On love and spices

FromIsrael in Translation

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On love and spices

FromIsrael in Translation

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Apr 30, 2014

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A teenaged spice-shop owner and professional scribe, Shmuel Hanagid wrote such scintillating and literary love letters that a client hired him for bigger and better things. His work was lost for nearly 1,000 years and rediscovered only in the 1930s.
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The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492
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Zahava Seewald and Zohara Abulafia - I would lay down my life

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Apr 30, 2014

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Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.

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The souvenir shop of Taha Muhammad Ali: Born in Saffuriyya in the Galilee, Taha Muhammad Ali settled in Nazareth after the 1948 Arab-Israel war. There, he owned a souvenir shop near the Church of the Annunciation, which became a meeting place for local and visiting writers. Host Marcela... by Israel in Translation
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'A story of heroes and villains, of sorrow and glory': Manger Street is a 'crook' of a street in North Tel Aviv, the kind of street you find only when you're looking for something else – perfect for our Yiddish-speaking prankster Itzik Manger.Born in Chernovitz in 1901, Itzik Manger was kicked out... by Israel in Translation
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