Out of the Comfort Zone Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:44:31 +0000 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:44:31 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://www.tlv1.fm/outofthecomfortzone en http://www.tlv1.fm/outofthecomfortzone https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/4/b/3/d4b384b594122e8e/Out_of_the_Comfort_Zone.png Out of the Comfort Zone TLV1 Radio false TLV1 Radio episodic no Romeo and Juliet in Palestine Romeo and Juliet in Palestine Fri, 22 May 2015 12:58:46 +0000 How can a fairytale be interpreted in the light of the uprisings in Egypt? How can issues in Shakespeare’s plays - from Romeo and Juliet to Julius Caesar - be related to the experiences of people living in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? And what role can books play here anyway?

On this week’s trip Out of the Comfort Zone, host Inna Lazareva meets Tom Sperlinger from Bristol University, who spent a semester teaching literature at the Al Quds University in the West Bank. Sperlinger discusses his experiences and talks about his forthcoming book Romeo and Juliet in Palestine, to be published in June 2015.

 

Music:

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Nina Simone - Why? (The King of Love is Dead)

]]> How can a fairytale be interpreted in the light of the uprisings in Egypt? How can issues in Shakespeare’s plays - from Romeo and Juliet to Julius Caesar - be related to the experiences of people living in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? And what role can books play here anyway?

On this week’s trip Out of the Comfort Zone, host Inna Lazareva meets Tom Sperlinger from Bristol University, who spent a semester teaching literature at the Al Quds University in the West Bank. Sperlinger discusses his experiences and talks about his forthcoming book Romeo and Juliet in Palestine, to be published in June 2015.

Music:

Dire Straits - Romeo and JulietNina Simone - Why? (The King of Love is Dead)

]]> 33:12 false full Meet Jerusalem's Coptic Christians Meet Jerusalem's Coptic Christians Thu, 07 May 2015 13:10:51 +0000 Through labyrinthine passages, ornate churches, and even inside people’s living rooms, this week’s show comes from the little-known Coptic Christian parts of the Old City of Jerusalem, as local licensed tour guide Nabil Razzouk tells host Inna Lazareva about the history and the current issues facing the believers in Israel, Palestine, and in the wider region.

 

Music:

Lina Egyptian - Stranger (lyrics by Pope Shenouda III)
Mahalia Jackson - Walk in Jerusalem
Coptic hymn - Golgotha
Coptic hymn - Je Nai  Nan
Neil Diamond - Jerusalem

]]> Through labyrinthine passages, ornate churches, and even inside people’s living rooms, this week’s show comes from the little-known Coptic Christian parts of the Old City of Jerusalem, as local licensed tour guide Nabil Razzouk tells host Inna Lazareva about the history and the current issues facing the believers in Israel, Palestine, and in the wider region.

Music:

Lina Egyptian - Stranger (lyrics by Pope Shenouda III)Mahalia Jackson - Walk in JerusalemCoptic hymn - GolgothaCoptic hymn - Je Nai NanNeil Diamond - Jerusalem

]]> 25:16 false full Unchained at last Unchained at last Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:27:04 +0000 Reporting from the US, host Inna Lazareva interviews the founder of Unchained at Last, an organization that helps women to leave or avoid forced marriages.

 

]]> Reporting from the US, host Inna Lazareva interviews the founder of Unchained at Last, an organization that helps women to leave or avoid forced marriages.

]]> 26:00 false full Breaking Bread in Israel and Palestine Breaking Bread in Israel and Palestine Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:27:20 +0000 Inna Lazareva interviews two female entrepreneurs - one Israeli, the other Palestinian - who have set up innovative tours throughout Israel and Palestine.

]]> Inna Lazareva interviews two female entrepreneurs - one Israeli, the other Palestinian - who have set up innovative tours throughout Israel and Palestine.

]]> 33:13 false full TLV1's Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time) TLV1's Live Election Coverage: Tue 9PM & Wed 7AM (Israel time) Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:33:32 +0000 Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)

Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.

We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.

Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)

Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli election results come in - that's when the political game really begins in the race to form a coalition.

