TLV1 Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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We discuss: 1) Israel’s destructive and deadly latest operation in Northern Gaza, and 2) Thuggery in Amsterdam
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Ricarda Louk, the mother of Shani, a tattoo artist who became one of the most iconic victims of the Nova festival massacre, talks to us upon the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack
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We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s seemingly sudden decision to sack Defense Minister Gallant, in the middle of a war 2) The little matter of the American presidential elections, and what they mean for, well, us
The post The “Gallantry & Trumpery” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Tammy Hoffman explains how public education can tackle the erosion of democratic norms and the adverse effects of social media on society
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Two giants of Jewish scholarship passed away during the holidays, and their influence will be felt here for generations
The post In Memoriam: Profs Yehuda Bauer & Paul Mendes-Flohr appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
DJ Antithesis is back with more music making the airwaves here in our little corner of the Middle East
The post Your Israeli Soundtrack for October 2024 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) Israel’s weekend attack on Iran 2) How what Wikipedia has to say about Israel and Zionism is changing before our eyes, and not for the better
The post The “Carets & Sticks” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What should we make of the very violent death of this very violent man?
The post The “For the Wages of Sinwar Are Death” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
From antique cars to very slow, local buses, Guy picks up where we left off in the last episode and explains additional בניינים from the root אספ
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Historian Dr Nimrod Lin, Managing Editor of the Journal of Israeli History, discusses his forthcoming book, “People Who Count: Zionism, Demography and Democracy in Mandate Palestine”
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A year has passed, a new year is here, but still nothing is clear.
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Dr Matthias Becker, research fellow at Reichman University and the University of Cambridge, discusses his Decoding Antisemitism project, using novel scholarly and technological tools to monitor and analyze online hate speech
The post Text, Subtext, Context: Monitoring Antisemitism Online appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Elul is here and people all over the country are keeping the before-the-high-holidays tradition of saying Selihot, asking for forgiveness and offering atonement. All this as rockets and planes fly, and bombs fall
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Eran Halperin discusses his new book, “Warning: Hate Ahead.” Why is hate such a powerful emotion, and what can be done to contain it?
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We discuss: 1) The stunning attack-by-pager that left dozens of Hezbollah militiamen dead and thousands maimed and wounded 2) The fights over how to mark the first anniversary of Oct. 7th
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What's the right way to pack a suitcase and what should you say to airport security when asked about your packed bags? From the root ארז we get the Hebrew words for packaging, packed gifts and more
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Dr Yoav Fromer discusses his new book (co-edited with Ilan Peleg), The Americanization of the Israeli Right
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On this episode, DJ Antithesis is back with more music making the airwaves here in our little corner of the Middle East
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We discuss: 1) Why a spit of land called “the Philadelphi corridor” is suddenly a matter of life and death 2) What to make of the Civil Commission of the Disaster of October 7, that has lately appointed itself and begun hearing witnesses each day
The post The “Not Too Brotherly, Not Much Love” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
How do you watch your favorite television series? And what genre do you like most? Guy explains all things TV series and what verbs go along with them
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Joshua Leifer, an American journalist and PhD candidate in history at Yale University, discusses his new book, “Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life”
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For 331 days, Rachel Goldberg-Polin went everywhere, spoke to everyone and did everything to save her son, Hersh
The post The “Hersh Ben Perel Chana” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The word יוזמה means initiative. Using the verb ליזום, we Israelis often give unsolicited advice to family, friends, and even passersby, telling them to take some initiative in their life!
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Eviatar Zerubavel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Rutgers University, discusses his new book “Don't Take It Personally: Personalness and Impersonality in Social Life”
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703 IDF soldiers have fallen since October 7th. Each was an entire world. This is a small bit of the story of one of them, Zachariah Haber
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Prof. Orit Rozin discusses her new book “Emotions of Conflict: Israel 1949-1967,” analyzing the efforts of the Israeli establishment in the 1950s and 60s to control the people's emotional response to the impending sense of insecurity
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We discuss: 1) New polls showing that, if elections were held today, Israel’s next PM would be Naftali Bennett 2) How and why war is making the most secular Israelis more secular, and less-secular-Israelis less secular
The post The “Desperately Seeking Sumpin’” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Liora Halperin, Professor of International Studies and History and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, discusses her book “The Oldest Guard: Forging the Zionist Settler Past”
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On this episode, DJ Antithesis is back with more music making the airwaves here in our little corner of the Middle-East
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We discuss: 1) Netanyahu’s big interview in Time Magazine, and what we learn from it about him and about us 2) The surprising rise of Netanyahu’s standing in polls, even though this has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
The post The “Time Is on His Side?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Yael Zerubavel, Professor Emerita of Jewish Studies and History at Rutgers University, discusses her new book “Desert, Island, Wall: Symbolic Landscapes and the Politics of Space in Israeli Culture”
The post The Desert: A Cultural History appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) When and whether “targeted killing” (aka, assassination) is o.k. 2) Whether or not we are facing the threats from Iran and Lebanon with a sufficiently stiff upper lip
The post The “Serene & Calm” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr. Jonathan Grossman explores Israel's evolving attitude and discourse toward Israeli emigrants, shifting from viewing them as selfish deserters to embracing them as loyal partners, fostering a legitimate and valuable diaspora community abroad
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We discuss: 1) The awful, heartbreaking attack on Majdal Shams, and whether it will lead to all-out war 2) What the tragedy tells us about the identity and place of Druze folks here in Israel
The post The “Northern Fights” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The Paris 2024 Olympics are here! What Hebrew words and phrases must we know in order to understand the broadcasts and fully enjoy the games? The hardest of them might just be טניס שולחן. Stam!
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Anne Rethmann examines post-1945 human rights discourses, highlighting the concept of justice by the Austrian-Jewish lawyer Franz Bienenfeld. Comparing it with T. W. Adorno's notion of maturity, she emphasizes the significance of dignity within the framework of human rights
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On this episode, DJ Antithesis is back with more music making the airwaves here in our little corner of the Middle-East
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We discuss: 1) Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of the US Congress and what it was and was not 2) Who is Kamala Harris, and if she becomes president, what will it mean for, well, us?
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The Hebrew word מתווך means a real estate agent. Some people really really dislike מתווכים. Let’s learn why.
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Prof. Rotem Giladi discusses his book “Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law: Ideology and Ambivalence in Early Israeli Legal Diplomacy” (Oxford 2021), which explores the role of ideology in shaping Israel’s early attitudes towards international law
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We discuss: 1) the likely impacts of the likely assassination of Mohammad Deif, a man personally responsible for thousands of Israeli deaths 2) a new TikTok trend of videos of the everyday life of Gazans during the war, and what Israelis can learn from them
The post The “The Valley of the Shadow of Deif” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr. Timo Aava examines Estonia's establishment of non-territorial autonomies during the interwar period, with a particular focus on the Jewish self-government case, thereby providing intriguing insights into Estonia's treatment of minorities
The post Minority Rights and Jewish Non-Territorial Autonomy in Interwar Estonia appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) the IDF decision to allow, for the first time ever, military gravestones to add “God will avenge his blood” 2) a new line of “Heroes of Israel” action figures for kids to play with
The post The “Comfort Where You Find It” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Imagine this: You are walking your dog in the ‘Viv and, out of nowhere, someone comes up to you, clearly wanting to speak about something important. Their lips are moving. They are saying something. What are they likely to say to a dog owner like you?
