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TLV1's Ariella Plachta joined Kids4Peace, a grassroots youth interfaith organization, on their #ForwardTogether march around Jerusalem's sometimes volatile Old City. 

How is kosher wine made, who can make it, and how is it different to 'mevushal' wine? And, most importantly, does it taste as good as other wines?

Itamar Rothschild is setting the sun while we open the week with some sun Israeli tunes.   Playlist:Eifo Hayeled - Misheoo Shome'a OtiAsaf Avidan & The Mojos - HangwomanHaClique - Sof HamassaTa'ani Ester - Madrega AchronaBoom Pam feat. Karolina - Black DogVital - Halom Shel Kol GeverArik Einstein - Haya Lanoo Tov, Nihya Lanoo RaAlma Zohar - En alechaYehuda Poliker - Pachot Aval Ko'evAIzhar Ashdot feat. Berry Saharof - Zman KessemItamar Rothschild - Bein Shik'aa Lebein ZrichalSun Taylor - Who's At Your Window

Did you know that a single grape can contain all the aroma compounds of all fruit and vegetables, combined? 

What do the scorching sands of Israel have in common with the continental climate of the Rhone valley?

What was the last thing you did for yourSELF? Host Noa Margalit's trusty producer Alex Benish recommends you just leave the house! (As long as you take your headphones with you so that you can listen to us.)   Playlist: Hachalonot Hagvohim - Az Ma Dori Ben Ze'ev - Le'a Ganoov Hadag Nahash - Ani Ma'amin Umlala - Not Blocked In Our Country Izabo & Shotey Hanevua - Him (Hoo) Erik Berman - Hametookot Ha'Achronot Lehaka Retorit - Seder Yom Rona Keinan - Hapa'am Ha'achrona Tuna - Gam Ze Ya'avor Maor Cohen - Ulay Adi Ulmansky feat. Borgore - Was It You? Mati Caspi - Leilot HaKaitz HaHamim Dani Litani - Mashber Emoon

Today's show has nothing to do with hoaxes or attempts to fool people. Here you'll find the best and newest things from the margins of Israeli music.   Playlist: Meat Eating Orchids - Weapon Of Choice Maya Johanna - When The Sky Ronen Green - Road Of War Hila Ru'ach - Grizzly Bear Red Axes - Col Sof Sof (feat. Eylon Crotches) Roei Freilich - ADD (Photomat Remix) Zohara - Bass & Drum A-Wa - Habib Galbi BEMET - The Frog Was Eating The Lizard (feat. Free The Robots) Cohenbeats & KerenDun - What's On Your Mind Ben Blackwell - Tirkedi (Dance) Tzlil - City Friends Garden City Movement - When We Had It Easy Daniel Sapir - Anachnu Lo (We're Not) Men Of North Country - 77

As the last Tune Up before Pesach, we are cleaning all the bread crumbs from Host Noa Margalit's microphone.  Playlist: Indiana - Black JackRonit Shachar - Tavo Kmo HamaimMaor Cohen - MitztaerGingiot - L.AShotey Ha’Nevuaa - Ein AniKmo Tzoani - Kmo TzoaniYahlI Sobol - SusUmlala - Baby YogPunch - Ani Meohav Bebahoora Mebat YamThe Flying Baby - I Want You to Love MeMashina -Schlach Li MalachEviatar Banai - MatanotMen of North Country - 77

Israel's Negev communities have long struggled to grow economically and socially. But gradually, that's been changing -- thanks in part to the Jewish National Fund's Negev Vision development initiatives. The JNF helped bring together 25 mayors of Jewish and Arab communities to work to promote economic growth and develop education in the area.  The NGO's latest effort has been in the direction of job creation, and it comes in the form of the Ronald Lauder Employment Center.  Through its initiatives in the Negev, the JNF has made life more livable for thousands of residents - Jewish and Arab, Israeli-born and immigrants. And as the organization's work expands, the positive social and economic impact may be felt throughout the country. 

