LET’S GET LIT: Three Ladies, Three Lattes
Pamela Peled, Tzippi Sha-ked, and Danit Shemesh, authors of Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Percolating Discussions in the Holy Land, join us in the studio to discuss their book, in which three women grapple with their apparently irreconcilable differences on paper - much like the rabbis on the pages of the Talmud.
ILENE IN: On the seam line
Host Ilene Prusher leans in on the latest violence in Jerusalem, and takes a look at life along the ‘seam line,’ whose stitches seem to be coming loose.
‘The Wave’ could be just what the doctor ordered
The popular play The Wave, based on the novel by Morton Rhue, arrives in Israel this week. With its message against prejudice and fascism, it may be just what the doctor ordered. British director Paul Stebbings joins us to discuss the kind of impact he’s hoping for.
Have you been in Tel Aviv too long?
Blogger Veronica Nocky, a Swedish national who has been living in Israel for five years, recently wrote a post that went viral: “20 signs you've been in Tel Aviv too long.” She joins us to take a comical look at life in the White City, where dogs are de rigueur and everyone arrives fashionably late.
Introducing Mulu and Tsagai...
Ronit Rosenthal and Tamar Verete-Zehavi recently published a children’s book, Mulu and Tsagai, based on the stories they heard while teaching Eritrean and Sudanese refugees. Rosenthal explains how the book helps Israeli kids to think differently about asylum-seekers, and to understand why they left their homelands.
It’s never too late to discover your inner dancer
Tamar Netan’el discovered dance in her 60s after retiring from a career as a biochemist. Choreographer Galit Liss helped her and other women discover their inner dancer with the Gila Dance Workshop: Movement and Performance Art for Mature Women, which is now performing “557” at the Suzanne Dellal Center – a number they arrived at when they added up the ages of the eight participants in the show.
StreetWise Hebrew: The correction game
TLV1’s Guy Sharett, presenter of the popular ‘StreetWise Hebrew’ show, explains why, despite being a Hebrew aficionado, he stops himself from correcting people left and right.
‘Peace train’ no more?
Three years ago, Jerusalem’s light rail was billed as a ‘peace train’ that would encourage interaction between East and West Jerusalemites. TLV1’s Lissy Kaufmann went to find out if Arabs and Jews are now avoiding the monorail in light of recent deadly attacks.
MUSIC:
Gali Atari - Hashir Sheyavi Lach Ahava
Gan Hayot - Yareach Kachol
U2 - Sweetest Thing
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Muki - Im Yesh Sikooi
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The Cranberries - Dreams
Host: Ilene Prusher
Producer: Sagi Gorali-Ventura
Technical Producer: Adam Sher
Musical editor: Tomer Gershenman