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The Promised PodcastThe “Passing Judgments” EditionAllison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon —Gantz and Gallant Game the Endgame— Two of five of the members of Israel’s “War Cabinet” tell Prime Minister Netanyahu that he has to figure out what comes next in Gaza. Or else! —Unwarranted— The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks warrants for the arrest of Prime Minister Netany...
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The Promised PodcastThe “General Malaise?” EditionLinda Gradstein and Noah Efron discuss two topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon —Out of Dodge?— 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? —General Malaise— What happens when the army gets political? —What to Do With Someone Like Yair Netanyahu?— For our most unreasonably generous Patr...
2023-08-171h 19The Promised PodcastThe “History Will Judge Us” EditionIn this first-in-all-of-human-history, cross-over edition of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review and TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, we discuss the open letter of more than 160 renowned historians of Jews, Judaism and/or Israel (“Israel on the Edge of an Abyss”), which opens, “We, historians of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel, accuse the sixth government of Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering the very existence of the State of Israel and the Israeli nation.” Joining us is the author of the letter, the brilliant historian Orit Rozin.
2023-02-2740 min
Tel Aviv ReviewThe “History Will Judge Us” EditionIn this first-in-all-of-human-history, cross-over edition of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review and TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, we discuss the open letter of more than 160 renowned historians of Jews, Judaism and/or Israel (“Israel on the Edge of an Abyss”), which opens, “We, historians of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel, accuse the sixth government of Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering the very existence of the State of Israel and the Israeli nation.” Joining us is the author of the letter, the brilliant historian Orit Rozin.
2023-02-2740 min
Streetwise HebrewSo What Did We Agree To?What happens when there’s a disagreement between us and a service provider about money, arrival time, or about their deadline to finish the work? We check what was agreed upon and point to the facts. Today Guy explains how we do it in Hebrew. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have t...
2021-12-0711 minStreetwise HebrewCombating the Evil EyeIn Hebrew, עין הרע means the Evil Eye. There are folks here in Israel who perform ceremonies to get rid of עין הרע. On this episode, Guy explains the word רע (ra), and also discusses nasty gossip and the campaign to rid our society of it. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount applied automatically at to...
2021-11-1614 minStreetwise HebrewWho’s A Good Girl?The Hebrew word טוב means good. How would we use טוב when speaking to a well-behaving female dog? How about a male dog? The difference, as it turns out, is more than just changing the feminine/masculine form. And how about the saying, ‘for your own good,’ in Hebrew? There’s a lot of goodness in this episode and Guy explains it all. Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course...
2021-11-0211 minStreetwise HebrewApprove My Friend RequestThe Hebrew word אישור can mean to “green light” a new project. So what does a friend request on social media have to do with it? Guy explains. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount applied automatically at to tlv1.fm/happy8 Listen to the All-Hebrew Episode on Patreon ...
2021-10-2609 minStreetwise Hebrew“I Didn’t Do Nothing!”Does it make sense to dedicate an entire podcast episode to… nothing? Yes, yes it does! The word כלום, which means “nothing,” often comes in the form of a double negative. Guy explains. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount applied automatically at to tlv1.fm/happy8 Listen to the All-Hebrew E...
2021-10-1211 minStreetwise HebrewGoing After Tax EvadersEvery so often, Israeli tax authorities launch a public campaign targeting tax evaders. So how do we say in Hebrew evaders, evade, evasion, and other goodies from root עלמ in the hif’il verb format? Guy explains. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount applied automatically at to tlv1.fm/happy8...
2021-10-0510 minStreetwise HebrewAnyone Seen My Keys? They’ve Disappeared!The Hebrew word נעלם means ‘disappeared’ or ‘is missing,’ and in order to use it in different contexts, you’ll need to know how to conjugate it. Also, what can science tell us about creating a real cloak of invisibility? Please don’t disappear on us! As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery’s full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount...
2021-09-2111 minStreetwise HebrewDid I Tell You Where I’m Traveling to This Summer?The Hebrew word נסיעה, which means a ride, drive, or trip, comes in handy in a country like Israel, where it often seems like everyone’s away on a trip or they can’t stop talking about planning their next one. As part of our podcast’s 8th birthday celebrations, we are giving all Streetwise Hebrew podcast listeners $50 USD towards Ruben Adery's full Hebrew pronunciation course. The course consists of 4 modules, 31 high-definition videos, and a bonus vowel audio course with 400+ common daily practice words. Check out the course material and have the $50 discount ap...
2021-09-1409 min
Israel in TranslationA. B. Yehoshua’s “The Lover”On this episode, Marcela highlights The Lover, the first novel by A. B. Yehoshua, which he wrote in 1977. Yehoshua has been called the Israeli Faulkner, perhaps because of this novel. It is narrated from the point of view of each of its six main characters. Text The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua. Translated by Philip Simpson. Doubleday & Co., 1978. https://tlv1.fm/arts-culture/2015/07/22/a-b-yehoshuas-green-seas-and-yellow-continents/ https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2020/08/12/the-tunnel/
2021-03-1007 minIsrael in TranslationMeir Shalev’s “Four Meals”Meir Shalev has been featured on two previous episodes. Four Meals is his third of eight novels. He’s also published 7 works of nonfiction and 13 children’s books. Four Meals is the story of Zayde, his enigmatic mother Judith, and her three lovers. When Judith arrives in a small, rural village in Palestine in the early 1930s, three men compete for her. Globerman, the cunning, coarse cattle dealer who loves women, money, and flesh Jacob, owner of hundreds of canaries and host to the four meals which lends the book its narrative structure, and Moshe, a widowed farme...
2021-02-2407 minIsrael in TranslationBatya Gur’s “Murder on a Kibbutz”On this episode, Marcela revisits Batya Gur, who introduced the murder mystery into Hebrew literature. Gur’s highbrow mysteries are often set in closed communities that mirror issues in the greater Israeli society. You can hear a previous podcast on her life and literary influence, as well as an excerpt from, Murder in Jerusalem, by following the link below. Text Murder on a Kibbutz. A communal Case. by Batya Gur. Translated by Dalya Bilu. Harper Perennial, 1994. Previous Episode on Batya Gur https://tlv1.fm/arts-culture/2014/10/29/the-israeli-detective-novel-israel-in-translation/
2021-02-1005 minIsrael in TranslationVaan Nguyen’s Poetry Collection: “The Truffle Eye”In her introduction to Vaan Nguyen’s collection, Adriana X. Jacobs writes, “Nguyen’s poetry may circulate in the Anglophone literary market as part of an increasingly visible Vietnamese literary diaspora… And yet, introducing Nguyen’s poetry to the Anglophone reader needs to account for the particularities of the Vietnamese experience in Israel without letting it entirely overshadow her work.” Between 1977 and 1979, approximately 360 Vietnamese refugees entered Israel, and of that number, about half left for the United States or Europe. Those who stayed were able to apply for Israeli citizenship, take on jobs, start families, and continue with their l...
