On Being in Israel and the West Bank
Voices of Israel and the West Bank
Mohammed
Darawshe
of Israel
Yossi
Klein
Halevi
fellow
Amahl
Bishara
Kholoud
Al Ajarma
teacher
Sari
Nusseibeh
philosopher
David
Hartman
rabbi
Avivah
Zornberg
teacher
Narcissistically? Arrogantly? Triumphantly? Or we say, now that I have my memory, tell me about yours."
Video Interviews with Krista Tippett
» In the Room with Amahl Bishara [video, 45:07]
» In the Room with Nidal Al-Azraq [video, 47:27]
» In the Room with Izzeldin Abuelaish [video, 26:21]
» In the Room with Sari Nusseibeh [video, 74:13]
» In the Room with Rabbi David Hartman [video, 65:56]
» In the Room with Avivah Zornberg [video, 56:22]
Recommended Reading
Fieldnotes
Amahl Bishara's three-part series on how foreign journalism about Palestinians informs their sense of themselves.
- » Part 1: Restarting a Conversation
- » Part 2: So Many Refugees, How Shall I Choose?
- » Part 3: Eating Watermelon, Parsing Chaos
Our Voice
A magazine by young Palestinian refugees sharing their stories and their perspectives.
About the Project
Between March 9-17, 2011 the On Being production team travelled to Israel and Palestine along with students from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Journalism. Our goal was to listen for realities and possibilities for this region that get hidden by headlines. Our interviews with both Israeli and Palestinian citizens and our attempts to flesh out the complexity of meaning within these categories resulted in a larger project for our show. This project consists of a collection of radio shows, audio, pictures, and blog entries from both our production staff and the USC students.
Project-related Shows
Mohammad Darawshe is Arab with an Israeli passport — a Muslim Palestinian citizen of the Jewish state. Like 20 percent of Israel's population, he is, as he puts it, a child of both identities. He brings an unexpected way of seeing inside the Middle Eastern present and future.
A new show from Jerusalem with American-Israeli journalist Yossi Klein Halevi, who says Jerusalem is a place where the essential human story plays itself out with particular intensity.
Did you know that the sacred city of Bethlehem lies within the West Bank? And, inside its borders, you'll find something unexpected — a close-knit neighborhood where generations of people have created a new life for themselves. Amahl Bishara and Nidal Al-Azraq show us something rare that we don't see in the news about refugee camps — the quiet cycles of everyday life.
We experience a vision of caution and hope planted in a long view of Arab and Palestinian history, culture, and time in Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh. His personal story is steeped in layers of identity and, as he says, living legend, which shape history in the making today.
Rabbi David Hartman confronts God in the modern world, and the deepest meaning of the Jewish state, as a sacred obligation.
What may one of the great literary teachers of Torah and midrash — the Jewish tradition of reading between the lines of the Bible to uncover hidden layers of meaning — teach us about our own human longings? Hear what happens when she takes on Noah and the Flood, and Adam and Eve in the garden.
On Being in Israel and the West Bank
April 28, 2011
Mohammad Darawshe is Arab with an Israeli passport — a Muslim Palestinian citizen of the Jewish state. Like 20 percent of Israel's population, he is, as he puts it, a child of both identities. He brings an unexpected way of seeing inside the Middle Eastern present and future.
May 12, 2011
A new show from Jerusalem with American-Israeli journalist Yossi Klein Halevi, who says Jerusalem is a place where the essential human story plays itself out with particular intensity.
July 7, 2011
Did you know that the sacred city of Bethlehem lies within the West Bank? And, inside its borders, you'll find something unexpected — a close-knit neighborhood where generations of people have created a new life for themselves. Amahl Bishara and Nidal Al-Azraq show us something rare that we don't see in the news about refugee camps — the quiet cycles of everyday life.
September 15, 2011
We experience a vision of caution and hope planted in a long view of Arab and Palestinian history, culture, and time in Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh. His personal story is steeped in layers of identity and, as he says, living legend, which shape history in the making today.
September 22, 2011
Rabbi David Hartman confronts God in the modern world, and the deepest meaning of the Jewish state, as a sacred obligation.
October 6, 2011
Avivah Zornberg is a celebrated participant in the ancient Jewish tradition of midrash — of reading between the lines of the Bible to uncover hidden layers of meaning for life. Hear what happens when she takes on Noah and the Flood and Adam and Eve in the garden.