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Dr. Eran Shlomi discusses Zionist diplomacy and representation at the League of Nations, the UN predecessor, during the interwar period. He analyzes the League’s role in the Zionist path to statehood
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We discuss: 1) the 3 months Bill spent in the West Bank keeping local Palestinians from being harassed by local Israelis 2) how America and Americans have left their imprint on Israeli culture and politics
The post The “U.S. and Us” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr. Iris Nachum introduces the jurist Jacob Robinson (1889-1977), emphasizing his activism for minority rights and compensation for expulsion. A research institute in his name has recently been established at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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We discuss: 1) the bombshell unanimous Supreme Court decision that requires Haredi men of army age to enlist 2) a new report about how to end the war and coax Gazans to accept Israel
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DJ Antithesis is back with more music influenced by the Israel-Gaza war that's making the airwaves here in our little part of the Middle-East
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You’re eyeing the cheddar cheese at a Tel Avivi deli. Now comes the big question: How do you ask the seller to give you 100 grams of it in Hebrew?
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Prof. Jeffrey Herf discusses the common ground between three markedly different worldviews, Right, Left and Islamist, when it comes to the Jews
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We discuss: 1) the war with Hezbollah up north that seems each day to get hotter and more deadly 2) new polls showing despair and pessimism of a sort Israelis have never known
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The Hebrew word משקל means both weight and the device we use to measure weight, a scale. Whoa! That complicates things. How do we utilize this word in all its possible uses?
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Dr Roni Mikel-Arieli, a postdoctoral and teaching fellow at Ben Gurion University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, discusses her book, “Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948-1994)”
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We discuss: 1) the rescue of four hostages from the depths of Gaza 2) Benny Gantz’s announcement that he is leaving the government and its tiny “War Cabinet”
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How do we respond when someone thanks us in Hebrew? What are the equivalents of, ‘you’re welcome’, ‘don’t mention it’ and ‘it's nothing’?
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We discuss: 1) the new Israeli proposal to bring home hostages, which puts the brakes on the war 2) the Supreme Court petitions that might force the army to conscript Haredim
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The words stinky, smelly, and stench, exist in all languages. But in Hebrew these words can also be used as slurs. Guy explains
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Katharina von Schurbein, the European Commission's Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life, talks about the EU's response to anti-Jewish hate crimes and speech. Despite the alarming increase in cases, she says that the Union has taken many measures that have begun to bear fruit.
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We discuss: 1) how the huge victory of Yair Golan in the primary for Labor leadership may shift the future of Israeli politics 2) a lachrymose TV comedy sketch that portrays Jewish history as one damn-pogrom-after-another, up to and including October 7
The post The “More Things Change” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The ultimatums for Netanyahu from members of his own “War Cabinet” 2) A warrant to arrest Israeli politicians when they travel abroad?
The post The “Passing Judgments” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Andrew Port, a historian at Wayne State University, discusses his new book “Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust,” analyzing German responses to cases of genocide from the 1970s to the 1990s
The post Walk the Walk: What Do Germans Mean by ‘Never Again’? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What are we to make of the new hour-long movie about the rape and sexual assault of Israeli women on October 7 and since?
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What are we to make of Israel’s rolling incursion into Rafah? Oy.
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We discuss: 1) Israel’s rolling incursion into Rafah, and
2) a new hour-long movie about the rape and sexual assualt of Israeli women on Oct. 7
The post The “Calamities, Past and Not” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
DJ Antithesis is back with more music influenced by the Israel-Gaza war, all the latest and biggest tunes, and a look at Eyal Golan’s latest album
The post Your Israeli Soundtrack for May 2024 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
A special collaboration with the Jerusalem Unplugged podcast, where host Robert Mazza and Gilad Halpern discuss the current moment for Israel domestically and internationally
The post Israel-Hamas War, 7 Months On appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) What Memorial Day and Independence Day mean in this annus horribilis, and 2) What to make of the enraged protests raging on university campuses
The post The “Days Like These” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Lihi Ben Shitrit and Dr Dahlia Scheindlin assess what lies ahead for Israel: A sea change, or more of the same?
The post Post-October 7th: Crises and Opportunities appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
To mark Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Noah describes the decades-long path Israelis followed to come to terms with the Holocaust, culminating in a record in 1988, fully 43 years after the camps were freed
The post The “Ash & Dust” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
From face and voice recognition, to identifying with a character from a book, for these and others linguistic uses we utilize the Hebrew root זהה. And how do we say, "Shazam, can you recognize this song?"
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At Passover Seders all around the world, a place setting was laid before a chair left empty for one of the 133 hostages held in Gaza. We look back at the 200 days of anguish, hope, and despair that divide Simchat Torah on October 7 from this week’s holiday
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The already volatile situation of the Palestinian citizens of Israel has been exacerbated by the Oct. 7th massacre and the war with Hamas that ensued. Dr Ahmad Agbaria talks about how their status and democratic rights have been affected, and what role they might play in its aftermath.
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How is this Passover different from all other Passovers?
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We — with the help of the US, UK, Jordan and other capable allies — buffly rebuffed the biggest missile and drone attack on Israel ever. But what does it tell us about the past and augur for the future?
The post Going Too Farsi? (Or, the Persian Incursion) appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) What to make of this week’s massive Iranian attack on Israel 2) What Passover tells us about how to understand all that has happened since October 7, and what all that has happened since October 7 tells us about how to understand Passover
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The Hebrew word זהות means identity. It's a word we Israelis use many times throughout the day, like any time we call customer service in Israel. Any guesses as to why?
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Adam Shatz, author and writer, US Editor for the London Review of Books and a visiting professor at Bard College, discusses his book, “The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon”
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Have we Jews around the world changed, and if so, how, in light of all that has happened. Are we different than we were six months and one week ago?
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Have we Israelis changed, and if so, how, in light of all that has happened? Are we different than we were six months and one week ago?
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DJ Antithesis is back with more music influenced by the Israel-Gaza war, and dives deep into Dudu Aharon’s latest album
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DJ Antithesis spins the latest Israeli hits, including new releases from Sarit Hadad, Kobi Peretz, Hadag Nachash and others
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We have many expressions with animals. Like, איזה חמור הייתי. Which ones can you use day-to-day and which ones can get you in trouble? Guy explains.
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Jerusalem is, at the same time, the most segregated and most integrated urban area in Israel/Palestine. What lessons can be drawn from the city's experience?
The post Jerusalem as a Contested City: Role Model or Cautionary Tale? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Elul is a month of soul-searching. What could we have done better, politically speaking?
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There are new “extremist moderates” emerging in Israel. Extremism in the name of moderation is no vice?
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We discuss: 1) Why Israel's high cost of living has zero-zilch-nada impact on our politics 2) What we’re feeling contemplatively remorseful about, in politics, this Elul month of contrition
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Professor Oren Yiftachel discusses more than a decade of his scholarship on colonial regimes, identities and futures in Israel and Palestine through the lens of geography and urban planning
The post Land and Power: Understanding How the Politics of Space Shape Our Lives appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What’s it like to be a kid living through the tumult and angst of Israel in 2023?
The post Won’t Anyone Think of the Children?!? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There are new “extremist moderates” emerging in Israel. Extremism in the name of moderation is no vice?
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We discuss: 1) The new “extremist moderates” emerging in Israel and what they augur 2) What it is like for kids living through the tumult and angst of Israel in 2023
The post The “Won’t Anyone Think of the Children?!?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal discusses his new book, “Sinking into the Honey Trap: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” How can social psychology contribute to our understanding of a conflict that never ends?
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August 15th marks a truly remarkable milestone for us – a whole decade of engaging discussions, insightful analysis, and thought-provoking content. It's with immense joy and gratitude that we celebrate TLV1's 10th anniversary since going live in 2013!
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What happens when the army gets political?
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A recent poll shows that almost one in three Israelis are thinking about leaving the country. But are all these folks really about to leave?
