israeli musician of Moroccan descent, talks about her artistic and cultural influences.

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Noemi Schlosser’s Tractor Factory

August 16, 2014

Host Ilene Prusher talks to Noemi Schlosser, a writer, producer, actor, and the artistic director of Salomee Speelt, a Belgian mixed-media theater company.

MUSIC TO OUR EARS: Talkin’ bout a revolution

August 15, 2014

Nadav Appel, a lecturer at Bar Ilan University and a culture critic for Haaretz, talks about music during revolution.

LET’S GET LIT: A trip to Judy Labensohn’s Writing Gym

August 15, 2014

Essayist and creative non-fiction writer Judy Labensohn reads from her story, “Follow Me: A Mother’s Day in the Israeli Army.”

Lobbying for greater involvement of women in the policies of war

August 11, 2014

Eti Livni, a former deputy speaker of Knesset, and member of security and foreign affairs committee, speaks about “Forum Dvorah: Women in Foreign Policy and National Security,” which is lobbying to have women involved in more decision-making process.

LET’S GET LIT: Writer and Prof. Nissim Calderon shares his views of the conflict

August 10, 2014

Professor Nissim Calderon, a writer and professor of Hebrew literature at Ben Gurion University, shares his views of the conflict, Amos Oz’s surprising statement to German radio station, and the songs we listen to in wartime.

SEASON OF POSTPONEMENTS: Jerusalem Season of Culture still on, but scaled down

August 9, 2014

July was supposed to be the big kick-off of the Jerusalem Season of Culture, series of riveting artistic experiences spanning the worlds of dance, music, poetry, visual art and more. But some events were postponed and others scaled down to fit the somber mood and the heightened tensions in Jerusalem.