yochai maital

- Username: yochai
- Co-founder, Senior Producer at Israel Story podcast
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from yochai maital

Seoul Food
(36:44)
From: Israel Story
If there’s one thing Bung-Ja Ziporah Kim Rothkopf loves to discuss, it’s food. “I can leave my land,” she says, “I can leave my family. But I could never leave my food.” But ...

Sbarro: Twenty Years Later
(01:09:37)
From: Israel Story
On August 9, 2001, 22-year-old Izz al-Din al-Masri blew himself up at a Sbarro branch in downtown Jerusalem, killing 15 people and injuring over 130. This particular ...

Last Rites
(07:49)
From: Israel Story
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways in which we say goodbye to loved ones. Yochai Maital has been collecting sound from recorded online funerals. Virtual funerals are ...

Rock Solid Wife
(09:13)
From: Israel Story
Despite the fear associated with having a serious underlying condition, the Covid-19 pandemic has been an extremely fruitful period for Etgar Keret. He has written more ...

The Hasbara Hero
(25:56)
From: Israel Story
Payam Feili could have gone on speaking tours, received standing ovations at AIPAC, and become a symbol of all that is good about the Jewish State. But instead, his ...

Milk, Honey and Sweet Mary Jane
(40:42)
From: Israel Story
Cannabis in Israel is a booming business, and through the unlikely story of Amos Silver, the Israeli 'Green Giant,' we take a deep dive into the world of Telegrass, the hot ...

A Song for Peace
(12:16)
From: Israel Story
Meant to be an Israeli version of Hair’s ‘Let the Sunshine In,’, Shir La’Shalom was quickly banned by generals and labeled as both defeatist and demoralizing. But a ...

Eastward Bound
(21:07)
From: Israel Story
For decades, Israeli radio stations ignored Mizrahi tunes and exclusively played music rooted in Ashkenazi traditions. That began to change in the late-1970s and early-1980s, ...

No Man's Land
(21:16)
From: Israel Story
Romance between and Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Arab isn't allowed in Israel, but that didn't stop Sarah and Tamer who ran away to the solitude of the desert to be together