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We discuss: 1) A recent poll showing that almost 1 in 3 Israelis are thinking about leaving the country 2) The politicization of the army, and what it augurs
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In Israel, the person who runs our neighborhood vegetable stall, the ירקן, is an important figure. Guy explains why
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Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel, the head of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey, in conversation about Christian life in Israel, the nature of interfaith dialogue, the role of religion in diplomacy and conflict resolution, and more
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DJ Antithesis spins the latest Israeli hits, including new releases from Noa Kirel, Shiri Maimon, Eden Hason and others
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Why is Gal Gadot, among Israelis, the most beloved Israeli since maybe Moshe Dayan? It needs to be explained, once and for all
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Does it matter that the first-among-equals leader of Israel’s biggest-ever protest movement is a woman (and a renowned particle physicist and a mother of five)?
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We discuss: 1) Whether tossing out the far-right parties from the gov't, and swapping in the center-left, makes a lick of sense 2) The appeal of some prominent leftists to Joe Biden and Congress to save Israel from itself
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The Hebrew word פנים means face, and on its face, an ordinary and simple word. But there’s more to it in spoken Hebrew, including little things about its proper use
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Dr Karma Ben-Johanan discusses her new book “Jacob's Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish relations after Vatican II” and explains what were the implications of the Vatican's new approach to Judaism, announced in the 1960s, across the Catholic world and among Jewish theologians
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Is Israel’s left sending to DC a droid with the message: “Help us, Joe Biden. You’re our only hope”?
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Does the idea of tossing out of the government the far-right parties, and swapping in the center-left, makes a lick of sense? Is this even possible anymore?
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We discuss: 1) Whether tossing out the far-right parties from the gov't, and swapping in the center-left, makes a lick of sense 2) The appeal of some prominent leftists to Joe Biden and Congress to save Israel from itself
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Dr Nechumi Yaffe discusses her research on ultra-Orthodox "capabilities" - a tool used by social scientists to measure the well-being and opportunities afforded to people - as well as the relationship between a Haredi lifestyle and higher education
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Now that the law limiting the court's ability to limit the Ministers and cabinet passed, where do we go from here?
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The government passed the law that limits the court's ability to limit the Ministers and cabinet. So why did the two sides fail to reach compromise, even though all sides said that’s what they wanted?
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We discuss: 1) The law that passed and why no compromise was reached, even though all sides said that’s what they wanted 2) What happens, now that that law has passed
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Irus Braverman discusses her book “Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine/Israel” and explains how Israel's management of nature fits into its broader settler logic
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A major documentary seeks to understand the soul of secular Israelis. We seek to understand what we can learn from it about the state of the state
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There's a petition asking Israel's Supreme Court to strip Benjamin Netanyahu of his premiership, a petition based on sound legal arguments. But does anyone really think it would be a good idea for the Court to fire the PM?
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We discuss: 1) The petition to the Supreme Court to strip the premiership from Benjamin Netanyahu 2) What to make of Israel’s two-day operation in Jenin 3) A major new documentary about “secularism” in Israel
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Tamir Sorek, professor of history at Penn State University, discusses his book “The Optimist: A social biography of Tawfiq Zayyad,” the story of one of the foremost Palestinian politicians and intellectuals in Israel of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
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Are more and more Israelis religion-fluid and Yiddishkeit-queer? A new report says it is so
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Is it time for Israel finally to write a founding document, a constitution, 75 years after the country was created?
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As summer heats up, there's an escalation of the protests and counter-protests. Looks like it's going to be a scorching summer
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We discuss: 1) the escalation of the protests and counter-protests as summer heats up 2) a new scheme to convene a “Constitutional Convention” and write a founding document for Israel 3) a new report saying Israelis may be more religion-fluid than we usually think!
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Dr Rob Geist Pinfold discusses his book “Understanding Territorial Withdrawals: Israeli Occupations and Exits,” which offers a cross-section examination of several cases of territorial expansion and realignment throughout Israel's history
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As the massive protests enter their seventh month, the Promised Podcast looks at the place of protest in Israeli society. (This episode contains time-tested content from the vault, so you know it’s good!)
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DJ Antithesis spins the latest Israeli hits, including new releases from Eden Hason, Lior Narkis, Itay Levi and others
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The Hebrew word להשכיב means, to put something or someone in a horizontal position. Read that sentence again and you'll understand why this episode is not suitable for children
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Joseph Berger discusses his book “Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence,” the first English-language biography of the iconic Jewish intellectual and Holocaust author
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In the waning days of Pride Month, the Promised Podcast ransacks its archives for memorable LGBTQ+ moments and music!
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Isabel Kershner, Israel reporter for the New York Times, discusses her new book “The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for its Inner Soul”
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Now that the writer-prophets, the Ozes and the Yehoshuas, are no longer with us, are we sailing on a ship without a moral compass?
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PM Netanyahu decided to move forward the judicial reform by passing a law limiting when and how judges can rule based on what seems “reasonable” to them. What, in Israel, has ever been reasonable?
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We discuss: 1) PM Netanyahu’s decision to move forward the judicial reform 2) If there are no more writer-prophets, are we sailing on a ship without a moral compass?
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The Hebrew word סחורה means merchandise. What does סחורה אלף-אלף mean? And how do we say drug trafficking and drug dealers in the language of the Bible?
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Dr. Arik Rudnitzky, the head of the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at Tel Aviv University, unveils data of a new comprehensive survey on Israel's Arab community
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More than 100 Palestinian citizens of Israel murdered by Palestinian citizens of Israel so far this year (and the year is not yet half over). What’s happening?
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There was a weird Knesset vote this week that elected a representative from the opposition to the Judicial Selection Committee but no representative from the coalition, and still somehow led to a breakdown of talks at the President’s Residence. So what the hell happened and what does it mean?
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We discuss: 1) The weird Knesset vote that elected a representative from the opposition to the Judicial Selection Committee but no representative from the coalition 2) The murderous violence that has led to the deaths of over 100 Palestinian citizens of Israel in this year that is not yet half over
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Where do you go shopping? How do you pay? And what do we say to a friend who just bought something new? Guy explains shopping in Israel
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Lerna Ekmekcioglu, Professor of History and Gender Studies at MIT, specializing in Turkish and Armenian history, discusses Armenian demands for a "national home" in the newly founded Turkish Republic, in the 1920s
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Three-quarters of a century ago, sixteen Jewish soldiers were killed when their boat was destroyed by Jewish soldiers in a Jewish State that was 37 days old. Why does this story still matter so much to so many, 75 years later?
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Israeli ministers and MKs are drowned when they try to speak overseas, by Israeli protestors. Is that cool?
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On this episode of Kol Cambridge, DJ Antithesis is here with some of the latest Israeli hits, including new releases from Omer Adam, Moshe Peretz, Ana Zak and many more
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We discuss: 1) The growing protests of Israeli ministers and MK abroad 2) The 75th memorial of the sinking of the Altalena, and why the boat destroyed three-quarters of a century ago still matters so much to so many!
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The Hebrew word for calendar is יומן. Our calendars used to be made of paper but today, most of us have gone digital. So what does היומן לא מסונכרן mean?
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Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, Professor (Emerita) of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses her recent book, a reading of five constitutive Jewish texts that paints a comprehensive and thought-provoking portrait of Jerusalem as a physical and symbolic place
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Is the best thing Israeli archeologists can do, doing nothing?
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Can the government’s war on Coca Cola be resolved by diplomatic means?
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We discuss: 1) The government’s war on Coca-Cola and the banks 2) The feeling that some important archeologists have that maybe it is time to hang up the shovels
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Kimmy Kaplan, Professor of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University, discusses his co-edited book “Contemporary Israeli Haredi Society: Profiles, Trends and Challenges,” building on an analysis combining sociological observations with a historical long-view
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Does the shuk really need a boutique and a swinging hot spot?
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Are the protests petering out?
The post Demonstration Stagnation? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Opponents say the two-year budget Netanyahu’s government just passed is “a looting of the public coffers.” Do they have a point?
