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Wartime Diaries: Michael Vivier
For the last nine-and-a-half months, we’ve been experiencing different kinds of battlefields: There are actual battlefields, where people fight and are wounded and killed. And then, of course, there are secondary battlefields - on college campuses, in the court of public opinion, on social media, on TV, in newspapers, via text messages. And while no one has, thankfully, been killed on those battlefields, they are - in disturbing ways - no less vicious. This reality is so pervasive that for many it’s become the haunting soundtrack of the entire period. But today we want to share one small story, one of countless similar ones that have crossed our radar - about trolling, virtual bullying and Israel bashing.
The end song is Kol Ha'Olam Kulo ("The Whole Wide World") by the Djamchid Sisters.
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Wartime Diaries: Robbie Gringras
14:56||Season 7Grateful for his safety and relative comfort in this war, one man says goodbye to his personal paradise.The end song is Pizmon LeYakington ("Hymn to the Hyacinth") by Yehudit Ravitz.
Wartime Diaries: Shaked Kestleman
31:20||Season 7A citizen runs to stop a terrorist, and is tragically shot by friendly fire. How does this happen? And what does his family do next?The end song is Karma Police, performed by Shefita, originally by Radiohead.
Wartime Diaries: Anwar Ben Badis
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Wartime Diaries: Gadi Ezra
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