LET’S GET LIT: The Love and Treasure of Ayelet Waldman

Writer Ayelet Waldman reads from her new novel “Love and Treasure” and talks about the challenge of writing a novel free of “Holocaust kitsch”

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: The Magnificent Mamluks

Tour guide Alex Stein talks about the under-appreciated influence of the Mamluks on Jerusalem

ART: When paper imitates life

Origami artist Eyal Reuveni talks about the exhibition “Two Sides of the Origami” in the Chankin Art Gallery, Holon

ILENE IN: Ilene leans in on Jerusalem Day and the not-so-united capital

JEWISH THOUGHT: The holiday of all-night learn-ins and cheesecake

Rabbi Daniel Beller talks about how the holiday of Shavuot became a popular holiday for late-night learning for both secular and religious

SOCIAL INITIATIVE: Seeking refuge, building partnerships

Oscar Oliver, the spokesman for the African Refugee Development Center, talks about life for refugees and asylum-seekers in Tel Aviv and around Israel.

THE ENTERTAINMENT FIX: When the Stones come rolling in

TLV1’s Ron Jacobson talks about the Rolling Stones coming to Israel for their first performance, set for June 4.

Music:

1.The Smiths - This Charming Man

1. Esther Rada - Life Happens
2. Joan Osboron - What if God Was One of Us (Ilene's choice
3. Geoffrey Oryema - Ye Ye Ye
4. Uzi Ramirez - Blossom
5. Pixies - Here Comes your Man
6. The Angelcy - The Call
7. Justin Timberlake - What goes around
8. Rona Keinan - Mabul

Host: Ilene Prusher

Producer: Nitzan Pincu