Today on Weekend Edition:

TOURISM

Sharona Liman, tour guide, talks about the Ariel Sharon park, a former dump site set to be the world's largest urban park built in the last century.
MUSIC

Musician Naama Hacohen, who grew up as an Orthodox and is now secular, uses her beautiful voice to describe her experience.

SOCIAL INITIATIVE

Shlomit Weisblum, development director for an association for children at risk, talks about autism in Israel.

HISTORY

Historian Ken spiro talks about the about Blackstone Memorial, a petition written by William Eugene Blackstone, a Christian Restorationist, in favor of the delivery of Palestine to the Jews.

SEMANTICS

Guy Sharett from Streetwise Hebrew talks about how Yiddish has seeped into Hebrew.

PERSON OF THE WEEK

Ilana Zeffren, who burst onto the scene with her 2005 graphic novel Pink Story, describing the lives of the gay and lesbian community in Israel by recounting the events of her own life story.

ART

Irena Gordon, curator, talks about the exhibit Woven Consciousness - Contemporary Textile in Israel at the Eretz Israel Museum.

LITERATURE

Shani Taub talks about Etgar Keret’s genius book Suddenly, A Knock on the Door

INNOVATION

David Shamah, editor of the Times of Israel's Start-Up Israel, talks about the boom of cyber security start-ups in Israel

JEWISH THOUGHT

Rabbi Meir Azari talks about Parashat Hashavua, Vayikra, and how it relates to Inrernational Women's Day

Photo credit: Leonid Padrul

Playlist

1. Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - Telephone

2. Avraham Tal -Ani Itcha

3. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)

4. MGMT - Time to Pretend

5. Fortisaharof - Hadelet

6. Coldplay - Magic

7. Monica Sex - Merov Ahava

8. All Saints - Never Ever

This episode of Weekend Edition is brought to you by Gordon Academic College in Haifa. Visit us at www.gordon.ac.il