LETS GET LIT
Ilene Prusher speaks with Nora King about her new novel, “Fields of Gold,” which takes places against the backdrop of anti-Israeli sentiment in academia during the Second Intifada.

ILENE IN
Ilene leans on the subject of the cease-fire and discusses the question of what’s holding it back.

CONFLICTS
Israeli-Arab author Ayman Sikseck, who lives in Jaffa and writes in Hebrew, speaks about the conflict of being an Israeli and an Arab: of supporting friends who are soldiers yet opposing the operation in Gaza, where he has distant relatives.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Uri Steinberg, Director of the America desk, Marketing Administration at the Tourism Ministry discusses how the tourism industry is surviving the war.

DEAR PALESTINIAN MOTHER
Hagit Genish Gill speaks about her blog in the “Times of Israel” in which she tries to reach out to Palestinian women in Gaza.

KIDS AT WAR
Dr. Sara Friedman, a senior faculty member at the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University, clinical director of the CBT center at Hadassah Ein Kerem explains how to help children cope with the stress of the current situation.

TEL AVIV, THE (ALMOST) NONSTOP CITY
Mira Marcus, PR for the Tel Aviv Municipality, speaks about the ongoing events in Tel Aviv. why it’s important that Tel Aviv will remain the “nonstop city” and the dilemma of celebrating during war times.

THE PROMISED PODCAST
The “Promised Podcast” crew discusses empathy during wartime

Playlist:

Balagan - Shlach Li Sheket
Lorde - Team
Karolina - Af Echad Lo Ba Li
Cardigans - For What it's Worth
Beyonce - Pretty Hurts
Tamar Eisenman - Klum Lo
Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
Cohen - Lullabye (Shir Eres)
Amit Shaked - Head of the Choir