Dozens of men, women, and drag queens running down the street in stilettos is not something you'd expect to see in Jerusalem. But when a drag show and a high-heeled race came to the center of the holy city, something fabulous happened. The campy drag performance was like an antidote to Jerusalem’s stern religiosity. Produced by Shoshi Shmuluvitz Music:   The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men   Shirley Bassey - Copacabana   Right Said Fred - I’m too sexy   Sister Sledge - We are family

In the second instalment of Yo! TLV Raps, host Tomer Gershenman speaks to Israeli rap veteran Ortega, who was part of some of Israel's most significant hip hop crews (PR Troopers, Peled & Ortega, HaCabinet) and remains a key figure on the local scene. Tune in as Ortega talks about his different projects and the craft of rapping in Hebrew, wrapping it up by kicking a bi-lingual freestyle!   Playlist: Ortega - Ba Melmata Peled & Ortega - Kong Fu Skazi feat. Ortega - Bass Flavour Ortega - Yo! TLV Raps Freestyle! Ortega feat. Tuna - Nachon (Tuna Remix)

'Drivers' is an interview series with prominent Israeli business figures. The host, Erin Kopelow, is co-founder and director of business development for Tel Aviv University's Sofaer International MBA and a recent graduate of the Kellog-Recanati Executive MBA. Originally from Canada, Erin moved to Israel nine years ago and currently lives in Tel Aviv. In 2005, Tal Keinan co-founded KCPS Clarity, the first investment firm to export Israeli asset management services abroad. Keinan, who was recognized as Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2010, tells TLV1 why it's so critical that Israel become a global exporter of something other than technology. He also discusses the price of regional economic isolation and the problems with Israel's 'export/exploit' economy.

If you've got the winter blues, this show is sure to brighten your day with upbeat Israeli classics and today's top hits.   Playlist: 1.Oren Barzilai - Boy2.Los Caparos feat. Sha'anan Street - Hedek3.Fortisacharof - Ein Ketz Layaldoot4.Machshefot - Machshefot5.TeapackS - Yesh Li Chavera7.Nir Shlomo - Lev8.Asaf Avdian - Let's Just Call it Fate9.Arik Einstein - Ha'Sha'ot Haktanot Shel Halayla10.Daniella Spector - Kol Hazman anachnu shohahim11.Muki - Lo Roe'e MeMeter (New Live Version)12.Arik Sinai - Derech Ha'Kurkar13.Ehud Banai - Kulam Yod'im14.Avishai Cohen - Shaot Regishot15.Yehoram Gaon - Amroo Li

This homage to the art of the duet features soulful love ballads, incomparable rock duos, and surprising and unlikely pairs.   Playlist: 1.Arik Einstein & Shalom Hanoch - Agadat Deshe2.Ehud Banai & Shuli Rand - Nekooda Tova3.Meir Ariel & Gidi Gov - Neshel HaNahash4.David Broza & Wyclef Jean - East/West Jerusalem5.Shlomi Shaban & Chava Alberstein - Targil Be'hitoreroot6.Quami & The Halvot with Fortis - Tischeti Oti7.Shlomi Shabat & Lior Narkis - Lechol echad yesh8.Uzi Navon VeMakarim & Shoshana Bardels (Efrat Gosh) - Im Ze Moochrach Liheyot Hasof9.Berry Sakharof & Izabo - Sugar10.Karolina & Alma Zohar - etmol11.Red Band & Sarit Hadad - Baby, Can I Hold You12.Asaf Avidan & Tamar Eisenman - Hey Woman13.Eifo Hayeled & Iggy Waxman - Rak Beshvil Lekabel Hibook

Avraham "Avrum" Burg on the portion of Va'era, Book of Exodus Who were the five women behind the first ever non-violent revolt? Author, public intellectual and former Speaker of the Knesset offers a contemporary reading of this week's Torah portion "Va'era", where God appears to Moses and instructs him to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

Punching Above Your Weight: Paul Solomon on the story of "Google Israel" In 2005 Google opened its offices in Israel to harvest the best engineering talent Israel had to offer. Google Trends and Google Autocomplete are just two examples of what Google Israel then contributed to the global company. Another extremely ambitious project initiated in Israel was The Google Cultural Institute, a hub for virtual exhibitions and archives collected from museums all over the world. Paul Solomon, Head of Communications and PR of Google Israel describes how it all happened.