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We discuss: 1) Whether opponents are right to call the newly passed budget “a looting of the public coffers” 2) Whether or not the demonstrations, now in their 21st week, are starting to peter out 3) Whether the fancifying of the local shuks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv ought to delight or worry us
The post The “God Gave My People the Torah at Sinai… and All I Got Was this Lousy Podcast” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What should we say in Hebrew when we meet someone we haven’t seen for a very long time? How about someone who just got back from an extended stay abroad?
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Prof. Hagar Kotef analyzes the concept of "home" as both a physical endeavor and an object of attachment, against the backdrop of the Zionist settlement and the dispossession of Palestinians that it entailed
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There's a Robin-hoodish proposal to use some property taxes from rich cities to help out poor cities. So why are folks on the left so opposed to it and with such sound and fury?
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What the hell just happened between us and Gaza?
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We discuss: 1) What the hell just happened between us and Gaza 2) The Robin-hoodish proposal to use some property taxes from rich cities to help out poor cities
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How have the failings of the late 20th-century economic system affected governance, and vice-versa? Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator for the Financial Times, explains
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In honor of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the crew shares thoughts and memories about one of the most important events of year!
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People want to make Israel’s Declaration of Independence into a basic law and the foundation of a constitution. But is that really a good idea?
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More than 200,000 gather in Jerusalem to demonstrate their support of Netanyahu’s judicial reforms. What do we learn from this?
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We discuss: 1) The huge right-wing rally in favor of the judicial reforms 2) Whether or not the opposition's idea of enshrining (as a Basic Law) Israel’s Declaration of Independence is a good one
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DJ Antithesis spins the latest Israeli hits including new releases from Subliminal, Stephan Legar, Kobi Peretz and many more
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To aim, to tune, to intend, to really mean something. The Hebrew equivalent of these verbs all come from the root כ.ו.נ, a root which has many interesting uses in our spoken language
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The crew tell share stuff in celebration of Israel’s 75th Independence Day! Plus, one great song from each decade!
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Dr Yossi Harpaz discusses his book “Citizenship 2.0” and how the relationship between citizenship and other sociological categories, such as migration and national identity, has evolved
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There's a new duet by two of Israel’s most revered, tragic, Yemenite singers, who have been dead for decades. What happens to culture, once AI can vanquish death?
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Seven Ashkenazi teens at a religious high school for girls make a video full of stereotypes about Sefaradim. Sure, it’s icky, but what’s it mean?
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Is it possible to keep politics outside the gates of our cemeteries?
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We discuss: 1) The worries and complaints about “politicizing” Memorial Day 2) A video made by Ashkenazi kids in a religious high school, flush with stereotypes about Sefaradim 3) A new duet sung, using AI, by two beloved, tragic, and long dead Yemenite singers
The post The “Past & Present” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The Hebrew word כיוון means direction but it's got many different uses. In this episode, Guy talks about wind direction, career trajectory, prayer orientation and so much more
The post Which Direction Is the Wind Blowing? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Prof. Jonathan Graubart discusses his book “Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs,” offering a contemporary re-evaluation of early 20th-century thought on Jewish sovereignty and statehood
The post The Non-zionist Zionist appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Did 56 years of occupying the West Bank change the nature of the Jewish religion fundamentally (and not for the better)?
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Everyone's worried about “The rift splitting the nation.” Is it real? And, if so, what’s it all about?
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We discuss: 1) “The rift splitting the nation” that everyone is so worried about 2) A prominent political theorist’s theory that 56 years of occupying the West Bank has transformed Israeli Judaism
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What do we say to someone really tall who is sitting in front of us in the movie theater? And how do spies communicate with each other? Guy explains the Hebrew root ח.ב.א
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A medley of favorite old stories and discussions about Passover by the people of the Promised Podcast. (After all, we read the same goddam Haggadah every year, and I don’t hear anyone complaining about that!)
The post The “Promised Podcast Pesach-Palooza!” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
In Hebrew, הפגנה is a demonstration. Israelis are very diligent protesters and demonstrators. Guy explains how to use the root פגנ to its fullest
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Prof. Derek Penslar discusses his forthcoming book “Zionism: An Emotional State,” an interdisciplinary attempt to study the history of Jewish nationalism through a history of emotions lens
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Is it time to administer Trump’s old “Person-Woman-Man-Camera-TV” test to Benjamin Netanyahu?
The post Has Bibi Lost It? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
After 85 fever-dream days, what the hell just happened?
The post The Hell? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) What the hell just happened and what’s gonna happen next 2) Whether Benjamin Netanyahu has lost a step, or maybe a marble
The post The “Not with a Bang, But with a Press Conference” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Shivi Greenfield discusses his book, “Judaism and Liberalism: A Metaphysical Tale of Two Siblings,” in which he claims that not only can the two coexist, they also stem from the same metaphysical source
The post Judaism and Liberalism: Brothers From Another Mother appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Mijal explains her notion of “Ne’emanut” and how maybe there’s more to morality than being principled
The post Ne’emanut Now appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
President Herzog's compromise plan for judicial reform failed straight out of the gate. But why?
The post The Best Laid Plans appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) the President’s compromise plan for judicial reform and why it failed 2) Mijal’s notion of “Ne’emanut” and how maybe there’s more to morality than being principled
The post The “Oy and Thou” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
This episode is about the Hebrew root פקח. We call parking enforcement officers פקחי חניה. What might you say to one to get out of a parking ticket? And what does this root have to do with kosher certificates?
The post Dear Inspector appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Haaretz’s Anshel Pfeffer argues that the energy behind the protests comes mostly from secular folks who are fed up with religious folks. In the end, does it always comes down to religion?
The post Secular Uprising? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There's a growing number of elite reservists who are refusing to serve in the IDF because of the judicial reform. Is staying home from an army a fair response?
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We discuss: 1) the growing number of elite reservists refusing to serve because of the judicial reform 2) whether the energy behind the protests comes mostly from secular folks who are fed up with religious folks
The post The “You and What Army?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
DJ Antithesis is here to spin the latest hits, including new releases from Noa Kirel, Dana International, Aviv Geffen, and others
The post Your Israeli Soundtrack for March appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There are so many סכנות, dangers, in everyday life. How do we say, "it's not worth the risk," in Hebrew? And what does the Japanese word for fish have anything to do with taking risks?
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Prof. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin's new book, “Mishna Consciousness, Biblical Consciousness,” considers Safed (Tzfat), the old Jewish center in the Galilee, as the crux of a religious and political worldview that could - and still might - pose an alternative to the prevalent one
The post Safed: A Reality and a Metaphor appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
In this very special episode, recorded on a “National Day of Resistance Against Dictatorship,” Noah tries your patience trying to figure out what the hell this conflict is about
The post The “A Conflict That Contains Lifetimes of Conflicts” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What Hebrew words and phrases do you need to know when looking for a new gym? How do we say fitness trainer, and what time is the best time to go to a gym?
The post Have You Been Working Out? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Yuli Novak, the former director of Breaking the Silence, the IDF veterans' organization, reflects in her new memoir, “Who Do You Think You Are,” on her 2012-2017 tenure at the helm of the most reviled human rights group in Israel
The post Public Enemy No. 1 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Israeli flags are weirdly prominent in the protests against the judicial reform. What’s with the flags?
The post Flagging Spirits (or, Vexing Vexillology) appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We just witnessed the rampage on Huwara that many here are calling a pogrom. A pogrom in 2023?
The post In Flames appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) the rampage on Huwara that many here are calling a pogrom 2) the weirdly prominent place of flags in the protests against the judicial reform, and what it means
The post The “In Flames” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss the open letter of more than 160 renowned historians of Jews, Judaism and/or Israel, titled “Israel on the Edge of an Abyss,” with its author, the brilliant historian Orit Rozin
The post The “History Will Judge Us” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Why is former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, the most revered and reviled man in Israel?
The post Barak and a Hard Place appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Strikes, blocking roads, doxing, boycotts, intimidating demonstrations right outside the doors of legislators and ministers – Where’s the line that divides legitimate protest from the other kind?
