We speak this week with clinical social worker Carla Naumburg about her latest book, "You Are Not a Shitty Parent, How to Practice Self-Compassion and Give Yourself a Break,” a self-compassion primer and guide that came out this fall. Naumburg, based in Boston, talks about her own kids and family, using a welcome dose of humor and practical advice, hammering home the need to accept oneself and not feel guilty, because most parents are generally doing their best. She wants people to acknowledge h...
Dec 07, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast We speak this week with chef Nomi Zysblat, creator of Paletas, a Tel Aviv-based company that makes natural popsicles with fresh, seasonal fruit and ingredients, inspired by the Mexican version of this frozen treat that she discovered while living in New York. We discuss the inspiration for Paletas, driven by seasonal fruits and flavors, and the timing of Zysblat's venture just a decade ago, just as Israel was deep diving into vegan and farm-to-table trends. Zysblat talks about what it's like to ...
Nov 23, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's Times Will Tell, we speak to Eytan Peled, an emerging Israeli singer-songwriter whose first song, "Where Are The Days?" went viral, placing him at the top of the Israeli charts. That attention put the US-born Peled in the perfect situation to write songs -- primarily in English -- for breakout Israeli artists Mergui, Noa Kirel and others. He also writes and sings in Arabic, a language he first learned in high school, then perfected during his army service and while living in a nor...
Nov 09, 2022•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week's Times Will Tell introduces Lena Glikson, the Russian-born, Jewish music editor who was part of the 2022 Emmy-winning editing team for Netflix's hit series, "Stranger Things." Lena speaks about her work in Season 4's scene featuring Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill," editing the music to picture and helping slingshot the 80s song into a viral hit. She talks about her journey from Russia to the US a decade ago, the distance from her family and friends, and experiencing the onset of Pu...
Oct 26, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week's Times Will Tell brings us Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan (pronounced OH-SE), who spent the better part of a decade filming his feature documentary, "Other Voices," in Israel's Sderot and in Gaza, to capture a story that is not often told. The film brings viewers to the unexpected and unusual peace efforts and unwavering friendship between residents of Sderot, Israel and Gaza as the two bordering nations endure ongoing war, animosity and conflict. "People on different sides...
Oct 14, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Israel Philharmonic conductor Lahav Shani speaks with Jessica Steinberg for this week's Times Will Tell episode, ahead of the orchestra's nine-city tour in the US, beginning in November. The tour is the IPO's first since the start of the pandemic, and Shani's first as its artistic director. Shani, 33, is a world renowned pianist, double bass player and conductor, known for his skills as a musician and conductor as well as for the young age at which he's accomplished so much. The rising star also...
Oct 07, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast We have a musical Times Will Tell this week with Lenka Lichtenberg, who talks about and shares songs from her new album “Thieves of Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt's Secret Poetess.” Lichtenberg is a classically trained musician who grew up in the Czech Republic. Before eventually settling in Canada, she moved around Europe and dipped her toes in a variety of musical genres. Her eclectic musical background can be heard in her new project, which is based on poems that her grandmother Anna Hana Fr...
Sep 20, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Duritz has waited decades to play in Israel, a place that he loves, said the Counting Crows frontman in this Times Will Tell podcast ahead of his band's Wednesday night show in Ra'anana, outside Tel Aviv. Duritz visited Israel several times in his teens, hiking through Sinai, working on a kibbutz and later learning Torah in Jerusalem, a "powerful place" for him, he says. Yet Duritz hadn't returned to Israel since then, as he built his career and band, waiting for the right opportunity to ma...
Sep 14, 2022•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are basically two categories for novelist Elyssa Friedland's work: Jewy and super-Jewy. Friedland has a new book out this week, “The Most Likely Club,” but many listeners will know her from two, very Jewy, earlier works, “Last Summer at the Golden Hotel” and "The Floating Feldmans.” Friedland has written two other novels and is looking forward to the publication of her first children’s book soon. Today, in addition to working on her own books, Friedland teaches novel writing at her alma ma...
Sep 06, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Times Will Tell, The Times of Israel’s weekly feature podcast. This week, we speak with Tova Dagan and Yoni Nuriel, two high school and middle school teachers in Jerusalem as they prepare for Israel’s new school year that aims to begin September 1. Despite the annual threat of a countrywide teachers' strike, the two discuss their outlook on the Israeli educational system and what they want for their own classrooms this year. Dagan has been a homeroom teacher and is currently an Englis...
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