Kol He'Chalutz

We are joined by Lior Lekner for a conversation about Jewish culture and the important work of the Center of Jewish holidays, situated at Kibbutz Bet Hashita.

Episode fifteen features a conversation with Lior Lekner, from the Center for Jewish Holidays. Lior talks us through the work she does bringing secular, humanistic Judaism to Israeli society

A compelling conversation with James Horrox, who describes the kibbutz experiment as the closest example of living anarchism history has ever seen

A compelling conversation with James Horrox, who describes the kibbutz experiment as the closest example of living anarchism history has ever seen

How do we view our elected leaders? What alliances must be fostered by the left? What happened to the moral imperative of valuing truth? These are just some of the questions explored by Prof Eva Illouz in the latest episode of the Kol He'Chalutz podcast.

A conversation with Sociologist Professor Eva Illouz on the challenges facing the left in the age of Trump, Johnson and Bibi

Ep12 features a conversation with Martin Sugarman, an expert on the Jewish volunteers who traveled to Spain in the mid 1930's in order to fight fascism. We hear about their motivations and how the fight over the narrative of how they are being remembered

About a quarter of all volunteers to the International Brigades were Jewish. Martin Sugarman shares his take on why he thinks this was the case

Professor Ruhuma Weiss talks the Talmud, Judaism, feminism and the notion of justice. She also manages to share with us some of her poetry.

We're in conversation with Professor Ruhama Weiss, exploring the Talmud, Judaism, feminism and her call to join her in support of the British woman who was held in Cyprus for lying about being raped by a group of Israeli youths.

Digital technology is experiencing an unprecedented exposure in terms of its utilization for long-distance learning whilst our schools are closed. We talk to Dr Jared Matas, with many years of experience in the field.

The Corona pandemic has seen education move online, and Dr Jared Matas guides us through the questions and dilemmas that we should all be thinking about.

Tom Navon shares his knowledge of Jewish Marxists and their take on Jews as a people and / or a class

Tom Navon shares his knowledge of Jewish Marxists and their take on Jews as a people and / or a class

Enjoy our latest episode, where we talk to Miryam Holtzman, founder and operations manager of the newspaper Davar in English.

Enjoy our latest episode, where we talk to Miryam Holtzman, founder and operations manager of the English-language newspaper, Davar.

Ilya Erenburg, the Jewish revolutionary, who became the public voice of the Soviet Union, wrote a book of short stories called Thirteen Pipes. Here we present a reading of one of those stories, Pipe Two, which paints a vivid picture of Paris at the end

Episode seven sees a departure from our regular format. It consists of a reading of a short story by written by Ilya Erenburg about the Paris Commune

We welcome James Grant-Rosenhead to our podcast to talk about both the classic kibbutz and the burgeoning new kibbutz movement.

We welcome James Grant-Rosenhead to Kol He'Chalutz, where we talk about the more than 100 year history of the anarcho-syndicalist communal kibbutz movements.

During Pride month, we get to hear from Hadas Goldman, artist, feminist, DJ, actor, organizer and founder of the Culture Movement.

During Pride month, we get to hear from Hadas Goldman, artist, feminist, DJ, actor, organizer and founder of the Culture Movement.

Bria Gray shares her insights into what it means to live a full Jewish life full of creativity and meaning

Bria Gray joins Gabe in conversation for our latest episode of Kol He'Chalutz. This time we're talking about Jewish renewal and how we can take ownership over our Jewish expression

Dan Segal, one of the founders of the Bustan Community, talks about how Jews and Arabs together are trying to transform the city of Nazareth Illit into a city for all its residents.

We are joined by Dan Segal, for a conversation about the Bustan Community - a project bringing Jews and Arabs together in the northern Israeli City of Nazareth Illit

We are joined by Dr Gili Gopher, historian, feminist, socialist and union activist as we talk about the past, present and future possibilities of a system whereby the state protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens.

We are joined by Dr Gili Gopher, historian, feminist, socialist and union activist as we talk about the past, present and future possibilities of a system whereby the state protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens.

For our first episode, we talk to Dave Rich from the CST (Community Security Trust), a charity that protects British Jews from antisemitism and related threats.

For our first episode, we talk to Dave Rich from the CST (Community Security Trust), a charity that protects British Jews from antisemitism and related threats.