The post Uncivil Disobedience? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The new, questionable tactics of the demonstrations against judicial reforms 2) A long and self-exposing interview with former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, the most revered and reviled man in Israel
The post The “Uncivil Disobedience?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
David de Jong discusses his book, “Nazi Billionaires: The Dark Histories of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties,” a collective biography of Nazi Germany's top industrialists and their heirs, shedding light on the dark corners of Germany's postwar Denazification
The post Hitler’s Willing Profiteers appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
In demonstrations demanding democracy, why does one hear so few Palestinian voices?
The post A Protest of All its Protestors! appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
President Herzog addressed the nation, looking like he’d just seen a ghost. Many say it was the most important speech of Herzog’s life, but was it the speech we need to hear and will it do a damn thing?
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We discuss: 1) President Herzog’s worried speech to the nation, calling on politicians “to extinguish the explosive fire of division, before it destroys us” 2) Why we don’t hear much of the voices of Palestinian citizens of Israel at the big demonstrations
The post The “Presidential Importunity” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Just back from his live Tokyo club gig, DJ Antithesis is in the studio playing the latest Israeli hits, including new releases by Maor Edri, Eden Ben Zaken, Tuna and many more
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The Hebrew word לחשוף is commonly used by archaeologists, journalists, dermatologists and... strippers. What does it mean? Guy explains
The post Exposing the Truth appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Prof. Nir Keidar discusses his book “David Ben Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy.” How did Israel's founding father conceptualize the Republican idea and adapt it to the unique reality of the State of Israel, and in what ways is the Netanyahu Government's judicial overhaul a contradiction of the original vision?
The post Our Republic: Ben Gurion’s Constitutional Vision appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
It seems like Nazis are so much on the minds of so many who are fighting Netanyahu’s judicial reforms. Are we a Godwin-forsaken country?
The post SS, Mein Kind appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Newly proposed reform of the schools would give principals the power to fire bad teachers and give extra pay to the good ones, bringing free-market principles to grade-school principals. Do we really need another major reform right now?
The post The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) A proposed reform that would give school principals the power to fire bad teachers and give extra pay to the good ones, bringing free-market principles to grade-school principals 2) Why Nazis are so much on the minds of so many who are fighting Netanyahu’s judicial reforms
The post The “Reform School” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There are people you don’t want to mess with, and there are things you shouldn’t do because they're a hassle. How do you say all this in Hebrew? Well, you'd use the עסק root, of course!
The post You Don’t Want to Mess With Me appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Oren Kessler, journalist and author, discusses his new book “Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict,” dedicated to one of the key moments in the history of Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine and Israel
The post Intifada 1.0 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We're seeing a sudden rise of a (very small) religious left. Is religious-left an oxymoron?
The post Keeping the Faith appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There were 32 attacks on Israeli Jews – some deadly – in January. How does the violence affect the protests over Netanyahu’s reforms that have roiled the country?
The post When Cannons Roar appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The nearly daily, sometimes deadly Palestinian attacks on Jews, and their impact on the protests against Netanyahu’s reforms 2) The sudden rise of a (very small) religious left, and what it says about today and means for tomorrow
The post The “Demonstrating Faith” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
In Hebrew עסקים means business. Today, Guy talks about the root עסק and introduces other nouns we should know. Bonus: What do you do when you see an unfamiliar transaction in your credit card statement?
The post The Deal of a Lifetime appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Shuli Dichter, a veteran activist for a Jewish-Arab shared society in Israel, discusses his political memoir. The timing of its publication in English, when Israel seems to be moving in the opposite direction, is not a coincidence
The post This Land Will Be Shared appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
University students hold every imaginable political belief. So is it right for university administrators and faculty to encourage their students to protest the new government?
The post U & Us appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Fifteen times as many people are turning out for anti-government demonstrations in Tel Aviv as are coming to demonstrations in Jerusalem. But are the small demonstrations in the capital more important than the big demonstrations on the coast?
The post A Tale of Four Cities appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) Whether the very different natures of the protests in Jerusalem, Haifa and Beer Sheva offer a corrective to the much bigger demonstrations in Tel Aviv 2) Whether it's right for ostensibly apolitical universities, professors and students to protest the government on campus
The post The “All You Protest Kids” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
National Library Database & Reference Librarian Daniel Lipson, has spent years painstakingly locating the tens of thousands of books in the library's collections that were stolen by Nazis. Just ahead of International Holocaust Day, he tells us why
The post The Painstaking Work to Locate the Tens of Thousands of Books Stolen by the Nazis appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Tamir Hod discusses his book on the Demjanjuk affair of the 1980s and 1990s - the trial and eventual acquittal of Ukrainian-American John Demjanjuk
The post The Demjanjuk Affair: A Study in the Culture of Memory appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Journalist, scholar, and public intellectual Yossi Klein Halevi published an essay arguing that we’re riven between those who long for a “State of Judaism”, and those who long for a “State of Jews.” How did we get here? Yossi Klein Halevi, who joined us for the discussion, has an answer!
The post WWYS, or What Would Yossi Say? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The Supreme Court bars Shas head Aryeh Deri from being a minister, and half the country thinks justice has been done and half the country thinks the results of Novembers democratic elections have been undone
The post Estoppel Anagrams to “Lost Peeps” appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The Supreme Court ruling that Aryeh Deri cannot be a minister and the constitutional crisis that may follow 2) The essay by Yossi Klein Halevi arguing that we’re riven between those who long for a “State of Judaism”, and those who long for a “State of Jews.” We are joined for this discussion by the author himself!
The post The “When Life Gives You Demons…” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The Hebrew word להגיש is a verb with several different meanings. Food, university papers and TV shows — these are all things we can להגיש
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Tamar Hermann, Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, discusses the 20th edition of the annual Democracy Index, the most comprehensive annual survey of Israeli public opinion on matters of public importance
The post Battered but Not Broken: The Israel Democracy Index, 2022 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
People still call Hayim Nahman Bialik Israel’s “National Poet.” What could that possibly mean in 2023, on the 150th anniversary of Bialik’s birth?
The post Our Bialik appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The “Judicial Reform” has so many people so very worried. Is it needed reform or coup d'état?
The post Courting Disaster? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The “Judicial Reform” that has so many people so worried 2) Who Israel’s “National Poet,” Hayim Nahman Bialik is to us, on the 150th anniversary of his birth
The post The “What Is Up? What Is Down?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
It’s time for the annual Kol Cambridge music awards! Here are some of our favorite songs of 2022 and a few new ones from 2023
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In Hebrew, מתוק means sweet or sweetie. You might also hear מתוק used passive-aggressively by a person standing in a Tel Avivi line
The post My Sweetie Pie appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Steven Fine discusses “The Samaritans: A Biblical People,” a documentary film, edited book and museum exhibition dedicated to the Samaritans, a tiny ethnoreligious group native to Israel and Palestine
The post The Samaritans: Then and Now appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
If two people fighting who owes who what, and they both want to be tried by a rabbi instead of a judge, is that cool?
The post You’re Not the Judge of Me! appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
When historians look back, will they say the elections of 2022 were when Israel changed forever (and not necessarily for the better)?
The post This Time Feels Different appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) Whether something “fundamental” just changed with the recent elections 2) Whether the jurisdiction of Rabbinical courts ought to be expanded to include civil disputes
The post The “The Falcon & the Falconer” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr. Gilad Malach, the director of the "Ultra-Orthodox in Israel" program at the Israel Democracy Institute, discusses the latest "Haredi Report", published annually by the IDI
The post Back on the Horse appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
There's a new proposed “Basic Law: Torah Study” that gives learning Talmud in a Yeshiva the same weight and status as commanding a tank in the IDF. Is it finally time to make the Torah nice and legal?