Four people are dead after they were taken hostage in a kosher supermarket in Paris this afternoon. Police raided the supermarket this evening, freeing 15 hostages and killing one of the hostage takers, Amedy Coulibaly. At the time of this report, it is unclear whether the second hostage-taker Hayat Boumedienne, was arrested or whether she remains at large.   French police officials reported that the two attackers had close ties with the terrorists who attacked the headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. The perpetrators of that attack were brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi. They killed 12 people and then fled, hijacking getaway cars, until they finally took one hostage and holed up in a print factory outside Paris. A standoff with police ensued and it was during this standoff that Coulibaly and Boumedienne attacked the kosher supermarket.   Police raided the print factory and the supermarket simultaneously. The Kouachis were both killed in a shootout. But earlier, during the standoff, they told French TV that they were ordered by Al Qaeda in Yemen to attack Charlie Hebdo. The Kouachis were both already known to French and American counterterrorism authorities. They were the French-born children of Algerian parents and were both on a no-fly list in the US. Cherif Kouachi had been imprisoned in France for attempting to recruit men to fight against American forces in Iraq.   Coulibaly, the supermarket attacker, told French television that he had coordinated with the Kouachis. He said that he chose to attack the kosher specifically because it was a Jewish place. Produced by Shoshi Shmuluvitz

Today on World Flight, Israeli multi-instrumentalist, Ben Aylon, introduces us to his musical journey through west Africa. Years back, Ben and his guitarist friend, Yair Hashachar, were traveling Gambia when they were accidentally arrested and thrown into prison. While there, they decided they should create a band, and a few days after their arrest they were deported to Senegal. Their unexpected arrival in Senegal changed their lives forever, as the country embraced them and became their main source of inspiration. Ben Aylon tells us about his story and also shares songs from Black Guru's latest album "Sun and Moon," a exquisite album recorded in both Senegal and Israel. Today, Ben is a close friend and a student of the legendary Sengalese percussionist, Doudou Ndiaye Rose, who is featured on the album. Doudou Ndiaye as well as Omar Pene can also be heard on the album.   Music: Taltalim - Black Guru Bo Tavo - Black Guru Cashew Tree - Black Guru Little Hand (Featuring Didier Awadi) - Black Guru Avraham - Black Guru Sun & Moon (Featuring Omar Pene) - Black Guru Freedom (Featuring Doudou Ndiaye) - Black Guru Doudou Ndiaye Rose and Julien Jouga Tinariwen- Chet Boghassa Bombino Concert In Agadez - Chet Boghassa Bassekou Kouyate – Bala   Members of Black Guru: Daniel Krief : Vocals Ben Aylon: Percussion, Drums, N'Goni Ian Aylon: Acoustic and electric guitars Yair Hashachar: Guitars Dana Roth: Bass

'Drivers' is an interview series with prominent Israeli business figures. The host, Erin Kopelow, is co-founder and director of business development for Tel Aviv University's Sofaer International MBA and a recent graduate of the Kellog-Recanati Executive MBA. Originally from Canada, Erin moved to Israel nine years ago and currently lives in Tel Aviv. In 2009, Yossi Goldschmidt boarded a plane tasked with founding the India branch of Makhteshim Agan (now Adama Agricultural Solutions). It was time for one of the global leaders in pesticide production to open its first Asia branch, but Goldschmidt wasn’t a believer in following the crowd: Rather than set up a wholesale business, Golschmidt targeted local retailers and even the farmers themselves to establish his brand - ground up. Today Goldschmidt is in charge of 530 local employees and a business worth $160 million. He talks to Drivers host Erin Kopelow about his personal take on breaking new markets and bridging cultural gaps.

The Stage, Tel Aviv's English-language community theatre company, put on a musical revue with a gender-bending spin. Men were cast in women's roles, women played men's roles, and the greatest Broadway songs were re-interpreted and turned on their heads. 

