RADIO PROGRAMS
PRODUCED AND CREATED BY HAIM CALEV
FOR "THE VOICE OF
Selected Programs (30-60 minutes)
(Stored at the "Voice of
Israel" Tape Archives in
Story of an Artist - 24 programs
The series deals with the creative process in various
arts through personal encounters with the artists.
Writers: Amos Oz, Aaron Apelfeld, Moshe Shamir, Amalia Cahana-Carmon
Poets: A.
Shlonski, Yehuda Amichai, Dalia Rabikowitch, Manfred Vinkler
Composers:
Mordechai Setter, Ben-Zion Orgad, Yeheskel Brown, Ram Da'oz
Sculptors:
Itzhak Danziger, Yigal Tomarkin, Danny Caravan
Painters: Yosef
Zaritsky, Ariyeh Aroch, Ariyeh Navon
Theater Actors-Directors: Shraga Friedman, Yosef Milo, Peter Fry, Israel Eliraz
Thinkers: Yosef
Schechter, Moshe Zilber
Narrators in
Major themes in the works of three Israeli writers -
Franz Kafka - 2 programs
Main themes in Kafka's literary works and diaries
radiophonically presented through selected fragments, read and performed by
Habimah Theater actor Shraga Friedman. People who knew Kafka closely - Max Brod,
Felix Welch and Hugo Bergman - comment on themes and motifs in the selected
fragments, pointing to their real life origins.
Ash Wednesday (T. S. Eliot)
A Dominican monk, brother Marcel Dubois, a Jewish
philosopher, Eli Shweid and a young Israeli woman, Deborah Dimant - discussing
their attempts to come to terms with faith in reaction to Eliot's poem Ash
Wednesday. A full transcript of the program has been published in the
periodical Sdemot, number 26.
In the Middle of the Road
A mid-life evaluation of achievements and future
projects by people in their forties and fifties, observing their lives from a
detached point of view in a attempt to generalize and define the purpose of
their lives.
Yours Forever
The clash between the tendency to be faithful to a
single lover and the inclination to have diverse, open and non-committal
relationships, "free love", with various partners. Introduced
exclusively through confessional interviews with men and women in their
twenties.
In a Retirement Home
People at the terminal station of their lives look at
their past from a detached point of view, trying to understand and evaluate the
purpose of living.
Story of a Family - 6 programs
Authentic immigration stories revealing new-comers'
traumatic reactions to their encounter with the Israeli condition. Events
exclusively told through autentic voices of family members from their points of
view with speech idiosyncrasies of the original tellers.
Citizen - Israel - 1968
The gap between the euphoric and pathetic attitudes of
the leaders following Israel's victory in The Six Days War and the
suffering of individual citizens through long duration recruitment as
reservists in The War of Attrition. Superfluous, conceit motivated
military activities glorifying the names of the leaders at the expense of the
lives of anonymous victimized citizen. Oppression of the individual and his
values in the name of nationalistic ideology and collectivist myths.
My Twenty Four Hours
Survivors of Nazi atrocities tell of the most crucial
twenty four hours in their ordeal.
Childhood in the Holocaust
Survivors of Nazi atrocities tell their personal
anguish and their struggle for survival as children during World War 2.
The Caravan to Yehiam
Documentary account of a military action in the
Israeli War of Independence. A caravan of vehicles trying to carry
supplies to a besieged Kibbutz in
To the Moon (radio play)
Man's dreams, fantasies and myths about the moon and
travel to the moon throughout recorded history dramatically enacted.
Fire Worship (radio play)
Dramatic enactment of anthropological myths and
ceremonies of fire worship on the shortest day of the year as revealed through
folklore stories in diverse cultures, including their remnant in Hanukkah and
Christmas.