The post Getting the Book of Books on the Books appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
What good are the new “coalition agreements” Benjamin Netanyahu just signed, if the guy is already saying he ain’t gonna honor at least some of them?
The post The Paper It’s Written On? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The new “coalition agreements” signed, some of which Netanyahu already said he ain’t gonna honor 2) The new proposed Basic Law that gives learning Talmud in a Yeshiva the same weight and status as commanding a tank in the IDF
The post The “Getting the Book of Books on the Books” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Dr Omer Einav, a historian at Hadassah Academic College, discusses his book “Defending the Goal: Football and the relations between Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine, 1917-1948”
The post Fair Play? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Has the time come for a new left – of, by and for Jews & Palestinians together – that leaves Zionism checked at the door?
The post Yet Another New Left? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Ever since the elections produced what the elections produced, we’ve been wondering what our Sally Abed makes of all this. This week, finally, we had a chance to ask
The post The “Through Sally’s Eyes” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We've got the latest Israeli musical hits for you, along with a special studio guest
The post Your Israeli Soundtrack for December appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
You’re home watching one of the most important football games in the world cup. Suddenly, your team goes on the offensive. What Hebrew words and phrases do you shout in order to help bring them to victory?
The post World Cup Hebrew Lingo appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Yoram Hazony discusses his book, “Conservatism: A Rediscovery,” advocating for ending the “marriage of convenience between conservatism and liberalism”
The post Has Liberalism Run Its Course? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
J Street unveiled a new vision at its recent conference. Is this J Street 2.0?
The post J Street 2.0 appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
More and more progressive Israeli Jews dream of separation from the more religious, more right wing Jews. What’s up with that?
The post The Other Two-State Solution? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) the proposals to separate the secular, mostly Progressive Jews in Israel from the mostly-religious, mostly right-wing ones 2) the new vision J Street unveiled at its recent conference
The post The “Separation Contemplation” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Rachel Azaria, CEO of Darkenu and a veteran public campaigner and former politician, discusses her book “Guided Revolution: A step-by-step manual towards social change in Israel”
The post Start the Revolution With Me appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Israel’s new government to American Jews: F*ck you?
The post The Jewish War appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Why do so many people think that giving the head of a homophobic party control over school enrichment programs might be the worst thing Benjamin Netanyahu has ever done?
The post Rock of Our Salvation? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) Why giving the Noam party control over enrichment programs in schools has led to great anger towards Netanyahu 2) Whether the dominant tone of the incoming Israeli governing coalition is a resounding “F you” to American Jews
The post The “Salt & Pfeffer” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The words להזהיר and אזהרה are used to warn someone of something or someone. We have many expressions with אזהרה, including the saying, רְאו הוזהרתם
The post I’m Warning You! appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Prof. Hillel Cohen, historian of the Middle East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses his new book, which attempts to define Mizrahi politics in historical and contemporary contexts
The post Mizrahi Jews and Palestinian Arabs: A Bilateral Triangle? appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Anything wrong with tidying up a ‘Basic Law’ so Aryeh Deri can become a minister just four years after admitting to tax evasion?
The post This Time, It’s Personal appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Minister Ben Gvir?!?
The post Can’t Spell “Minister Ben Gvir” Without “Bite Me” appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The coalition agreement that gives Ben Gvir, well, a lot of Jewish Power 2) Whether or not it’s wrong to change a “basic law” so Aryeh Deri can be a minister
The post The “Can’t Spell ‘Minister Ben Gvir’ Without ‘Bite Me’” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
How would you warn a friend who is about to be hit by an electric bike speeding on the sidewalk? We would shout, !זהירות
The post Be Careful! appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Prof. Jeffrey Herf discusses his new book which analyzes how Israeli independence benefited from the changing international landscape in the "twilight" period between the Second World War and the Cold War
The post The Birth of a Nation: The Diplomatic Backstory of Israel’s Establishment appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Should Benny Gantz break his promise, join Netanyahu’s government, and save us from the Kahanists and the homophobes?
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Did Israel’s outgoing government prove that right-center-left-Arab-Jewish politics is possible? Or did it prove that it’s impossible?
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We discuss: 1) If the rocky road travelled by the “change” coalition proves that a right-center-left-Arab-Jewish coalition is possible or, maybe just the opposite 2) Whether Benny Gantz should break his campaign promise, join Netanyahu’s government, and save us from the Kahanists and the homophobes
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Filmmaker Alon Schwarz discusses his new documentary, Tantura, which reopens an episode from Israel's War of Independence and a controversy that erupted in the 1990s
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Why do the religious parties all want to change the Law of Return so it applies to fewer people?
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All the parties in Netanyahu’s presumptive coalition agree to pass a law letting the Knesset to overrule the Supreme Court’s striking down laws passed by the Knesset. What happens now?
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We discuss: 1) The agreement in the emerging coalition agreements to pass a law letting the Knesset reverse decisions by the Courts to reverse laws passed by the Knesset 2) Whether or not the “Law of Return” ought to be narrowed so it no longer applies to people who don’t have at least one Jewish parent
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How could it be that we still didn't dedicate an entire episode to the Hebrew word כסף, money? Let's correct that wrong. Guy explains the slangy term for someone who is “loaded” with cash, and will also teach a special 'blessing' directed towards someone who stole from us
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Prof. Avner Wishnitzer discusses his book “As Night Falls: Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Cities After Dark,” a groundbreaking social history of Istanbul and Jerusalem on the cusp of modernity
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Are the very religious parties that will make up half of Netanyahu’s coalition hoping to turn Israel into a Halakhic State?
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Who’s to blame for the loss of the center left?
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We discuss: 1) The recriminations within the “Change bloc” over who is to blame for their huge election loss 2) Whether the religious parties that will dominate half the coalition plan to turn Israel into a “Halakhic State”
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Using banking apps in a foreign language is not the easiest thing. Guy is here to help
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Prof. Hagar Lahav discusses her book “Women, Secularism and Belief: A Sociology of Belief in the Jewish-Israeli Secular Landscape”
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As the very last votes are still being counted, we try to make sense of the election results that will bring Benjamin Netanyahu back to the Prime Minister’s office, and what they say about the heart and soul of the country, and what they do to our own hearts and souls
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A Listener from Kansas City asked whether we use AM/PM in Hebrew. Here is the answer
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Prof. Gideon Rahat discusses the insights that emanate from a recent book he co-edited with Prof. Michal Shamir. Is there any reason to believe that Israel's fifth general election in two and a half years will be any different?
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We got no secrets. Here’s how we’re voting.
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Why do some people wake up on election morning with the feeling that it just doesn’t matter who they vote for, or if they vote at all?
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Five days ahead of the elections, Sally, Don and Noah talk about: 1) Why people who don’t vote, don’t vote, and 2) Who we’re voting for on Tuesday
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Mikhael Manekin, former director of Breaking the Silence and Molad, discusses his new book, “A Dawn of Redemption,” an attempt to address the ostensible contradiction between his progressive politics and his Modern Orthodox devotion
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Israel negotiates an historic treaty with Lebanon, but PM Yair Lapid doesn’t bring it to the Knesset to ratify, on the grounds that, if he did, it wouldn’t. Did he make the right call?
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Just what happens if Benjamin Netanyahu is elected Prime Minister?
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We discuss: 1) Just what will happen if Netanyahu returns to the PM’s residence 2) Whether PM Lapid was right to forego Knesset approval for the historical marine boundary line treaty with Lebanon
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We've got the latest Israeli hits to get you up and dancing on your feet!
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We discuss: 1) Yair Lapid’s ringing endorsement of a Two-State Solution in the hallowed halls of the U.N. 2) A new poll of global elites that find they think Israel is the second most religious country on earth – now why on earth would they think that?