2020-12-1608 minThe Promised PodcastThe “Subs, Spies & Videotape” EditionHost of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review, Gilad Halpern, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. —Sub-Committee?— Minister of Defense and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz’s sets up a to investigate corruption in the purchase of German submarines and ships, that may implicate the Prime Minister. But should ministries be used to harass political rivals? —The Spy Who Came in from the Cold— American-spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard is free after 35 years and moving t...
2020-11-261h 21Israel in Translation“The Tunnel”It may sound crazy, but A. B. Yehoshua has written a page-turner about an aging engineer in the early stages of dementia, which features descriptions of highway construction in great detail. How on earth did he do this? Well, perhaps it is the honest grappling with what it feels like to be diagnosed with an illness that will eventually erase your personality and knowledge. And surely it is the context of the engineer’s long and loving marriage to a pediatrician, a marriage that is full of humor, understanding, and honesty. And finally, it is the mystery of...
2020-08-1210 minIsrael in TranslationMeir Shalev’s “My Wild Garden”With the world hit hard by the pandemic, Marcela has been taking consolation in nature, noting, as well, the benefits on the flora and fauna around us when we humans withdraw a little from the world and allow nature more space. The March arrival of Meir Shalev’s book, My Wild Garden. Notes from a Writer’s Eden, in Joanna Chen’s eloquent translation, could not have been more timely. A beautiful book, from the size and shape of the hard copy, to the feel of the paper. Even the font type is notable. Rafaella Shir’s watercolo...
2020-07-2908 minIsrael in TranslationMiri Ben-Simhon’s “The Absolute Reader”Miri Ben-Simhon was born into a Moroccan family, on the near bottom of the social scale. She grew up and remained in Jerusalem. Her poetry faces Mizrahi women’s lives in Israel straight on. The literary critic Yitzhak Laor once noted about Ben-Simhon’s work and perspective, that “In the literary arena at the beginning of the 1980s, it took a lot of courage – not to speak about Mizrahim […] but as one.” Text: Miri Ben-Simhon, The Absolute Reader, translated by Lisa Katz. Toad Press, 2020.
2020-07-1511 minIsrael in TranslationShimon Adaf’s “Aviva-No”This week, Marcela examine Shimon Adaf’s wrenching and linguistically innovative elegy to his sister, who died at the age of 43. Aviva-No is Adaf’s third collection of poetry, and it won the 2010 Yehuda Amichai Prize. It has been translated into English by Yael Segalovitz. Text: Aviva-No by Shimon Adaf. Translated by Yael Sigalovitz. Alice James Books, 2019.
2020-07-0110 min
WhyWhyWhy!Lost in TranslationThis episode features true stories on the theme “Lost in Translation,” as told by Nancy Cahners, Sarah Goldberg, Jacqui Mautner, Benji Lovitt, Milton Roller, Miriam Herschlag, and Elana Dorfman. The WhyWhyWhy! True Stories from Israel Podcast, hosted by Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron, is a collaboration between The Times of Israel and TLV1 Podcasts. New story submissions are welcome. If you have a story to tell that you think might be a fit, contact the hosts at story@tlv1.fm Music Itamar Haluts – Alexandra-Clyde
2020-06-2848 minIsrael in TranslationAdania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”On May 26 the novel Minor Detail, by the Palestinian writer Adania Shibli, appeared in Elisabeth Jaquette’s English translation with New Directions Press. Originally published in Arabic in 2017, the novel centers around a brutal crime — the rape and murder of a young Bedouin girl, in the Negev in August, 1949, during the Israeli War of Independence, which is called in Arabic the Nakhba, or disaster. Decades later, a young woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the events surrounding the crime. Marcela reads from the opening of the novel’s second section, narrated by this woman. Text:
2020-06-1710 minIsrael in TranslationThe DriveOn this episode, Marcela reads from Yair Assulin’s searing novel that tells the journey of a young Israeli soldier at the breaking point, unable to continue carrying out his military service, yet terrified of the consequences of leaving the army. Born in 1986, Yair Assulin studied philosophy and history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The Drive is the first of two novels he has written and for which he won Israel’s Ministry of Culture Prize and the Sapir Prize for debut fiction. He has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for authors, writes a weekly...
2020-06-0306 minStreetwise HebrewPractice Those ExercisesIn Hebrew, תרגיל means an exercise. This episode includes many תרגילים, of all kinds. Guy also explains the difference between לְ and לַ. And as a bonus: a song in Ladino, the language of the Spanish Jews. Send Guy your audio message guy@tlv1.fm Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Targil – Exercise – תרגיל Targilei neshima – Breathing exercises – תרגילי נשימה Targilei kol – Voice exercises – תרגילי קול Hayom anachnu na’ase kama targilim bi-myuchad la-davar ha-ze – Today we’ll do a few exercises, especially for this thing – היום אנחנו נעשה כמה...
2020-05-2611 minIsrael in TranslationDarwish’s “In the Presence of Absence”This week is the last week of Ramadan, which began on April 23rd and will ends Saturday, May 23. To acknowledge those who are fasting in isolation and heat, this episode features Mahmoud Darwish’s aptly titled collection, In the Presence of Absence, translated by Sinan Antoon. Text: Mahmoud Darwish In the Presence of Absence. Translated by Sinan Antoon. Archipelago Books, 2012.
2020-05-2009 minWhyWhyWhy!Shop, Pray, RunThe pandemic has transformed, perhaps forever, how we experience the most banal of activities, whether it’s a trip to the supermarket or a walk in the neighborhood. In this episode, we hear from ToI’s opinion editor Miriam Herschlag about why she keeps muttering “amen” on her evening jogs in Jerusalem, and from Ann Bar-Dov on her epic journey to pick up groceries in Israel’s northern town of Karmiel. The WhyWhyWhy! True Stories from Israel Podcast, hosted by Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron, is a collaboration between The Times of Israel and TLV1 Podcasts. New...
