A few weeks ago, Ori Ben Dor and myself participated in the '2026 Columbia Journalism School Radio Race'. It's a race to create a 2-minute audio story in 56 hours.

The task we received was to feature a local landmark, include a live market sound and create a story about "a beginning".

It was 30 days to the start of the war with Iran and we interviewed a woman by the name of Mazal who runs a deli in the Shuk (outdoor market) of Netanya.

We didn't make it to the 5 finalists.

But I think it's a good story.

Enjoy!