 

Tune in LIVE at www.tlv1.fm

]]> Tues. 9-11PM (Israel); 3-5PM (EST); 12-2PM (PT)

Join TLV1 anchors Ilene Prusher and Gilad Halpern for LIVE coverage of Israel's election madness as the exit polls come out and the votes begin to be counted.

We'll have TLV1 & Haaretz correspondents at the major campaign headquarters and special reports on the issues facing Israeli voters.

Weds. 7AM (Israel); 1AM (EST); 10PM (PT)

Listen to our special LIVE election panel of Noah Efron, Debra Kamin, and Gil Troy putting together the pieces of the jigsaw as the Israeli election results come in - that's when the political game really begins in the race to form a coalition.

Tune in LIVE at www.tlv1.fm

]]> 01:01 false full One month to the Israeli elections - Out of the Comfort Zone special One month to the Israeli elections - Out of the Comfort Zone special Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:08:38 +0000 This week host Inna Lazareva dips into the upcoming Israeli elections. She travels to Akko to meet Aida Touma-Suliman of the Hadash party; they discuss political activism, women's rights, and the recently formed Joint List of Israel's Arab parties.

Back in Tel Aviv, she meets MKs from the Yesh Atid and Meretz parties, who talk about the potential impact of the votes of new immigrants as well as non-native Hebrew speakers on the outcome of the elections.

 

Music:

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
Sunnyland Slim - Be Careful How You Vote
Shakira - Empire
Radiohead - Electioneering
]]> This week host Inna Lazareva dips into the upcoming Israeli elections. She travels to Akko to meet Aida Touma-Suliman of the Hadash party; they discuss political activism, women's rights, and the recently formed Joint List of Israel's Arab parties.

Back in Tel Aviv, she meets MKs from the Yesh Atid and Meretz parties, who talk about the potential impact of the votes of new immigrants as well as non-native Hebrew speakers on the outcome of the elections.

Music:

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To ChangeSunnyland Slim - Be Careful How You VoteShakira - EmpireRadiohead - Electioneering]]> 34:00 false full 'Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms': Religious Minorities in the Middle East 'Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms': Religious Minorities in the Middle East Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:54:36 +0000 From the wild marshes of Iraq to the hilltops of West Bank, Inna Lazareva interviews the author and former diplomat Gerard Russell on the Middle East’s exotic yet tragically disappearing religious minorities. From the influences of Pythagoras to unusual encounters in supermarkets around downtown Detroit, Mr Russell explores the fates of Yazidis, Mandaeans, Zoroastrians, and many others in his recent book ‘Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms’ which we discuss on ‘Out of the Comfort Zone’ this week.

 

Music:
John Lennon - Imagine
Bob Dylan - With God on our side

]]> From the wild marshes of Iraq to the hilltops of West Bank, Inna Lazareva interviews the author and former diplomat Gerard Russell on the Middle East’s exotic yet tragically disappearing religious minorities. From the influences of Pythagoras to unusual encounters in supermarkets around downtown Detroit, Mr Russell explores the fates of Yazidis, Mandaeans, Zoroastrians, and many others in his recent book ‘Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms’ which we discuss on ‘Out of the Comfort Zone’ this week.

Music:John Lennon - ImagineBob Dylan - With God on our side

]]> 39:16 false full Israeli theatre abroad: a conversation with Guy Ben Aharon of Israeli Stage Israeli theatre abroad: a conversation with Guy Ben Aharon of Israeli Stage Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:34:56 +0000 An Israeli Arab literature teacher nicknamed Ulysses is arrested for trying to sail a raft full of Russian literature to Gaza. A successful Israeli Jewish lawyer takes up the case to defend Ulysses, pro bono.

This is a plot for a play, entitled Ulysses on Bottles by Gilad Evron, tackling ordinary life as played out against the background of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict - and which is one of many plays performed by an innovative theatre company, Israeli Stage, based in Boston, USA.

On today’s show, we’ll meet the founder and producing artistic director of the company, Guy Ben Aharon. He is an Israeli-born Bostonian whose innovative performance project is dedicated to sharing the diversity and vitality of I​sraeli culture through theatre.