2020-05-1512 minWhyWhyWhy!Getting BetterNoam Shuster was having her dream year on a fellowship at Harvard when the pandemic shut down her world. The 33 year-old Israeli comedian flew back to her Jewish-Arab coexistence community near Jerusalem and, on the way, contracted what became a severe case of COVID-19. Listen to the story of her stint in the hospital followed by a stay in a “corona hotel” where she was shocked and awed to find a microcosm of Israel’s fractious society — Arabs, Jews, religious, secular, young and old — bound together in radical compassion by a shared cough. The WhyWhyWhy! True Stori...
2020-05-0609 minIsrael in Translation“Ladies From the Bible Tell Their Tales”Marcela reads from Karen Alkalay-Gut’s A Word in Edgewise: Ladies From the Bible Tell Their Tales, published by Simple Conundrum Press. The bible devotes quite a bit of space to the minds of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — we know how they feel, what makes them angry or happy; we hear about their arguments with God. Through her poetry, Alkaly-Gut gives the matriarchs a voice. Karen Alkalay-Gut, was born in London and is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In addition to collections of poetry and literary scholarship, she writes lyrics for a ro...
2020-05-0611 minWhyWhyWhy!Back Porch KaddishOn this episode, Bill Slott tells a real life story of a community gathering closely together while safely keeping its distance. The WhyWhyWhy! True Stories from Israel Podcast, hosted by Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron, is a collaboration between The Times of Israel and TLV1 Podcasts. New story submissions are welcome. If you have a story to tell that you think might be a fit, contact the hosts at story@tlv1.fm Music Itamar Haluts – Alexandra-Clyde
2020-04-2406 minIsrael in TranslationTrack Changes, Part 2On this episode, Marcela reads from Sayed Kashua’s fourth, and latest novel, Track Changes. The novel was published in December by Grove Press. Kashua’s protagonist is a nameless “I” who shares considerable biographical overlaps with the author. This suggests, perhaps even implies, the so-called truth of Kashua’s first-person fiction. Yet his character, whose job is to transcribe others’ memories onto the page, repeatedly reveals his elisions from and additions to strangers’ memoirs-for-hire, often inserting his own memories as their own, thereby erasing his life in scattered pieces. The narrator’s confessions are hardly reliable, making every leve...
2020-04-2208 minWhyWhyWhy!Seder ImprovOn this episode, true stories of neighbors finding ways out of isolation to join together, why home confinement was better during the 1st Gulf War, and of the realization that you’ve got to crack a few eggs to make an omelet. The WhyWhyWhy! Podcast is a collaboration between The Times of Israel and TLV1 Podcasts. New story submissions are welcome. If you have a story to tell that you think might be a fit, contact the hosts at story@tlv1.fm Music Itamar Haluts – Alexandra-Clyde
2020-04-1519 minWhyWhyWhy!EggsWhile a few regions of Israel had eggs aplenty, many others were left scrounging. The great Passover egg hunt was on. After Miriam Herschlag took to Facebook seeking ideas for replacing the egg on her seder plate (eliciting suggestions of a chocolate egg, lentils, rice, caviar, a plastic egg, avocado, a photo of an egg, and 80 more ideas), relief arrived from the friend next door. Ed Snitkoff’s Jerusalem eggspedition led him to venture to the heart of Abu Tor, and to discover that egg shortages know no borders. And Jewish World editor Amanda Borschel Da...
2020-04-0813 minIsrael in TranslationTrack ChangesOn this episode, Marcela reads from Sayed Kashua’s fourth, and latest novel, Track Changes. The novel was published in December by Grove Press. Kashua’s protagonist is a nameless “I” who shares considerable biographical overlaps with the author. This suggests, perhaps even implies, the so-called truth of Kashua’s first-person fiction. Yet his character, whose job is to transcribe others’ memories onto the page, repeatedly reveals his elisions from and additions to strangers’ memoirs-for-hire, often inserting his own memories as their own, thereby erasing his life in scattered pieces. The narrator’s confessions are hardly reliable, making every lev...
2020-03-2510 minStreetwise HebrewIf We're Quarantined, Then Let's Do It in StyleThe Hebrew word בידוד, quarantine, will likely be the word of the year. So it's appropriate that Guy discusses its root, ב.ד.ד, and covers some of the Hebrew words derived from it, like isolation, insulation and solitude. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Ani be-bidud ba-bayit - I am in quarantine at home in Shanghai - אני בבידוד בבית Hesger - Quarantine - הסגר “Ne’elatsim lehikanes le-bidud” - We have to get into quarantine - נאלצים להיכנס לבידוד “Ve-im kvar bidud, az she-yihye be-style” - If it’s already qua...
2020-03-2412 minIsrael in Translation“One, Two, Three”Marcela reads from Anat Zecharia’s poem, “One, Two, Three,” which recently appeared in an issue of The Ilanot Review, in collaboration with Granta Hebrew. The poem’s title and subtitle refer to Uzi Hitman’s children song about three dwarfs who sit chatting behind a mountain. Anat is known as an outspoken poet who writes forthrightly about women's desires. Her work has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for writers. She has published three collections of poetry — As Soon as Beautiful (2008), Due to Human Error (2012), and Palestina I (2016). Her new book, “Ever After,” won an A...
2020-03-1110 minStreetwise HebrewCome On, “Flow” With Me HereWhat does it mean when an Israeli says, זרום איתי (zrom iti), flow with me? And what is זרם הגולף? Guy goes with the flow and explains it all. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Lizrom - To flow - לזרום “Hashmal Zorem Be-chapot yadeicha” - Electricity flows in your hands - חשמל זורם בכפות ידיך “Taamin she-hayim zormim” - Just believe that life goes on - תאמין שהחיים זורמים Mayim zormim - Running water - מים זורמים Mayim omdim -Stagnant water - מים עומדים Lenahel sicha zoremet - To have a flowing conversatio...
2020-03-1011 minStreetwise HebrewHamburgers & Configuration: Foreign Words in HebrewWhat’s לקנפג (lecanfeg) in Hebrew? What’s לסמס (lesames)? And what do we Israelis mean when we ask you to give us your ‘mail’? Guy explains what happens to foreign words when they start feeling comfortable in their new Israeli home. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Homo’im - Gays - הומואים Ha-homo’im ve-ha-lesbiot tsa’adu ha-yom be-tel aviv’ - The gays and lesbians marched today in Tel Aviv - ההומואים והלסביות צעדו היום בתל אביב Hamburger, Hamburgerim - Hamburger, hamburgers - המבורגר, ה...
