Ranked #1
Next Door Neighbor: Eshkol Nevo’s "Three Floors Up"
Next Door Neighbor: Eshkol Nevo’s "Three Floors Up"
Set in a Tel Aviv apartment building, Eshkol Nevo’s newest novel, Three Floors Up, examines a society in crisis, through... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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9mins
Ranked #2
Leah Goldberg's “Room for Rent”
Leah Goldberg's “Room for Rent”
No Israeli childhood experience would be complete without Leah Goldberg. Her story “Room for Rent” was published in 1948... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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9mins
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Ranked #3
A Night to Remember on the Road to Independence
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In continuation of the celebrations surrounding Israel’s Independence Day, host Marcela Sulak reads from Amos Oz’s iconi... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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Ranked #4
In Memory of a Master: Aharon Appelfeld's "The Story of a Life"
In Memory of a Master: Aharon Appelfeld's "The Story of a Life"
The acclaimed and prolific Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld passed away last week at the age of 85, leaving behind 47 pub... Read more
10 Jan 2018
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Ranked #5
A Digital Window into Gaza: Mosab's Facebook Poetry
A Digital Window into Gaza: Mosab's Facebook Poetry
People are people. But sometimes it is difficult to maintain one’s humanity under dehumanizing conditions. On today’s ep... Read more
20 Jun 2018
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Ranked #6
Remembering Amos Oz
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This episode is dedicated to Amos Oz, who passed away on Friday, Dec. 28, after a short battle of cancer at the age of 7... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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11mins
Ranked #7
Nora the Mind Reader
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What if, when you were in Kindergarten, your mother had given you a magic wand that allowed you to read people’s minds? ... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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Ranked #8
The Other World in "The World of the End"
The Other World in "The World of the End"
These hot weeks of summer, host Marcela Sulak will be suggesting some good beach reading, such as Ofir Touche Gafla’s no... Read more
23 Aug 2017
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8mins
Ranked #9
Past Euphoria, Towards Wisdom: Amos Oz’s “The Meaning of Homeland”
Past Euphoria, Towards Wisdom: Amos Oz’s “The Meaning of Homeland”
Tonight marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Moving past all the euphoria and towards atte... Read more
18 Apr 2018
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6mins
Ranked #10
Grosman's “The Shop on Main Street”
Grosman'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. T... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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7mins
Ranked #11
Poems for These Days of Repentance
Poems for These Days of Repentance
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the ten days known as the Days of Awe. Today we feature works by Yehuda Amichai... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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6mins
Ranked #12
The Day Before Passover: S.Y. Agnon’s “The Home”
The Day Before Passover: S.Y. Agnon’s “The Home”
In honor of the beginning of Passover this weekend, this week's episode features an excerpt from S.Y. Agnon’s story, “Th... Read more
28 Mar 2018
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9mins
Ranked #13
A Story for Yom Kippur by S. Y. Agnon
A Story for Yom Kippur by S. Y. Agnon
For this Yom Kippur, we read a section of S. Y. Agnon's Twofold translated by Jeffrey Saks. Text: Twofold, by S. Y. Agno... Read more
19 Sep 2018
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6mins
Ranked #14
The Woman from Nazareth: Dan Banaya-Seri's “Birds of the Shade”
The Woman from Nazareth: Dan Banaya-Seri's “Birds of the Shade”
Host Marcela Sulak reads from a folkloric-infused story by the Jerusalem-born writer Dan Banaya-Seri, in which a simple ... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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9mins
Ranked #15
A Fairy Tale by Leah Goldberg
A Fairy Tale by Leah Goldberg
On this week's episode, Marcela excerpts from a fairy tale written by Leah Goldberg. She was a prolific Hebrew-language ... Read more
21 Aug 2019
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9mins
Ranked #16
Humanity, Frail and Flawed: A Poem of Repentance
Humanity, Frail and Flawed: A Poem of Repentance
The Jewish month of Elul began last week, a month of repentance before the High Holidays. This seems a fitting time to r... Read more
30 Aug 2017
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7mins
Ranked #17
For the Sake of the Homeland: Nava Semel's "Paper Bride"
For the Sake of the Homeland: Nava Semel's "Paper Bride"
Author and playwright Nava Semel passed away in December 2017. Her novel "Paper Bride" paints a vivid portrait of Britis... Read more
31 Jan 2018
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9mins
Ranked #18
Special: Children's Book Recommendations
Special: Children's Book Recommendations
Host Marcela Sulak's daughter, Amalia, gives her top three children's book recommendations for the holidays.
27 Sep 2017
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2mins
Ranked #19
“My Essay on Stereotypes”
“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 stereot... Read more
11 Sep 2019
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6mins
Ranked #20
The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs
This week we continue exploring Robert Alter’s translation of the Bible and sacred poetry by looking at The Song of Song... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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11mins
