Series Title: Illuminations Jewish Culture as a Light in the World
Program Title: Stories Make the World

Show Intro (Schoen):
Welcome to, "Illuminations: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World." This program is called "Stories Make the World."

Indeed, stories are used by all cultures in every imaginable context.
"Tell me a story," says the child at bedtime as she moves from day into dream. Politicians re-create themselves through stories to look more electable. Every culture on Earth has a story of creation, with itself at the center.

Judaism is rich in stories. And this program is full of wonderful tales from around the world, Jewish and others. It explores how storytelling defines culture, binding a people together -- and also how storytelling creates bridges to help people speak to one another across traditions.

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Series Title: "Illuminations: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World"
Program Title: "Stories Make the World"
Total Program Length 59:00

00:00:00 Incue:
(Music)
Narrator: "Welcome to, 'Illuminations: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World." This program is called 'Stories Make the World'..."

00:33:45 Outcue:
(Music)
Narrator: "You're listening to "Illuminations: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World." This program, "Stories Make the World" celebrates storytelling in Jewish and other world cultures. We'll be back in a minute."

60 sec music bed for ID

00:34:45 Incue:
Schachter: "Storytelling is transformative. That's the wonderful thing about it..."

00:59:00 Outcue:
Narrator: "A Traveling Jewish Theatre would like to acknowledge its debt to the late Barbara Myerhoff, whose work as an anthropologist writer and thinker is a continuing source of their inspiration. I'm Claire Schoen."
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