2020-03-0311 minIsrael in Translation“The Children I Will Never Have”Marcela highlights poetry from the latest issue of The Ilanot Review which, in collaboration with Granta Hebrew, published English translations of up and coming poets and writers, most of whom are featured for the very first time. Text: “And I Begin to Confess” by Salih Habib, translated by Christine Khoury Bishara. The Ilanot Review “The Children I Will Never Have” by Liat Rosenblatt, translated by Jane Medved. The Ilanot Review “Rivka Speaks” by Ori Ferster, translated by Marcela Sulak. The Ilanot Review “I am the one who’s free” by Dareen...
2020-02-2607 minStreetwise HebrewImprove Your Hebrew With These 4 ToolsGuy demonstrates how to use 4 valuable online tools he thinks every Hebrew learner should know. Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode Tools & Examples: Morfix Example: Yishte, he will drink Reverso Example: Sirton, film/footage Somebody posted some old footage of me from the '80s on YouTube - מישהו העלה ליוטיוב סרטון ישן שלי משנות השמונים Sirton avtacha - Security footage - סרטון אבטחה Sirton interneti - Internet footage - סרטון אינטרנטי Sirton ta’amula - Propaganda footage - סרטון תעמולה Sirtonei hadracha - Training videos - סרטוני הדרכה Wikipedia in Hebrew Example: שנת צהריים
2020-02-1809 minIsrael in TranslationNava Semel’s “Isra Ilse”This week Marcela reads from Nava Semel’s novel, Isra Ilse, an alternative history of the Jewish People in which there was no state of Israel, and no holocaust. The novel is divided into three parts. Part 1, a detective story, opens in September 2001 when Liam Emanuel, an Israeli descendant of Noah, learns about and inherits Grand Island, which is downriver from Niagara Falls. He leaves Israel intending to reclaim this “Promised Land” in America. Shortly after he arrives in America Liam disappears. Simon T. Lenox, a Native American police investigator, tries to recover Israel’s “missing son.” Text:...
2020-02-1209 minIsrael in TranslationAyala Ben Lulu's “Mona Lisa”This week Marcela returns to focus on up and coming Israeli writers who have rarely or never before been translated into English, by featuring Ayala Ben Lulu. This story appears in the latest issue of The Ilanot Review, which was a collaboration with Granta Hebrew. Ayala Ben Lulu is an Israeli poet, winner of the Teva prize for poetry. She holds a B.A. in psychology and an M.Sc. in history and philosophy of science and ideas. Text: Mona Lisa by Ayala Ben Lulu. Translated by Karen Marron. The Ilanot Review
2020-01-2908 minStreetwise HebrewFalafel 101: Your Guide to Ordering Falafel in HebrewOrdering falafel in Israel may seem simple. But when learning Hebrew, the many different options and the barrage of short and direct questions from the seller could make the whole experience a bit stressful. On this episode, Guy explains how to keep calm through the mayhem of an Israeli falafel stand at lunch time. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Mana falafel - A portion of falafel (in a pita) - מנה פלאפל Hatsi mana - Ha...
2020-01-2109 minIsrael in TranslationRonit Matalon’s “And the Bride Closed the Door”This podcast is dedicated to marriage—all the engaged couples with cold feet, newly married couples, whose memories of the ceremony are still fresh, long-married couples who survived the wedding day. We’ll be reading from and discussing the last book Ronit Matalon wrote before her death in 2017. It is called And the Bride Closed the Door, and it was awarded Israel’s prestigious Brenner Prize the day before her death. Previous Podcasts: Bliss The One Facing Us The Sound of her Steps Text: And th...
2020-01-1510 minStreetwise HebrewSurely You Know What I'm Referring ToThe Hebrew word הרי (harei) is a tiny elusive word used to emphasize the words that follow it. Listen to the examples Guy prepared to help explain this somewhat fancy word. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Ata harei yode’a - You surely know - אתה הרי יודע Harei lama hem asu et ze - Well, you know why they did it, right? - ?הרי למה הם עשו את זה Hu harei lo holech limkor et ha-bait - Surely he’s not going to sell the house...
2020-01-0709 minIsrael in TranslationSara Aharoni's “The First Mrs. Rothschild”The novel, The First Mrs. Rothschild, by Sara Aharoni, tells the story of the wife of Meir Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the banking dynasty, and is written in the form of a personal journal. Sara Aharoni was born in Israel in 1953. She worked as a teacher, educator and school principal for twenty years. Together with her husband, Meir Aharoni, Sara wrote, edited and published a series of books about Israel, as well as six children’s books. She is the author of the bestselling Saltanat's Love, based on her mother’s life story and the novel Persi...
2020-01-0109 minStreetwise HebrewIt's Chilly OutsideIt’s winter time for us in the northern hemisphere. It is also the time we start over-using the Hebrew word קר (cold) because, for us Israelis, 14-17 degrees celsius (57-63 degrees fahrenheit) is considered cold. To get us ready for cooler temperatures, Guy prepared warm-up exercises consisting of words and phrases from the root ק.ר.ר that cover all things chill, cooling and our beloved refrigerators. Ruben's Pronunciation Course: https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Perek horpi - Wintery...
2019-12-3110 minIsrael in TranslationGrosman's “The Shop on Main Street”Today we read from the story The Shop on Main Street, written by Ladislav Grosman, a Slovak novelist and screenwriter. The story is comical and tragic, and it asks the question—are we not our brother’s keeper? Who is our brother? Text: Shop on Main Street by Ladislav Grosman. Translated by Iris Urwin Lewitova. Karolinum Press, 2019.
2019-12-1807 minStreetwise HebrewBoys and Girls! It's Story TimeThe Hebrew word סיפור (sipur) means a story. Though in certain situations סיפור could also mean a matter, a thing, or a mess. The root ס.פ.ר acts a bit funny in some of its verb formats. No need to worry because on this episode Guy explains it all. Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode https://tlv1.fm/happy6 New Words and Expressions: Ze haya sipur shel horef - It was a winter (love) story - זה היה סיפור של חורף Sipur ahava - Love story - סיפור אהבה Haya li sipur ito/ita - I had a (love) story with him/her...
