"Welcome to the Israeli Stories" starts as the contents of J-WAVE’s Podcast “SPINEAR”

"Welcome to the Israeli Stories" starts as the contents of J-WAVE’s Podcast “SPINEAR”

What do you think of when you hear the word "Israel", a country in the Middle East that stretches along the Mediterranean.  -Desert, Bible, Jews, Holocaust, political news ...?

We invite you to a world of unique stories from Israel, full of surprises that overturns your image.

Digital Voice Content Distribution Service "SPINEAR" by J-WAVE (81.3FM) distributes a podcast "Welcome to the Israeli Stories" which is highly rated all over the world from August 20 (Fri).

A Jewish people are said to be the "people of the book."

"Reading, writing and learning" has always been at the center of life.

Israeli literature cultivated in such a history is highly regarded internationally, and although they have been translated into many languages around the world, it is still unknown in Japan. "Welcome to the Israeli Stories" introduces Israeli masterpieces with the information about the authors.

Organized by: Embassy of Israel

Cooperation: Kawade Shobo Shinsha (publisher), Takeshobo (publisher)

Program HP: https: //spinear.com/shows/The-israeli-stories/

<Stories to be introduced – Season 1>

"Every day is Birthday (Original Title: Fly Already)"

By Etgar Kelett / translation: Kyoko Hirooka / Book: Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)

It was the birthdays of various strangers that the man who got everything he could buy with money tried to get for happiness. A black short released by a popular national writer, also known as "Haruki Murakami of Israel".

"Hunter of the Stars"

By Nava Semel / translation: Izumi Ichida / Book: "Zion’s Fiction- Israel SF Masterpiece Selection" (Take Shobo Bunko)

"I was born at the night when all the stars disappeared."

The hero, who was born on the day of the natural disaster, thinks of the world where the stars were once visible in the sky while being fascinated by the story of the constellations. Poetic science fiction for children and adults after the Covid disaster.

■ Program summary

Program Name: "Welcome to the Israeli Stories"

Distribution: every Friday from August 20 (Fri)

Navigator: Rachel Chan

Distribution Channels: SPINEAR (https://spinear.com/shows/the-israeli-stories/) and Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Major Listening Services such as Amazon Music

■ What is SPINEAR

SPINEAR is a complete free digital voice content distribution service with JAVE responsible for J-WAVE's Internet audio business. We offer high quality voice drama, documentaries, comedy and news that we produced uniquely as digital audio content from all over the world. SPINEAR can be listened also by major listening services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts.

https://spinear.com/