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Israel in Translation

by TLV1 Studios

Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.

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The spectacular fly in the ointment of the Andalusian-Jewish elite

5m · Published 26 Feb 16:25

It's great to be living in a city whose streets are named for so many poets and writers, but who are these people and what exactly did they write? In this segment we'll learn about the main north-south street of Tel Aviv, Ibn Gavirol, and the brilliant Golden-Age poet described as "the spectacular fly in the ointment of the refined eleventh century Andalusian-Jewish elite."

Book: "The Dream of the Poem. Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain 950-1492. Translated by Peter Cole. Princeton University Press.

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8349.html

Song: Sha'ar Petach Dodi, written by Ibn Gavirol, performed by Berry Sakharof

Israel in Translation has 361 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 48:23:06. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 8th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 5th, 2024 19:14.

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