2019-12-1711 minIsrael in Translation“The Book of Disappearances”Set in contemporary Tel Aviv forty eight hours after Israelis discover all their Palestinian neighbors have vanished, the novel The Book of Disappearances unfolds through alternating narrators, Alaa, a young Palestinian man who converses with his dead grandmother in the journal he left behind when he disappeared, and his Jewish neighbor, Ariel, a journalist struggling to understand the traumatic event. Text: The Book of Disappearances by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon.
2019-12-1110 minStreetwise HebrewSick? Get Well Soon!Hebrew provides plenty of ways to wish someone well, and they all depend on the severity of the illness. So what should we say to someone with a cold? How about the flu? Pneumonia? This winter, Guy provides a linguistic toolkit for all you well-wishers to use in almost any circumstance. Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode https://tlv1.fm/happy6 Bassa ep. 108 Tihye Bari ep. 3 Polish Mother ep. 4 New Words and Expressions: Hachlaka al ha-kerach - Ice skating - החלקה על הקרח Paam rish...
2019-12-1010 minStreetwise HebrewA Special Offer (Part of Our 6th Podcastiversary Celebrations)Get the special course and at a special price by visiting https://tlv1.fm/happy6 The podcast recently celebrated its 6th birthday. And as part of our celebrations, Guy asked Ruben Adery to put together a special introductory online course for Streetwise Hebrew listeners. The course goes through the most mispronounced sounds in Hebrew. It combines explanatory videos with longer practice videos and provides downloadable word-lists that guide your pronunciation practice. The online course would have been regularly priced at $147US but listeners can access it for $66 as part of our podcast’s 6th...
2019-12-0503 minIsrael in TranslationNora the Mind ReaderWhat if, when you were in Kindergarten, your mother had given you a magic wand that allowed you to read people’s minds? Well, that’s just what happens in Orit Gidali’s book, Nora the Mind Reader, which will bring to a close our month of illustrated children’s books written by Israeli poets and writers. Previous Episodes on Orit Gidali: https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2016/07/26/did-you-pack-it-yourself/ https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2019/10/16/welcoming-in-the-ushpizin-poems-for-sukkot/ Text: Nora The Mind Reader, by Orit Gidali, illustrated by Aya Gordon-Noy, translated by Annette Appel. Enchange...
2019-12-0407 minIsrael in TranslationLeah Goldberg's “Room for Rent”No Israeli childhood experience would be complete without Leah Goldberg. Her story “Room for Rent” was published in 1948 and is one of the most classic children’s books available in Hebrew. Shmuel Katz’s illustrations bring Goldberg’s words to life in both the original and in Jessica Setbon’s 2017 translation. Leah Goldberg born in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), in 1911, moved to Mandate Palestine in 1935. Well known during her lifetime as a poet, author, and translator, she is remembered as one of Israel's great authors and literary scholars. She earned a PhD in Semitic languages fro...
2019-11-2709 minIsrael in TranslationShira Geffen's “The Heart-Shaped Leaf”This month we continue our spotlight on beautifully written and illustrated Israeli children’s books translated into English with The Heart Shaped Leaf, by Shira Geffen and illustrated by David Polonsky. The story opens with eerily beautiful illustrations of a very rare day in Israel: an overcast sky dotted with yellow leaves; tree branches are bent in the wind, and a cobalt blue school building glows out of the gray. The book's main character Alona makes her way home from school. Text: The Heart Shaped Leaf, by Shira Geffen. Illustrated by David Polonsky. Gr...
2019-11-2006 minIsrael in Translation“The Mermaid in the Bathtub”Some of Marcela's favorite children’s books in Hebrew have been written by well known poets and illustrated by some of Israel’s most talented graphic artists. This episode features The Mermaid in the Bathtub, written by the poet, essayist and writer, Nurit Zarchi, and illustrated by Rutu Modan. Translated by Tal Goldfajn, and published by Restless Books. Previous podcast on Rutu Modan: https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2015/08/20/rutu-modans-graphic-touch/ Previous podcasts on Nurit Zarchi: https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2019/05/22/nurit-zarchis-the-plague/ https://tlv1.fm/israel-in-translation/2015/07/15/nurit-zarchis-baby-blues/ Text: Th...
2019-11-1306 minIsrael in TranslationNano Shabtai's “Corn”For the next few weeks, we will feature work published in The Ilanot Review’s special collaborative issue with Granta Hebrew, focusing on new, up-and-coming writers. And so it is a pleasure to introduce the young writer Nano Shabtai, translated by Maya Klein. Shabtai is already known in Hebrew arts and letters as a poet, dramatist and director. She was born in Jerusalem, to a large family, where she attended the High School of the Arts, majoring in theatre. She studied acting and directing at the Kibbutz College in Tel Aviv, and completed the screenwriting track at th...
2019-11-0607 minIsrael in TranslationRonny Someck's “The Milk Underground”Many poems in Ronny Someck's The Milk Underground deal with being a father of girls—adolescent and teenaged, young women. They explore the fraught territory of daughter’s bodies—body as dowry, body as a locus for pleasure and for betrayal, and the poems extend a fatherly embrace to the girls after their pained mother has broken off relations. Previous Someck Episode Text: Ronny Someck, The Milk Underground, translated by Hana Inbar and Robert Manaster. White Pine Press, 2015.
2019-10-3006 minIsrael in TranslationAyelet Tsabari's “Barefoot and Enlightened”Ayelet Tsabari was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent. She grew up in a suburb of Tel Aviv, served in the Israeli army, and travelled extensively throughout South East Asia, Europe and North America. In 1998 Ayelet moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she studied film and photography. She directed two documentary films, one of which won an award at the Palm Spring International Short Film Festival. As an Israeli writer, she is unusual in that she usually writes in English, not Hebrew, though the essay we are featuring today called Barefoot and Enlightened was o...
2019-10-2311 minIsrael in TranslationWelcoming in the Ushpizin: Poems for SukkotWe’re currently in the days of Sukkot, in which Jews everywhere dwell (or at least take their meals) in a temporary structure called a Sukkah to commemorate the forty years of wandering in the desert, and also because Sukkot is an agricultural festival as well, and in ancient times people lived in temporary shelters as they harvested. One of the customs of Sukkot is inviting guests for meals into the Sukkah, close friends or needy strangers, as well as the supernatural —“Ushpizin” is Aramaic for “guests.” Today we’ll hear poems that feature these ushpizin, from...
