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Wartime Diaries: Mishael Zion
Next week, millions of Jews around the world will sit down at their Passover tables, for what will invariably be a very different kind of seder. The timeless question of how this night, or this Pesach, is different from all other nights, and all other Pes
36: “Mixtape” Part I – Our Hope?
Revisiting our musical journey through anthems, songs of yearning, of war, and of peace.
92: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Meir Argov
Our series continues with Meir Argov (Grabovsky), a World War II veteran and a Petach Tikvah-based labor organizer who loved chazanut, or cantorial music, and was Israels first - and longest serving - chairman of the Knessets Foreign Affairs and Defense
91: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Herzl Rosenblum
Our series continues with Herzl Rosenblum (AKA Herzl Vardi), a Revisionist and prize-winning journalist who stood at the helm of the Yedioth Ahronoth daily for 38 years and penned no less than 11,400 editorials. Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter
90: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Yitzhak Meir Levin
Our series continues with Yitzhak Meir (Itche Meiyer) Levin, the foremost Haredi rabbi to have signed the Declaration of Independence.Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newslet
89: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Moshe Kol
Our series continues with Moshe Kol (Kolodny), who - for nearly two decades - headed the Jewish Agencys Youth Immigration Division, and was responsible for bringing more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors from 85 different countries to Israel. Stay connec
75: Sbarro - Twenty Years Later
For nearly 22 years, Chana Nachenberg was in a vegetative state. Her death last week brings the number of casualties in the 2001 Sbarro terrorist attack to 16. So in honor of Chanas memory, we bring you our 2021 episode, Sbarro - Twenty Years Later.Stay
88: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Pinchas Rosen
Our series continues with Pinchas Rosen - a lover of classical music, an enthusiastic chess player, an avid reader of Goethe, and Israels first Justice Minister. A quintessential yekke, or German-born Jew, he was - more than any other signatory of the Is
87: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Sa’adia Kobashi
Released exactly 114 years after he left his native village of Khubesh, Yemen, and set out for Jerusalem, our series continues with Saadia Kobashi - a rabbi, a licensed poultry slaughterer, an educator and the lone representative - among the signatories
86: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Daniel Auster
On Jerusalem Day, our exploration of the signatories of Megillat HaAtzmaut, or the Israeli Declaration of Independence, continues with Daniel Auster, the first Jew to be appointed Mayor of Jerusalem since Byzantine times.Stay connected with us on Faceb