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Israel Story

3: People of the Book

Israel Story

Israel Story

Judaism, Palestine, Jewish, Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Israel

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2014

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Three stories revolving around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny.

Are Jews still “the people of the book”? Are Israelis? What does that even mean today? In the third episode of Israel Story, we’ve got three stories that all revolve around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny—from a Yiddish book collector based in the Tel Aviv central bus station to a lonely college student to bibliophiles in search of the lost fragments of the Aleppo Codex.

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to talk to him about the theme of our episode today, people of the book. His wife, Shira, and their eight-year-old son Lev were in the kitchen making a cake.

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The mixer was mixing, the blender was blending, and the spatula was constantly clanking against the bowl as Lev was trying to sneak in some licks.

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You know, basically the perfect ingredients for radio recording.

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We wanted to talk to Edgar not only because he's one of Israel's leading authors,

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the voice of our generation, people often say.

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