Ronit Matalon’s “And the Bride Closed the Door” - Listen - Israel

Ronit Matalon’s “And the Bride Closed the Door”

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This podcast is dedicated to marriage—all the engaged couples with cold feet, newly married couples, and long-married couples who survived the wedding day. Marcela reads from and discusses the last book Ronit Matalon wrote before her death in 2017, which was awarded Israel’s prestigious Brenner Prize.

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