Welcome to Times Will Tell, a weekly podcast from The Times of Israel.
This week we’re speaking with the Israel Antiquities Authority’s senior researcher Dr. Tali Erickson-Gini about the Nabateans’ Incense Road, today a World Heritage Site.
We’ll talk about the fall of the Nabatean trade route possibly due to an epidemic and other precious commodities in the ancient Holy Land including how globalization influenced antiquity.
For over 20 years, Erickson-Gini was the IAA’s Southern Negev sub-district archaeologist and she has conducted numerous archaeological excavations and surveys in many parts of the Negev and even Petra in Jordan.
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To mark Israel’s Independence Day on Thursday, The Times of Israel’s weekly podcast, Times Will Tell, is concentrating on a new trend of anti-Zionism among young Diaspora Jews, and we’re speaking with author and educator Ben M. Freeman whose new book, “Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People” explores how progressive society has turned Zionism into a form of racism.
But all is not lost: In his book, Freeman also offers ways in which Jews can remain liberally minded and reclaim Israel and their Jewish pride for themselves.
“I believe very fundamentally that it is not possible to be anti-Zionist and to be proudly Jewish. I think that it is just not possible because I see anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism, a form of anti-Jewish racism,” Freeman tells The Times of Israel.
Dr. Liat Steir-Livny, an expert in Holocaust humor and Senior Lecturer at Sapir College, Israel. (courtesy)
Steir-Livny has found that the phenomenon is cross-generational and can be found on all media platforms. On Twitter, for example, Steir-Livny has discovered a treasure trove of “humorous” Anne Frank references, and found out what they represent.
We also discuss the increasing trend of the Zikaron Basalon or Remembrance in the Living Room grassroots gatherings and their role today. Spoiler: Steir-Livny credits the program with “saving” Holocaust Remembrance Day.
We also speak about recent headlines calling for Yom Hashoa to be turned into a fast day.
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This week in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re taking up menstruation rights on Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel, and speaking with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder of the advocacy group Period Equity.
Weiss-Wolf is a lawyer and the vice president and the inaugural women and democracy fellow of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Her work focuses on gender, politics and menstruation, including the ongoing campaign to squash the “tampon tax” in all 50 United States.
She speaks about the need for discreet, open access to menstrual products for all those who need them, including the growing transgender population. For many, the financial burden of purchasing these products presents a dilemma food for the family or a hygienic means of disposing of bodily fluids.
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This week on Times Will Tell, the Times of Israel’s weekly podcast, we’re speaking with popular Israeli philosopher Dr. Micah Goodman, whose book “The Wondering Jew” just came out in English.
The book is a deep dive into the Israeli search for Jewish identity from both the secular and religious sides. He breaks down the three differing foundational ideologies of secular and religious Israelis and discusses how they connect and divide the nation. Near the end of the book, he proposes a middle path, which includes a way in which an increasing number of secular Israelis are “observing” Shabbat.