2019-10-1610 minIsrael in TranslationAmichai Chasson's “Rami Levy in Talpiot”We are now in the days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which will take place next week. This week, Marcela reads from Amichai Chasson, whose poem America gives a portrait of the everyday reference that Yom Kippur serves in everyday life. The poem, as its title suggests, also illustrates the relationship between Israel and the United States. It is translated by Vivian Eden. Like many international poets encountering America, Chasson has written his Walt Whitman in the supermarket poem, as well, titled Rami Levy in Talpiot, translated by Lisa Katz. Text:
2019-10-0208 minIsrael in TranslationEtgar Keret's “Ladder”Rosh Hashanah begins on Sunday night—it is the beginning of the Jewish new year. And to usher it in, we read an excerpt from Etgar Keret’s short story, “Ladder,” published in his brand-new English language collection, “Fly Already.” Text: Fly Already, by Etgar Keret, translated by Sondra Silverston, et. al. Riverhead Books, Sept. 2019.
2019-09-2507 minIsrael in TranslationFrayed LightYesterday, Yonatan Berg’s first poetry collection appeared in Joanna Chen’s English translation, Frayed Light, published by the Wesleyan Poetry Series. The poems in this collection gather all of these experiences—religion, settlements and the Palestinian neighbors they displace or live next to, military service—into heartfelt narrative poems. Berg was born in 1981 in Jerusalem to a religious family and grew up in Psagot, a settlement in the West Bank. After serving in the military, Berg gave up the religious lifestyle. He now lives with his wife, the poet and essayist Geula Gertz in Jerusale...
2019-09-1809 minIsrael in Translation“My Essay on Stereotypes”Israeli elections are just one day shy of a week away, and now might be a good opportunity to examine the use of stereotypes to shut down important conversations that we might have, as we elect the people who will represent us. Today, Marcela reads a lyrical essay from a graduate student in poetry at Bar-Ilan’s Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing. Her name is Hiba Ghannan, and this piece will appear in her thesis entitled “Leftovers.” Text: “My Essay on Stereotypes” by Hiba Ghannan
2019-09-1106 minIsrael in TranslationEtgar Keret's “Fly Already”Yesterday something wonderful happened—Etgar Keret’s newest short story collection, Fly Already, appeared in the world, in English, translated by a ridiculously talented cast of translators. This collection contains all the charm, the absurdities, the intelligence and surreal sense of Keret’s previous collections, but this time, most of the stories are somewhat longer. Today, Marcela reads the shortest piece in the book, and the final story, Evolution of a Breakup. Text: Fly Already, by Etgar Keret, translated by Sondra Silverston, et. al. Riverhead Books, Sept. 2019.
2019-09-0406 minIsrael in TranslationBuses and ShoesToday Marcela reads a story containing the writer Yossel Birstein’s two great loves: Buses and Shoes. Birstein was born in Poland in 1920. Having moved to Melbourne, Australia and later to Israel, he changed languages, continents, countries, towns, as well as professions, more than once or twice. Not many people work both as a shepherd and a national archivist in their lives. He wrote most of his life in Yiddish and began to write Hebrew later. “He didn't call himself a writer, but rather a craftsman,” Haim Be'er says about Yossel Birstein. Be'er continues: “We would be...
2019-08-2807 minIsrael in TranslationA Fairy Tale by Leah GoldbergOn this week's episode, Marcela excerpts from a fairy tale written by Leah Goldberg. She was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writings are considered classics of Israeli literature. Text: The Rose Garden (a Fairy Tale) by Leah Goldberg. Translated by Leanne Raday.
2019-08-2109 minIsrael in TranslationThe Writings of Naji DaherNaji Daher, a writer, poet, and playwright, was born in Nazareth and lives there. He works as a creative writing teacher and writes literature reviews. He has published more than fifty books, including six novels. Daher's works have been translated into Hebrew, English and other languages. He is the winner of the 2000 Prime Minister Prize. Text: “Nightly Lament” by Naji Daher. Translated from the Arabic by Peter Clark and published in The Short Story Project.
2019-08-1408 minIsrael in TranslationThe Poetry of Gali-Dana SingerGali-Dana Singer is a bilingual poet, translator, an artist and photographer, born in St. Petersburg, who immigrated to Israel in 1988. To Think: A River, her first book of poems in Hebrew, in translation from the original Russian, appeared in 2000. The most recent of three volumes written in Hebrew, Translucent, was published in 2017. She’s published seven collections in Russian. In a 2003 interview with Lisa Katz, Singer notes: I always emphasize that I haven't switched from Russian to Hebrew, rather that I am moving back and forth from Russian to Hebrew and Hebrew to Russian. I ha...
2019-08-0707 minIsrael in TranslationPostcard from Pressburg-Bratislava: Remembering Tuvia RuebnerOn Monday, the literary world lost one of its bright lights with the passing of Tuvia Ruebner. He was 95 years old, and passed in his home on Kibbutz Merhavia, where he had lived since arrival from Nazi occupied Bratislava as a teenager in 1942. He loved his home on the kibbutz so much that he even refusing Lea Goldberg’s invitation to move to Jerusalem and work with her at the Hebrew University. Born in 1924 as Kurt Erich in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Ruebner grew up in a German-speaking Jewish family. Nazi race laws forced him to leave high school be...
2019-07-3108 minIsrael in TranslationOn Childhood: The Writings of Israel Bar KohavIsrael Bar Kohav was born in Israel, the grandchild of Russian immigrants who were among the founders of the city of Tel Aviv. His ancestors took part in what is known as the Second Aliyah, an influential, ideological wave of immigration that took place between 1904 and 1914. Bar Kohav himself grew up in Givatayim and Ramat Gan, in the greater Tel Aviv area, and his poem refer to these areas. One of the most predominant themes in his work is childhood. He’s written about this period in nearly each of his 11 books. The writing is not nostalgic or...
2019-07-2408 minIsrael in TranslationThe Poetry of Lali Tsipi MichaeliLali Tsipi Michaeli’s work attempts to capture, not just the mind at work, but also the spirit, the soul, as it becomes aware of itself as an entity both anchored in, and apart from, the body. Likewise, the body is often viewed as a physical object, one of many that occupy the world. Lali Tsipi Michaeli was born in the Georgian republic and immigrated to Israel with her parents at the age of seven. She studied comparative literature at Bar-Ilan University, and returned to Georgia in the early 1990s as a Hebrew teacher for the Jewish Ag...
