17: Stop That Bus!
Israel Story
Israel Story
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2016
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation or clashes concerning Shabbat schedules. On today’s episode of Israel Story, we delve into the world of lesser known bus-related conflicts.
In Act I, “The White Elephant,” Yochai Maital walks us through the history of Tel Aviv’s ‘New’ Central Bus Station — a derelict eight-story behemoth and modern day Tower of Babel — which mirrors much of modern Israeli history, with its grand vision and messy implementation.
Act II, “The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God,” is adapted from Etgar Keret’s short story collection of the same name, and performed by Keret himself. In it, we meet—yes—a bus driver whose deeply held belief in equity and fairness flies right smack in the face of Eddie, an assistant cook who has a problem getting places on time.
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| 1:25.0 | Hi. |
| 1:29.0 | I met Sheely this last Saturday. |
| 1:31.0 | She was sitting at a bus stop in front of Mount Herzl, |
| 1:34.0 | Israel's National Cemetery. I know this is completely random but I was just |
| 1:38.1 | driving by here and I noticed that you were sitting in the bus stop here on Chabat. |
| 1:44.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:45.0 | The thing is, buses in Jerusalem, at least in West Jerusalem, don't run on Shabbat. |
| 2:00.0 | I mean I imagine you know but the bus isn't really about to come. Yes I know. |
| 2:01.0 | I wasn't except expecting best to stop here. I just, I was on my feet all day and now I got tired and I wanted to sit for a while. |
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