Between the lines: A deep journey into Shabbat bulletins

Akiva Novick's podcast 'Ad HaKatz' embarks on a journey into the world of Shabbat bulletins distributed in synagogues. The episode reveals the complete media world behind the bulletins: journalists, politicians, sections on politics, economics, and gossip, and the struggle to reach a wide audience.

Every weekend, in synagogues across the country, piles of Shabbat bulletins await worshippers. They are distributed among the congregants, read discreetly during prayer, passed from hand to hand, and taken home. Those who did not grow up in this world probably do not understand what it is all about. The current episode of Akiva Novick's podcast 'Ad HaKatz' takes listeners on a journey between the pages, into a complete media world. The episode reveals the system behind the bulletins: leading journalists, senior politicians, sections on politics, economics, gossip, advertisements, and history. The central struggle is over the ability to reach as large an audience as possible.