Gordon Beach

This guide to Gordon Beach in Tel Aviv opens with a 1950 health report so alarming it emptied the beach overnight, and the unusual fix two British brothers devised by sinking a well deep into the ground behind the sand. You'll hear how the resulting saltwater pool became a social institution, and about a 2006 fight to save it led by a songwriter, a rocker and a comedian. Listen from the boardwalk overlooking the pool for the fullest picture.