2019-07-1709 minStreetwise HebrewThe Streetwise Center for Hebrew LearnersGather = lerakez. Center = merkaz. Concentrated = merukaz. Coordinator = merakez. All these words share a common Hebrew root: רכז. Put aside all possible distractions because today's episode is laser-focused on the root RKZ. Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode Check out TLV1's WhyWhyWhy! True Stories from Israel podcast New Words and Expressions: Rikuz - Concentration - ריכוז Yesh yetsirot retsinioyt she-mevakshot rikuz male be-ozniyot - There are serious works (of music), that demand full concentration, with earphones - יש יצירות רציניות שמבקשות ריכוז מלא באוזניות Ehad mi-kol asara yeladim sovel me-hafra’at keshev ve-rikuz - One in every 10 children suffers from...
2018-12-0409 minThe Promised PodcastThe “Israel, Encapsulated” EditionIn this very special, collectors’ edition of the Promised Podcast, we rebroadcast a conversation with one of our favorite writers, the brilliant and enchanting magical-realist writer Etgar Keret, soon after the publication of his 2015 memoir, The Seven Good Years. The interview was done by the wonderful Ilene Prusher, long-time fill-in Promised Podcast panelist, and one-time TLV1 program director. We also speculate, with Allison, Noah, and The Tel Aviv Review’s Gilad Halpern, about what six items we would each send up in a Voyager-Spacecraft sort of time capsule, to teach eager aliens everything they need to know abou...
2018-09-271h 13Israel in TranslationPoems of Isaac for Rosh Hashanah 5779Next week, from Sunday night until Wednesday at sunset, we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year. This year, Marcela focuses on the figure of Isaac, son of Abraham, because the Torah readings for both days of the holiday focus on Sarah’s conceiving and giving birth to Isaac, Hagar’s banishment into the desert, and also on the binding of Isaac on Mount Moriah. Text: Amir Gilboa, “Isaac,” translated by Arieh Sachs in The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself, ed. Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, et. al. “Sarah Laughed Again,” and “Isaac in Reverse” from...
2018-09-0508 minThe Promised PodcastThe “The Revolution Will Be Corporatized” EditionDon Futterman, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Listen to the extra special, special extra segment. Radical Tail Wagging a Moderate Dog? Polls show that Likud voters are socialist, gay and lesbian supporting, religious pluralists, who are far to the left of their leaders on most matters: How can this be? B2LGBTQ Hundreds of Israeli corporations rush to support LGBTQ activists after the Knesset fails to extend...
2018-07-261h 09The Promised PodcastThe “Why Oh Why Won’t You Try Me?” EditionNoah, Gilad Halpern, host of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review and Miriam Herschlag, Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Looking for the extra segments? Access them by becoming a patron of the show. Learn more on Patreon. Why Oh Why Won’t You Try Me? An IDF officer and spokesperson for human rights NGO Breaking the Silence demanding to be prosecuted for beating a Palestinian man, only to find that the State Attorney’s Offic...
2017-11-301h 05Tel Aviv ReviewTLV1 Extra: Unconventional Views on Current EventsDavid Benkof, a columnist at the Daily Caller, writes from a conservative Republican gay Orthodox Jewish perspective about why he voted for Hillary Clinton and moved to Israel as a Trump refugee, what counts as Presidential racism or anti-Semitism, and why religious pluralism in Israel is bad, but a peace with the Palestinians is good. Not your typical conversation, but one of healthy disagreement and topical relevance. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel. Tel Av...
2017-09-0835 minThe Promised PodcastThe “Charlottesville and Jerusalem” EditionNoah, host of TLV1’s The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern, and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Looking to support the show? Learn how on Patreon. How Much is Too Much Corruption? There are corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: how seriously should we take them? Summer of Godlessness Over the summer, parents’ groups formed across the country aiming to keep religion out of their kids...
2017-08-171h 08The Promised PodcastThe “Women of Influence” EditionAllison, Noah, and host of TLV1’s The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Looking to support the show? Learn how on Patreon. Yair in the Middle Prime Minister candidate Yair Lapid argues that centrism is the new black with a middle-of-the-road, moderation-in-all-things centrist manifesto. Psychiatric Chic Two weird-ass initiatives aim to de-stigmatize mental illness, but probably say more about our anxieties about it than about our open-mindedness towards it. ...
2017-08-101h 02The Promised PodcastThe “Netanyahu’s Trump Card” EditionYou're looking for The Promised Podcast Patreon page, aren't you? Allison, Noah, and host of TLV1’s The Tel Aviv Review Gilad Halpern discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Netanyahu’s Trump Card Benjamin Netanyahu has borrowed the war against “Fake News.” Are Israelis buying the idea of a media conspiracy against the Prime Minister and all that is sacred and pure? Water Bottles Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink Drinking fountains have disappeared from Israel’s...
2017-08-031h 04Streetwise HebrewMaster of Slang You Will ‘Become’Repeat the mantra: I will become a fluent Hebrew speaker. But how do we say 'become' in Hebrew? 'Nihya,' which is passive of Hebrew verb 'lihyot,' or 'to be.' TLV1's language Jedi Guy Sharett explains. Exclusive content for Patrons New words & expressions: Pitom nihya kayits – Suddenly it became summer – פתאום נהיה קיץ Nihya – It has become – נהיה Ma nihya (niya)? – What's going on? – ?מה נהיה Shu sar? (Arabic) – What's happened? – شو صار؟ Shu sar ma'ak? (Arabic) – What's happened with you? – شو صار معك؟ Ma nihya im + mishu – What's with + someone – מה נהיה עם + מישהו Ma ni...
2016-10-1107 minThe Promised PodcastThe "Mo' Better Babies" EditionNoah, TLV1’s Gilad Halpern and The Forward’s Naomi Zeveloff discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Ordination is the new B.A. Israel's Minister of Interior Aryeh Deri, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, has issued a ministerial executive order to count advanced Yeshiva education and Rabbinic ordination as equal to a university degree, for applicants to government jobs. Fear, loathing and Ha'aretz Stalwart, liberal Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz receives constant, vicious criticism from right and left...
