Does Israel Represent All Jews?: The Great Debate
A tension between Israeli and diaspora Jewry has been obvious since the founding of the state. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the epic exchanges between philanthropist Jacob Blaustein and ...
23 Sep 202130min
The Story Of Israel's Black Panthers
The modern country of Israel is a country of immigrants, and many are Mizrahi, ie Jews from North Africa and the Middle East. They came, often running for their lives, from countries like Yemen, Moroc...
9 Sep 202131min
The Great Debate Around German Reparations
Begin and Ben Gurion had some epics battles, but one of the biggest ones happened in 1952, as these two Israeli giants battled about whether to take German reparations after the Holocaust. In this epi...
2 Sep 202130min
Is Zionism…Racism?: UN Resolution 3379
On Nov 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is "a form of racism and racial discrimination.” That’s quite a loaded description! In this episode, Noam Weis...
27 Aug 202130min
Dimona: Israel's "Secret" Nuclear Option
Have you heard about Israel's secret nuclear weapons in Dimona? Yeah, we haven't either. In this episode, Noam digs deep into how Israel's not-so-secret nuclear program came to be, and asks, does the ...
19 Aug 202139min
Ingathering of Exiles: From Ethiopia to Israel
You might have heard of the Beta Israel, the community of Israel’s Ethiopian community. In this episode, Noam Weissman tells their story - not only their rich Jewish heritage and history, but also the...
12 Aug 202132min
Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe
When Air France Flight 139 took off from Tel Aviv on the morning of June 27th, 1976, no one could have suspected that the soon-to-be-hijacked flight was about to lead to one of the world's most daring...
5 Aug 202133min
Introducing: This Week Unpacked
Presenting: This Week Unpacked. Unpacking Israeli History is all about excavating the past, but my colleagues at Unpacked have been working on a new podcast, one that I think will really complement t...
16 Juni 202120min
