Mizrahi Jewry
Welcome to the Ponzi scheme.
An obsession and an abstraction.
Country music from the Negev.
Buried under “five metric tons of glass, car parts, a crazy amount of dirt, medical waste, lots of scorpions, and even beehives.”
Three decades ago, a million emigres from Eastern Europe arrived in Israel, increasing its population by 20 percent almost overnight and changing its culture forever. What’s their story?
Meet José Faur.
The few dozen who remain now live in secrecy.
How Yamma made Psalm 104 a runaway hit.
Daniel Hagège.
The real issue is the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide.
The late Tunisian-Jewish intellectual wonders if he is a traitor.
Virtual visits to the synagogues of Damascus, Aleppo, and Tripoli.
The noted author and political thinker drops by our studio to talk about his other passion: Israeli music and the ways it has shaped the country.