For the last few years, the Tel Aviv municipality has been holding an annual Piano Festival - a series of free or almost free concerts featuring some of the most popular Israeli musicians playing their songs on the piano. But THIS is not that festival. This is the Mizrahi Piano Festival. Mizrahi Jews are Middle Eastern in origin, Ashkenazi Jews are of European extraction. And you can see evidence of discrimination, or at least inequality, between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim in Israeli society. Like, for example, in the piano festival. This publicly funded festival has always omitted Mizrahi music from its line-up - despite the fact that it's one of the most popular genres in Israel. So, this year, Ophir Toubul and a few other Mizrahi activists decided to organize their own piano festival. What the Mizrahi Piano Festival shows is that there IS an audience for this music, and the culture is not low-brow or cheap. In fact, contemporary Mizrahi culture is the space where Middle Eastern and Western aesthetics combine to form something new, something different and authentically Israeli. Produced by Shoshi ShmuluvitzMusic by Liron Amram and Nasrin Kadri

A modern Hebrew warrior on the ancient art of 'Abir' Yehoshua Sofer is Aluf (grandmaster) of the Jewish martial art known as 'Abir.' He explains how the martial art is discussed in the Tanakh, and how it has been preserved through the ages. 'Touchdown Israel' makes an impact Filmmaker Paul Hirschberger talks about his feature-length documentary 'Touchdown Israel,' which highlights controversies in the Israel Football League. The film has been selected as an official entry into the 2014 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Was David Blatt right to comment on the war? Former Maccabi Tel Aviv head coach David Blatt has weighed in publicly on the Israeli operation in Gaza. Blatt now coaches the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers but his family is still in Israel. Host of Sports Schmooze, Yossi Goldstein, discusses. Israel Baseball pays tribute to a fallen player National Director of Israel Baseball, Nate Fish, tells us about the national team's emphatic win in the European Championship (C Pool) in Slovenia, and their tribute to a fallen player. Israel's national football team on the ropes Football (soccer) correspondent Mark Gordon gives us an update on the national team's trials and tribulations; will they be anywhere near ready for their 'home' tie against Belgium next month? Breaking down religious barriers in the NFL Ike Thaler, founder of the 'Jews for Tebow' group, tells us why Jews should support NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, a player often outspoken in his religious Christian views. Music: Paradise Lost - Erased The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) Umlala - My PDF Files Alice In Chains - Them Bones Mercedes Band - Ma Pitom Gossip - Heavy Cross

CNN's Tal Heinrich tells us how Israeli football players from Maccabi Haifa were attacked by pro-Palestinians during a 'friendly' match against the French Lille side in Austria.

Florentin assails the senses. It is all color and noise, heat and decrepitude. The south Tel Aviv neighborhood is filled with furniture and lighting stores, bars and cafes, cheap plastic toy shops, and upscale boutiques. It’s a bundle of contradictions, which makes sense: it sits between the gentrified neighborhood of Neve Tzedek and the run-down Carmel Market area; between the sea and the grimy Levinsky spice market (you can imagine how it smells in the summer). Florentin is bursting with street art: almost every building on every narrow, bumpy road is spray-painted with eggplants by the artist EPK, bandaids by Dede, political graffiti calling for peace or veganism. If Tel Aviv leans left, Florentin does much more so; if Tel Aviv is young, Florentin’s even a bit younger; and if Tel Aviv accepts its artists, eccentrics, and the LGBT community, then Florentin is their haven. Its young, creative, often frenetic energy make it like “La Boheme” of Tel Aviv. Here are the stories of people who found their place in Florentin. Interviews: Guy Sharett - StreetWise Hebrew Eli Edri - co-owner, Under 1000 Gallery Sharon Pazner - artist Ilan Balabi - artisan Barak Eiluz - manager, Casbah Cafe Sigalit Salway Judd Yadid - writer Music: Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman Ernest Ranglin and Avila - Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro Charles Mingus - Fables of Faubus Donald Byrd - Blind Man, Blind Man Miles Davis - Freddy Freeloader Donald Byrd - Bossa Donald Byrd - Street Lady The Quintet - A Night in Tunisia Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive Charles Mingus - Goodbye Porkpie Hat John Coltrane - While My Lady Sleeps Produced by Shoshi Shmuluvitz

The 38th Jacob’s Ladder Festival brought music and mirth to Nof Ginosar on the shore of the Kinneret. The festival, which draws crowds of Anglos and Israelis alike, features a unique blend of local and international acts, covering an array of genres from bluegrass to swing. TLV1’s Daniel Campos presents a live broadcast of such acts as the 60’s and 70’s cover band Dejavu, Canadian- based bluegrass sensation Slocan Ramblers, and a surprise performance from Tamar Capsouto covering a Willy Nelson classic. Last but not least, The Betty Bears took to the stage with their Dixieland swing, sending us back to the 20’s and 30’s in New-Orleans.