Episode 83 - Big in Tel Aviv
Two Nice Jewish Boys
Eytan and Naor
1.7 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Aiton Weinstein. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Noor Minninger. |
| 0:08.0 | Immigrating to Israel is not easy. |
| 0:10.0 | Alongside mastering Hebrew, finding a job, and making friends, |
| 0:14.0 | one of the biggest challenges is simply to integrate, to find your place, to feel like a local. |
| 0:19.0 | If you're an artist immigrating here, it can be even more |
| 0:22.9 | difficult. If language is not your medium, art is certainly always a cultural thing, and the divide |
| 0:29.5 | can easily become a chasm. Nonetheless, Tel Aviv has become a vibrant multinational city, and it seems |
| 0:36.3 | that English speakers are thriving here. |
| 0:38.5 | Even if you're an Israeli English speaker, so long as you're present on social media, |
| 0:42.9 | you can't escape the stream of immigrant-produced content emanating from Israel. |
| 0:48.5 | And at the top of that chart, sitting comfortably on her throne, is Renny Grinchpan, the benevolent queen. |
| 0:55.9 | Rennie Grinchpan is an actor, creator, and a model who made Aliyah almost four years ago. |
| 1:01.7 | Since then, she's been scorching Israel's Facebook feed with hilarious viral videos, |
| 1:08.2 | mainly as part of the Israeliote group, making her one of the most known and influential |
| 1:13.2 | local internet stars. Reni graduated the Columbia School of Journalism. She's created videos for the |
| 1:18.6 | Jewish Daily Forward and the Tross Creative House. Reni Grinchpan is here with us today to answer |
| 1:25.8 | the age-old question, chocolate or vanilla. Also, will there |
| 1:30.2 | be peace in the Middle East? This episode is brought to you by Roadmap Jerusalem. Roadmap |
| 1:40.1 | Jerusalem is a great new documentary. What does Jerusalem mean to you? That's the question that led |
| 1:47.1 | Rabbi Nolan Liebowitz to make this documentary. And you know, a lot of people have different |
| 1:51.8 | answers to that. Some people think it's home. Some people think it's the heart of the Jewish people. |
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