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The Branch

29 Episodes

25 minutes | Jun 29, 2021
The Branch S2E#12: Jerusalem Nights
Can the arts help heal Jerusalem? Two of the women behind Mekudeshet think so. Through concerts and performing arts events, they're creating spaces where Jews and Palestinians can feel at home, finding culture and new connections.
23 minutes | May 26, 2021
The Branch S2E#11: Singing in One Voice
Singers in the Rana Choir of Jaffa are Jewish, Christian and Muslim, from different educational and socioeconomic backgrounds and different political outlooks. Note by note and song by song, the choir proves that different voices and views can still join together in harmony.
20 minutes | Apr 28, 2021
S2 #10: Moving Forward
Palestinian physiotherapist Rasha Ghaith has a seemingly bottomless bag of tricks. Blending Arabic and Hebrew, knowledge and warmth, she helps her Jewish and Arab patients at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus move forward -- one step at a time.
32 minutes | Mar 17, 2021
The Branch S2#9: The Israelis
Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi and Mohammad Darawshe, a founder of the Arab Israeli Ma'an party, are longtime friends. As intellectuals, they've both been shaped by their many conversations -- and occasional disagreements -- about the country they both call home.
23 minutes | Jan 27, 2021
The Branch S2#8: The Crime Busters
Through cross-cultural dialogue and a personal friendship, powerhouse duo Ola Najmi-Yousef and Ruth Lewin-Chen are empowering local Arab leaders, working with officials, and building trust to make Arab neighborhoods safer. "If we fight together, we can succeed."
23 minutes | Dec 30, 2020
The Branch S2 #7: Zooming in for Dialogue
As part of their peace-building work, two facilitators are bringing Arab and Jewish teens together to find common ground. And now, they're doing it online.
24 minutes | Nov 24, 2020
S2 #6: The Road to Healing
For three years, Yael has been driving Mohammed and his son, Dia -- who live in Hebron -- to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem for the 5-year-old's cancer treatments. Over many rides, arranged by Humans without Borders, the two have formed a "very human connection."
25 minutes | Oct 21, 2020
The Branch S2 #5: Common Ground
A Jordanian, a Palestinian and an Israeli have joined forces in the fight to save their shared environment. As the board of directors for EcoPeace Middle East, they're not willing to let pushback, regional conflict and politics stand in their way. 
24 minutes | Sep 23, 2020
The Branch S2 #4: The Artists
At the height of the violence of the Second Intifada, artists Faten Elwi, an Arab Israeli, and Hadass Gertman, a Jewish Israeli, began collaborating on art exhibits. Nearly two decades later, their friendship and powerful new exhibit are bringing Jews and Arabs together in the historically conflict-ridden city of Umm al-Fahm.
26 minutes | Aug 26, 2020
The Branch S2 #3: Team Goals
Soccer team captain Ali Ottman, an Arab Israeli, and Harel Selah, his Jewish coach, work side by side on the Sakhnin team in the Galilee, proving that sometimes coexistence is as simple as a shared goal.
27 minutes | Aug 5, 2020
The Branch S2 #2: The Midwives
Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis in Israel, midwives Gila Zarbiv, a Jewish Israeli, and Rahel Najwan Rasslan, an Arab Israeli, at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem work side by side to calm mothers bringing new life into an uncertain world.
30 minutes | Jul 1, 2020
The Branch S2 #1: The Corona Chronicles
As the Israeli economy reopens, uncertainty continues. Host Dina Kraft takes us back into the lives of Jews and Arabs we met in earlier episodes to see how they're faring, and what's changed about the efforts that brought them together: a theater, Hadassah Hospital, the fight against domestic violence and more. 
31 minutes | Jan 29, 2020
The Branch #17: Skyping Gaza
From each side of the Israel-Gaza border, two peace advocates – Rami and Roni -- organize via Skype and WhatsApp, convinced that people-to-people ties can help break the deadlock of decades of cross-border fighting.
35 minutes | Dec 16, 2019
The Branch #16: The Tour Guides
Yuval Ben-Ami and Husam Jubran take tourists on journeys through Israel, helping them to navigate Jewish and Palestinian perspectives about the conflict.
25 minutes | Nov 20, 2019
The Branch #15: The Code Breakers
Tsofen, founded by Sami Saadi and Smadar Nehab, is an Arab-Jewish initiative that has cracked the code for integrating Arab Israelis into Israel’s booming hi-tech industry.
26 minutes | Oct 23, 2019
The Branch #14: The Poet and The Prophet
When Neta Weiner, known as The Prophet for his dynamic on-stage presence, met Mohammad Aguani at an open poetry mic night, he was spellbound. Together, the activist-rappers founded System Ali, a hip-hop group that tackles social justice issues, now a central part of Jaffa’s diverse music scene.
27 minutes | Sep 18, 2019
The Branch #13: Kid Power
Talia dances, loves drawing, and traces her Muslim ancestry back to Jerusalem's Old City. Shali is the wise-cracking son of an Israeli rapper. The teens met by joining Israel’s only youth movement for peace. Listen as they teach us what it means to be Kids4Peace in 2019.
31 minutes | Aug 14, 2019
The Branch #12: Two Doctors and a Case of Friendship
When it comes to sexual abuse and assault, Dr. Dvora Bauman and Dr. Moshira Aboo Dia share the same goal: to return control to the victim. Despite their political differences, two doctors have forged a strong bond as they work together to empower women at Hadassah Hospital's Bat Ami Center for Victims of Sexual Abuse.
29 minutes | Jul 18, 2019
The Branch #11: Karate for Peace
Danny Hakim and Hazam Abu Qwedar are longtime friends and martial arts instructors. Through the art of karate, they're showing kids in Israel -- Jewish and Bedouin -- a new approach to coexistence.
33 minutes | Jun 12, 2019
The Branch #10: From Gaza to Tel Aviv
Two journalists forged a 30-year friendship out of covering conflict, and today their families' lives are intertwined. Jonathan is a Jewish New Yorker who moved to Israel. Saud is a Gaza City native. This is their story.
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