2016-08-181h 00Streetwise HebrewCelebrating 3 Years of Streetwise Hebrew!"Sha...losh, it's me, Guy, from Streetwise Hebrew." Yes, you read right. Three years ago we aired our first episode of StreetWise Hebrew on TLV1 Radio. So this week, Guy talks about "shalosh" - three - and all its related words and phrases. We cover everything from basketball, to math, beer and music, plus we even get to hear some iconic Israeli poetry. Exclusive content for Patrons New words & expressions: Shalosh arba ve… – Ready, steady, go – ...שלוש ארבע ו Shalosh arba la-avoda – Yalla, let's work – שלוש ארבע לעבודה Shloshha hatulim – Three cats (masculine) – שלושה חתולים Shlish – A third (1/3) – שליש Efshar shli...
2016-08-1609 minThe Promised PodcastThe "Lapdogs of Democracy" EditionNoah, TLV1’s Gilad Halpern and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. Lapdogs of democracy We discuss the uncertain future of the new Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, and the uncertain future of freedom of the press in Israel. What sort of a press does a country like Israel need? On the matter of Black Lives Matter The new Movement for Black Lives platform describes Israel as a pe...
2016-08-111h 00The Promised PodcastThe "Body-Politic Dysmorphia" EditionNoah, TLV1’s Gilad Halpern and Times of Israel Ops & Blogs Editor Miriam Herschlag discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. IDF to Knesset: Shut up already! "We shall keep the rabbis in their synagogues and the generals in their barracks," Herzl wrote in 1896. Now, 120 years later, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is telling Israel's politicians to shut the f*ck up already. Ritual hypocrites American passport-holding Knesset Members who love Conservative and Reform Judaism have...
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DebatesGramsci y la hegemonia cultural (P. Alfredo Sáenz, Silvio Maresca, TLV1, 11-2012).mp3Debate entre el sacerdote jesuíta y Doctor en Filosofía Alfredo Sáenz yel filósofo Silvio Maresca en la televisión argentina TLV1, en noviembre de 2012, acerca de Antonio Gramsci y su teoría de la importancia de dominar la cultura para promover los cambios buscados por el marxismo.
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2016-06-111h 06The Promised PodcastThe "Get Ready for the Repub-Likud Party" EditionAllison, Noah, and special guest Gilad Halpern (Managing Editor of Ynet News and host of TLV1’s Tel Aviv Review) discuss three topics of incomparable importance, and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
The coming of the Repub-Likud & Avodah-mocrat parties
We discuss PM Netanyahu’s plans to unify the parties on the right into an "Israeli Republican Party," and the nascent efforts of the Labor Party and the Tnua Party to do the same thing on the center left, forming an "Israeli Democratic Party."
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Streetwise HebrewEXTRA: Guy and Gadi on "becoming Israeli"It's been exactly a year since we had Gadi (Grego) in the TLV1 studio for a short conversation. He's made aliyah since then. We wanted to check in with Gadi to see how he's doing and to get some Hebrew speaking tips from him.
Last year's interview: http://tlv1.fm/streetwise-hebrew/2014/09/02/how-a-peruvian-interpreter-goes-about-learning-hebrew-streetwise-hebrew
2015-09-0515 minStreetwise Hebrew‘Teomim’: The Best Things Come in PairsTLV1 Radio, the home of our podcast, has a few more shows for you to check out. They all focus on Israel in one way or another.
For those of you interested in some straight talk about Israeli politics, culture, society, economy, and all the rest, have a listen to The Promised Podcast. You can find the podcast at tlv1.fm/promisedpodcast or search for it on your favorite podcast app.
Teomim are twins, from the root תאמ which is used in Hebrew for anything to do with matching, suiting, fitting, coordinating and more. Let’s lea...
2015-07-2809 minTel Aviv ReviewTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.
Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
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The Cost of Doing BusinessTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.
Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
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Tel Aviv Hot SauceTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.
Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
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Reasonable DoubtTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
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Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
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Out of the Comfort ZoneTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.
Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
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Na'gham el HoodTLV1’s Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time)Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)
Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.
We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.
Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)
Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli...
2015-03-1601 minIsrael in TranslationVerses from a Christian Arab village on the frontierWe met the Christian Arab village of Fassuta, on the north-western slope of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, in a previous podcast: http://tlv1.fm/?p=30469 Host Marcela Sulak takes us there again to discover the work of Nidaa Khoury, who was born in Fassuta in 1959 and still lives there.
Khoury’s seven collections of poetry include The Barefoot River, The Prettiest of Gods Cry, and The Bitter Crown, published in Israel, Lebanon, and Egypt. She is a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University and the subject of the recent film, Nidaa Through Silence.
Khoury is...
2015-03-1105 minTel Aviv ReviewWhy do Jews play a "ridiculously disproportionate" role in the sciences?
Why do Jews play a "ridiculously disproportionate" role in the sciences?
Dr. Noah Efron, the founding chair of the Program in Science, Technology, Society at Bar-Ilan University, and a fellow TLV1 broadcaster, recently published in English by Hebrew Union College Press and John Hopkins University Press. He will give his original take on a generations long question: Why are Jews so smart?
Bombay: Exploring the Jewish Urban Heritage
Dr. Shaul Sapir is a geography professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the author of seve...
2014-10-3054 minThe Promised PodcastYou say goodbye, and I say helloAllison, Don and Noah discuss three topics of incomparable importance, and end with an anecdote each about something in Israel that made them smile this week.
Were the Unit 8200 'refuseniks' right to break ranks?
Unit 8200's 'refusenik' letter exposed some Israeli intelligence practices some are finding very hard to swallow. Were the soldiers right to publicly expose these practices? Why are important leaders of the moderate left so fiercely opposed to the letter?
"You say goodbye...": Reasons to get the hell out of dodge
TLV1's very own Rogel Alpher caused...
2014-09-181h 00The Promised PodcastDining Out on Sacred CowAllison, Don, Noah and special guest star, author Ayelet Waldman discuss:
The thinnest of lines — between 'Jewish' and 'Democratic'
How do Jews around the world think Israel ought to balance its “democratic” and “Jewish” values? The Jewish People Policy Institute's new report, “Jewish and Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry,” shows that diaspora Jews view Jewish values as essentially democratic ones. But what about the rights of non-Jewish minorities in Israel?
Romanticizing the Draft?
A Knesset member put forth a proposal to end the draft in favor of an all-volunteer army. This would appease...
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