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Who’s last in line? You are? So I'm after you. Today, Guy explains the different uses of אחרון, meaning last or lately, including the saying, last but not least
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In this very special, carbon-neutral episode, we look back on people who lately left us, leaving a huge mark on our lives and world
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Reflections on the year that was
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There's a brand new documentary about women in the Knesset. Should we be surprised that sexism is still alive and well in 2022?
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Benjamin Netanyahu promises ultra-Orthodox politicians, in exchange for their support, to fully-fund Haredi schools no matter what they do and do not teach. Is that unhinged and irresponsible?
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We discuss: 1) Bibi’s promise to fully fund ultra-Orthodox schools, whatever they teach 2) A new documentary about women in the Knesset 3) What were the most important things that happened here over the year that is now ending!
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With the shocking news of Static & Ben-El parting ways, our patrons have asked for a Static & Ben-El retrospective episode and that is exactly what you'll get!
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Shlomit Ravitsky-Tur Paz discusses some recent findings - some unprecedented - from the new Israel Democracy Institute biannual statistical report on religion and state, published this week
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The head of Israel’s hottest new political party is a TikTok celeb too young to be elected to the Knesset. What gives?
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Adam Raz has written several history books. His most recent work is a stage play, “The Personal Tragedy of Mr Sami Saada,” which focuses on how the life of an Arab family man from Haifa unraveled in April 1948, and his attempts to cope with the new reality
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What better way to make the end of summer than by celebrating that city we love so well, Tel Aviv-Jaffa?!?
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Prof. On Barak takes on a historical journey to think of energy in the historical context of the making of the Middle East as a region, during the long 19th century
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Do party primaries pick better Knesset candidates than the more autocratic alternatives?
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What, if anything, do the primaries in the Religious Zionism party say about, well, religious Zionism?
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Did the Meretz party primaries just send the party back to the future?
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We discuss: 1) The primaries in Meretz 2) The primaries in the Religious Zionism Party 3) Whether holding primaries produces better results than the more autocratic methods that most of the parties use
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Dr Andreas Hackl, anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, discusses his new book, “The Invisible Palestinians: The Hidden Struggle for Inclusion in Jewish Tel Aviv”
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says, in Berlin, dumb*ssedly, that Israel has perpetrated “fifty Holocausts.” What, if anything, do we learn from that about the man and the government he represents?
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After its recent primaries, has the Likud become a party “of Netanyahu, by Netanyahu and for Netanyahu”?
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After its recent primaries, does Labor still look like a party that could ever rule Israel again?
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We discuss: 1) The primaries in Labor, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 2) The primaries in the Likud, and what they say about the heart-and-soul of the party 3) Palestinian President Abbas’s statement in Berlin that Israel has perpetrated “fifty Holocausts”
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Dr Louis Fishman, historian of modern Turkey and Israel/Palestine, discusses his book, “Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914,” breaking down conventional wisdoms about politics and identity in Palestine on the eve of the First World War
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Two small right-wing parties join to form “The Zionist Spirit”. What’s that all about?
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Two small right-wing parties join to form “The Zionist Spirit”. What’s that all about?
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We discuss: 1) How we can even talk about this week’s battle and bombs in Gaza 2) What to make of the new documents shedding new light on an old 1956 atrocity
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Matt Sienkiewicz, Professor of Communication and International Studies at Boston College, discusses his new co-authored book, analyzing the reach and influence of openly right-wing comedians on old and new media in the United States
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A study says that IDF inductees weigh 10 kg more these days, on average, than they did 40 years ago – yikes!
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A judge orders a woman into protective custody when her ex and his family threatens her life. That can’t be right, can it?
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Two small right-wing parties join to form “The Zionist Spirit”. What’s that all about?
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We discuss: 1) The new “Zionist Spirit” party 2) A judge’s order to force a woman into protective custody when her ex and his family threatens her life 3) A study that says the average weight of IDF inductees has gone up 10 kg in 4 decades
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Avi Dabush, veteran social activist and Meretz politician, analyzes the origins of social inequalities in Israel and explains why the liberal left - despite everything - is the answer
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Is there a “joy disparity” between Israel’s happy-go-luck right and its bummed-out left, our pusses perennially soured?
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid says he’ll form a government “without extremists.” What could possibly be wrong with that?
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We discuss: 1) Whether or not PM Lapid’s “No Extremists!” election campaign has bigoted “dog-whistles” 2) Whether or not there is a “joy disparity” between the happy-go-lucky right and the bummed-out left
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Dr. Naomi Shmuel discusses her book “Generations of Hope: Tradition and Intergenerational Transferal among Ethiopian Immigrants,” analyzing the hybrid identity of Israelis of Ethiopian descent across the generations
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Will video marriage in Utah solve Israel’s wedding woes?
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We've got the latest summer hits including new releases from Subliminal, Stephane Legar, Itay Levi, Hadag Nachash, Sarit Hadad and many more
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Why are the leaders of Israel’s liberal-left Meretz party, dropping out like flies?
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The popularity of a one time acolyte of Rabbi Meir Kahane is growing leaps and bounds. Why?
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We discuss: 1) The surprising rise in popularity of far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir 2) The sudden auto-defenestration of the leaders of the liberal-left Meretz Party 3) Whether video-wedding from Utah finally offer a solution to the religious control of weddings in Israel
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Prof. Norbert Lammert joins us in Tel Aviv for a conversation about the challenges of the liberal and democratic order in his native Germany and elsewhere, upon the 40th anniversary of the Foundation's presence in Israel
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Isn’t it weird that there are Jewish Olympics, by Jews, of Jews and for Jews?
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What do you get when a centrist party and a right wing party merge?
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What is US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel much ado about, nothin’ or sumpin’?
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We discuss: 1) Biden’s visit and what, if anything, it really means 2) the merger of the centrist Blue & White party and the right-wing New Hope party 3) How the rather 19th century institution of the Maccabiah has survived into the 21st century
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We celebrate pride month with releases from Noa Kirel, Agam Buchbut, and Eti Biton, and delve deep into the latest Eden Ben Zaken EP
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Foreign Minister (and soon-to-be replacement Prime Minister) Yair Lapid decides to cancel all high-school trips to concentration camps in Poland. Would we be better off rethinking entirely the way we think about Holocaust education?
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Prime Minister Bennett decides to throw in the towel and take the country to new elections. What does it say about what was, what is, and what will be?
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We discuss: 1) Bennett’s decision to throw in the towel and take the country to new elections 2) Lapid’s decision to cancel all high-school trips to concentration camps in Poland
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The word לצעוד means to march. But it can also mean to walk or to advance. No wonder politicians love this verb!
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Why is ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suing ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and what’s it say about Israeli politics?
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Has the time come for the heads of Israel’s decomposing government to say when?
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We discuss: 1) Whether the time has come for the heads of Israel’s decomposing gov't to say, “when” 2) Why one ex-PM is suing another ex-PM for defamation of character, and what it says about the character of Israeli politics
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Tens of thousands marched in this year's מצעד הגאווה, gay pride parade, in Tel Aviv, which gave us a good excuse to talk about the Hebrew word מצעד and its root צ.ע.ד
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Israel’s biggest reality show just married off two hunky, dreamy gay guys? Is one small step towards heteronormativity a giant leap for LGBTQ folks?
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Israel’s government fails to renew temporary provisional regulations first put into place in 1967 by then Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan, and renewed 18 times since then, regulations that allow Israeli law to apply to Israeli citizens living in the West Bank which, by Israeli and International law both, is not part of Israel proper. What now?
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We discuss: 1) The failure of the government to renew the “temporary provisional regulations” that allow settlers to live across the Green Line under Israeli law 2) Israel’s biggest reality show, “Marriage at First Sight,” which just betrothed two hunky, dreamy guys
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Ask someone in Tel Aviv what they think about Jerusalem, and they’ll probably tell you that they don’t think about Jerusalem
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An EU-funded, UN-midwifed Palestinian Authority plan sets out how Jerusalem will be developed as the capital of Palestine by 2030. Some Israelis decry this as a stratagem to undermine Israeli sovereignty over a united Jerusalem, which it sort-of is, but is that necessarily a bad thing?
