From Etgar Keret to a Lovelorn Student in Dimona, Tales of the Book-Obsessed

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English - October 27, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
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Are Jews still “the people of the book”? Are Israelis? What does that even mean today? In the third episode of Israel Story, we’ve got three stories that all revolve around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny—from a Yiddish book collector based in the Tel Aviv central bus station to a lonely college student to bibliophiles in search of the lost fragments of the Aleppo Codex. And we chat with Israeli writer Etgar Keret, who has some original thoughts on where the “people of the book” tagline came from. (Listen to the full episode

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