Since its inaugural season starting in 2010, Israeli Stage has produced well over fifteen plays (as staged readings) by ten playwrights, exposing American audiences to theatre from Israel.

 

Music:

Cabaret - Life Is A Cabaret
Arik Einstein - Shir Ha Shayara
​Yves Montand - Sous Le Ciel De Paris
]]> An Israeli Arab literature teacher nicknamed Ulysses is arrested for trying to sail a raft full of Russian literature to Gaza. A successful Israeli Jewish lawyer takes up the case to defend Ulysses, pro bono.

This is a plot for a play, entitled Ulysses on Bottles by Gilad Evron, tackling ordinary life as played out against the background of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict - and which is one of many plays performed by an innovative theatre company, Israeli Stage, based in Boston, USA.

On today’s show, we’ll meet the founder and producing artistic director of the company, Guy Ben Aharon. He is an Israeli-born Bostonian whose innovative performance project is dedicated to sharing the diversity and vitality of I​sraeli culture through theatre.

Since its inaugural season starting in 2010, Israeli Stage has produced well over fifteen plays (as staged readings) by ten playwrights, exposing American audiences to theatre from Israel.

Music:

Cabaret - Life Is A CabaretArik Einstein - Shir Ha Shayara​Yves Montand - Sous Le Ciel De Paris]]> 36:30 false full Waiting for God in the Holy Land: A history of the German Templers Waiting for God in the Holy Land: A history of the German Templers Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:03:46 +0000 This week, join host Inna Lazareva for a trip to Bethlehem of Galilee - not the West Bank Bethlehem - where we find out about the German Templers who arrived in Palestine as missionaries back in the days of the Ottoman Empire.

The Templers left a considerable contribution to agricultural and other practices in the Holy Land, but were ultimately unceremoniously deported during the Second World War.

 

Music:

Turn Back Time - Aqua
One Of Us - Joan Osborne
Stille Nacht (Silent Night ) - Sung by the Vienna Boys Choir
]]> This week, join host Inna Lazareva for a trip to Bethlehem of Galilee - not the West Bank Bethlehem - where we find out about the German Templers who arrived in Palestine as missionaries back in the days of the Ottoman Empire.

The Templers left a considerable contribution to agricultural and other practices in the Holy Land, but were ultimately unceremoniously deported during the Second World War.

Music:

Turn Back Time - AquaOne Of Us - Joan OsborneStille Nacht (Silent Night ) - Sung by the Vienna Boys Choir]]> 38:47 false full Dive into the lives of Israel's Druze Dive into the lives of Israel's Druze Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:31:40 +0000 Israel's Druze community are part of the Israeli-Arab minority, yet serve in the IDF - while many of their bretheren in the Golan Heights refuse to even take up full Israeli citizenship.

The community in Israel faces increasing challenges: in recent weeks, at least two Druze were killed in attacks in Jerusalem, and the proposed 'Israel as a Jewish state' legislation has increased tensions in the community.

Inna Lazareva talks to Tel Aviv University Professor Amal Jamal and Diplomat Walid Abu Haya about the issues facing Israel's Druze, before delving into Druze music and poetry.

 

Music:

The Puppini Sister - Sway
Lorde - Team
Asmahan -Ya Habibi Talaa
Samih Al Qasim - Travel Tickets (poem)
Farid Al Atrash - Asturias of Isaac Albeniz
]]> Israel's Druze community are part of the Israeli-Arab minority, yet serve in the IDF - while many of their bretheren in the Golan Heights refuse to even take up full Israeli citizenship.

The community in Israel faces increasing challenges: in recent weeks, at least two Druze were killed in attacks in Jerusalem, and the proposed 'Israel as a Jewish state' legislation has increased tensions in the community.

Inna Lazareva talks to Tel Aviv University Professor Amal Jamal and Diplomat Walid Abu Haya about the issues facing Israel's Druze, before delving into Druze music and poetry.

Music:

The Puppini Sister - SwayLorde - TeamAsmahan -Ya Habibi TalaaSamih Al Qasim - Travel Tickets (poem)Farid Al Atrash - Asturias of Isaac Albeniz]]> 45:54 false full