Israel Story
Summary: Israel Story, or Sipur Israeli, is a new radio initiative aimed at introducing high quality, long-form non-fiction content to, and about, Israel. Israelis, we all know, are a nation of storytellers. What we do is shine a spotlight on the little (and big!) dramas that comprise Israeli life. Our primary goal is to tell the story of a different, diverse Israel: To amplify voices that are rarely heard on the mainstream media, to showcase and celebrate the plurality of local communities and traditions. By bringing you multi-faceted narratives on thought-provoking themes, Israel Story aims to become a refreshing alternative. We don't want to talk about Bibi, Lapid or Bennett. We're kind of tired about hearing about the threat of the Iranian bomb or the Security Council resolutions. Instead, we hope to present a cross-section of 'Israeliness,' entering communities that are typically sidelined and silenced, and to tell stories that are not aired anywhere else: Everyday stories, told by, and about, regular Israelis. Stories range from the heartfelt to the hilarious, from the risqué through the informative to the outright bizarre. Our upcoming English language mini-series will, hopefully, be released in the Spring of 2014.
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Podcasts:
In our season finale, we devote the entire hour to the breathtaking story of Chaya Ben Baruch - a mother of ten from the freezing Alaskan city of Fairbanks, who ended up moving to the Ultra Orthodox community of Safed, where she is raising five children with Down's Syndrome.
From Kiryat Shmona to Dimona - twelve cities and countless Israeli characters. And what do they have in common? One thing only: Their address. 48 Herzl St. A portrait of Israel in the year 2013. And what would Herzl say?!
Google has long ago become the modern oracle. So, naturally, the best way to discover what it is that we all want to know is to google it. With the help of Google Zeitgeist's report, we set out to answer the ten most frequently asked "how to..." questions in Google Hebrew. We already know you're dying to know the answers...
Can we be simultaneously close and far? Or far and close? Israel Story sets out to find stories in which distance isn't what it seems. Join us for a moving episode full of despair, hope and changing distances.
"What a coincidence, one in a million, I tell you!" The Israel Story team sets out to discover what really is random.
The Israel Story team settles in where everybody else is just passing by - we spent 24 straight hours at the original(!) "Pancake House," an all-night diner on Israel's Route 2. We met a host of characters: A much-courted waitress, a family on the way back from a wedding, a philosophizing car washer, a mando-banjo player, a couple picnicking besides Israel's busiest freeway and more. Join us, and eat up!
A writer sitting at a small booth at a parking lot in southern Tel Aviv and POW's in Syrian captivity. Two stories, decades apart, both ask the same question: What does it really mean to be robbed of your freedom?
A entirely "fake" episode: From a 19th century antiquities forger, to the enlistment of bees into the IDF. And from Etgar Keret (almost) becoming Jason Bourne 2, to the connection between car mechanics, hot students at Ben-Gurion University and George Constanza. And if all that isn't enough, here are some other impressive forgeries from around the world.
Israel Story delves into the obsessive realm. From a group therapy session to ancient Syrian synagogues, and from Mr.-female-members-of-Knesset to the announcement we've all been waiting for - which member of the team is, hands down, the most obsessive...
Our first episode deals, of course, with beginnings. Or, to be even more accurate, with restarting. We bring you four stories of people and places that are starting over: a hitchhiker on a post-break-up odyssey, a musician with an unusually helpful brain injury, a forest regrowing in the wake of a fire and a short story by Etgar Keret.
