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Hour 1
Mayor Oded Revivi speaks with Eve at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new synagogue in Efrat about the broad coalition of Yehuda and Shomron council heads and the steps they are taking to defy the 'settlement freeze'. The government cannot enforce draconian laws that limit normal life and their own definition of natural growth; will the situation spiral out of control before someone stops the insanity?
"Lone Soldiers, Israel's Defenders From Around the World " is the new book by veteran journalist Herb Keinon.   He joins Eve and explains what inspired him to write a book that will so inspire others, the stories of young men and women who voluntarily serve in the IDF with no family support system. Zionism is alive and well. (keinon@netvision.net.il) Tell him you heard it here.

Hour 2
All you wanted to know about being a doctor in Israel. Well, not All but a good amount. Dr. Nahum Kovalski of TEREM Emergency Medical Centers discusses the profession and the advantages of studying and working here. In addition, he adds his 2 cents to the swine flu pickle that many Israelis are now in, to get the vaccine or not. Do
the risks outweigh the protection it affords you? (nk@terem.com)
Chanuka's light of Torah is manifested by the candles we light for 8 days on our menoras. Rav Natan Segal shares some new thoughts on the different customs of next week's holiday and the joy of celebrating the miracle of religious freedom in Israel, where the Hasmoneans lived.

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