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We discuss: 1) A plan to set up Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine by 2030, with schools, hospitals, trains, sewage plants and all the rest 2) How Jerusalem alienates people in Tel Aviv-Jaffa and elsewhere around the country
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The word מפריע means ‘bother’, and is used in polite sentences like, “סורי אם אני מפריע”. But politeness is not what you'll find when searching for מפריע on Twitter. Guy explains
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Wagner died 140 years ago. Is it time to put to rest our Gevalt-by-Association, and let his music boom from Tel Aviv stages?
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After days of vicious debate, Israel’s coalition and opposition agree to pay college tuition for discharged combat soldiers. Is that really a good idea?
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All the latest hits from Static & Ben-el, Ivri Lider, Omer Adam, Eden Hason and many others
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Mertz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi quits the coalition, sending Israeli politics into turmoil, only to rejoin three days later. What the hell was that about?
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We discuss: 1) MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi quitting the coalition, threatening to topple the gov't, only to rejoin 3 days later 2) The vicious debate over a bill to pay tuition for discharged combat soldiers 3) Whether Wagner should now be played in Israel
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The Hebrew word להקפיץ means to cause something to jump. But how else can we use it?
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A Pulitzer Prize for a packs-a-punch parable about the parent of a past premier.
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An old joke says: The food at that restaurant is terrible and the portions are too small! The Bank of Israel says: High-tech is tearing Israel apart, and we need more of it. Which one is funnier?
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Nakba Day memorializes as a tragedy the day when a Jewish State was reborn after two thousand tumultuous, stateless years. What can an Israeli Jew say to that?
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Can a government without a majority do its job?
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After Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian Al-Jazeera reporter, was shot and killed in cross-fire outside Jenin, everyone was sure they knew who pulled the trigger
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We discuss: 1) The killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh 2) Whether Israel’s no-longer-majority governing coalition ought to throw in the towel 3) Whether a weak climate change mitigation bill is better or worse than no bill at all
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Allison, Don, Ohad, Amit, Linda, Jeremy & Noah talk about what Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, means to them, on the eve of Israel’s 74th.
The post The “A Sovereign Jewish State after 2,000 Years, and All I Got was this Lousy Podcast” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
It’s not always easy to host people. It's also important to know how to be good guests. Guy explains the secrets behind Israeli hospitality using the Hebrew root ארח
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Can we, and should we, have a Holocaust Day that is not just Jewish but also Israeli?
The post Then, Now appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Israel’s government ends the mask mandate and says: Lighten up, happy days are here again. Did the almost 4,000 people a day still getting COVID miss the memo?
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Is it inevitable that seasons of calm are replaced by seasons of violence, just as winter gives way to spring?
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We take a listen to the brand new album by Eyal Golan, and the recent collaboration by Dudu Aharon and Eden Meiri
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We discuss: 1) The violence at the holiest sites in Jerusalem, and everywhere else 2) The end of the government's mask mandate 3) Whether or not it is possible to have a Holocaust Remembrance Day that is Israeli and not just Jewish
The post The “Now and Then” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
The Hebrew word אסור means forbidden, must not. Its root, אסר, provides us all sorts of ways to say, “we shouldn't do that.” So let's try to follow the rules because otherwise we might end up as an אסיר!
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In this very-special episode, Noah tells the story of a kibbutz that surrendered to the Egyptian army in 1948, and the wounds that have never really healed
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Israelis google lots of questions with the word מותר. To whom are they turning for answers? Doctors, experts, rabbis and others knowledgeable people. They want to know what’s allowed and what’s forbidden
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What does it mean to “see ourselves as if we ourselves left Egypt,” in this moment of viruses and violences, of refugees and unrest
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Should dead people be dug up and downsized into ossuaries a year after they’re buried? Some rabbis, scholars and environmental activists say, absolutely!
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Are the crimes of terrorists visited on their loved ones?
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We discuss: 1) Whether families of terrorists should pay for the crimes of a loved one 2) Whether we need to change how we bury our dead 3) How we understand the main Passover commandment – to see ourselves as if we ourselves left Egypt, in this moment of viruses and violences, of refugees and unrest
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The chairwoman of the coalition bolted to the opposition, leaving the future of Israel’s government uncertain. Israel may go to elections over what now?
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Three terror attacks on civilians in three city centers in eight days, leaving eleven dead. Is Israel facing a new round of violence?
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We discuss: 1) The wave of violence that lately rocked Israeli cities, the worst in 17 years 2) The chairwoman of the coalition who bolted to the opposition, leaving the future of Israel’s government uncertain
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The word לתאר means “to describe” as well as “to imagine.” Guy explains how to use this verb and teaches a slang term to use when rolling your eyes at someone
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We discuss: 1) Yad Vashem’s decision not to be the venue for a speech by Ukraine’s President 2) The mysterious disappearance from news feeds of the Pegasus surveillance software scandal 3) Whether time has come to retire the notion of Amalek
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Brand new tunes from Static & Ben-el, Omer Adam, Agam Buchbut and a special tribute to one of our beloved listeners who recently passed away
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I need to make some בירורים, inquiries about someone, לברר a few things about him. This is Guy's second episode dedicated to the root ב-ר-ר
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Should government money go to making Shabbat more “relevant” to secular folks?
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Sexual assault charges are dropped against a leading light of the gay community because what he did “does not cross the threshold of criminality”
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Should Israel take as many refugees from Ukraine as want to come?
The post Showing Up appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) Whether Israel should throw open its borders to refugees from Ukraine 2) The decision by police to close the sexual assault investigation of one of the LGBTQ+ communities' leading lights 3) The govt’s decision to spend ten million shekels to “strengthen Shabbat” and the huge backlash against it
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In Hebrew, ?הייתי ברורה means ,“was I clear?” Guy's school principal would lecture them after they did something wrong, and she would end with ?הייתי ברורה. This episode is dedicated to the word ברור
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Menachem Begin was beloved and reviled in his lifetime. As we mark the 30th anniversary of his death, what is the legacy of this remarkable man?
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If your parents came from Morocco, is it harder to get the courts to listen?
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We discuss: 1) The bombshell report that police used spyware against mayors, Knesset members, journalists and protestors 2) A powerful editorial saying we teach our kids all the wrong things about the Holocaust
The post The “What Do We Need to Know?” Edition appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We've got the latest music releases from Stephane Legar, Louai Ali, Moshiko Mor and Sapir Saban, together with a blast from the past from Roni Douani, Metropolin and Mook E
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A listener asked, “how do you say creative in Hebrew?” There is so much to cover with the root י.צ.ר! So roll up your sleeves and prepare your notebook and pencil because we're about to get our creative juices going
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Should our collective memory be fixed through political collective bargaining?
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Should politicians displaying “moral turpitude” be banned from holding office for life? Are there crimes for which penance can never be paid?
The post Turpitude Now, Turpitude Tomorrow, Turpitude Forever appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
Amnesty International accuses us of being murderous racists committing crimes against humanity but, then, what’s a little constructive criticism between friends?
The post That Word Again! appeared first on TLV1 Podcasts.
We discuss: 1) The Amnesty International report everyone’s talking about 2) A proposed law that would ban people convicted of “moral turpitude” crimes from holding high public office 3) Whether our collective memories should be fashioned through political collective bargaining
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Eight years ago, a teacher lost his job for being too out-there leftist in class. Now a mini-series is bringing it all back. What is it about this story that we can’t let go of?
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“I was a murderer. I did not take prisoners,” says a man who, in 1948, was a soldier for Israel in Tantura.
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One of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, Avrom Sutzkever, lived and died in Tel Aviv. You can still feel his presence
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