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Israel Story

Israel Story is an award-winning podcast that tells true stories you won"t hear on the news. Hosted by Mishy Harman, the weekly show brings you extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis. The show is produced in partnership with The Jerusalem Foundation and The Times of Israel. For Hebrew episodes, see סיפור ישראלי, or go to our website: israelstory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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18: Thicker Than Water

Israel Story ·

2016/04/18

On Today’s show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time. We’ll meet three families who are all, at the end of the day, happy, but are not (contrary to Tolstoy’s claim) in any way alike.First we hear from Mishy’s family—Dorothy, David, Danna and Oren—who like to talk to each other. A lot.In Act I, “The Missing Moms,” producer Shoshi Shmuluvitz introduces us to Tali Griffel, a thirty-six-year-old physical therapist from Jerusalem who has

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17: Stop That Bus!

Israel Story ·

2016/03/25

Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation or clashes concerning Shabbat schedules. On today’s episode of Israel Story, we delve into the world of lesser known bus-related conflicts.In Act I, “The White Elephant,” Yochai Maital walks us through the history of Tel Aviv’s ‘New’ Central Bus Station — a derelict eight-story behemoth and modern day Tower of Babel — which mirrors much of modern Israeli history, with its grand vision and

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16: Over and Out

Israel Story ·

2016/03/10

In the last episode of Israel Story, we met couples in love. But for every story of love found, there are, of course, piles and piles of broken hearts. So today on our show, “Over and Out.” We’ve got three stories of relationships that have ended, and the things (the often slightly nutty things) that people do once they no longer see eye to eye. We’ll journey back to the early dates of the State of Israel, and then travel all around the world, to London and New York, even to Beijing.Stay connected

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15: Love, Revisited

Israel Story ·

2016/02/17

Three couples look back at their time together—on a kibbutz, in verse, and in a hospital.The stories in today’s episode come from our most recent live show, “Israel in Love.” We’ll meet three couples looking back at their love affairs from very different vantage points.Zvi and Regina Steinitz’s romance has been going on the longest—in fact, it’s been going on since the very birth of the state of Israel. Danna Harman shares their story in Act I, “Like A Stone.”Act II, “There’s a Wall Between Us,”

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14: Besties

Israel Story ·

2016/01/27

How Moshe Dayan’s wife and Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law became bosom buddies, and other tales of unlikely friendships.When Raymonda Tawil met Ruth Dayan in 1970, they seemed well-primed to be enemies. Ruth, the then wife of Israeli war hero and Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan, was visiting a hospital in the Palestinian city of Nablus to deliver dolls to children. Tawil, of Palestinian aristocracy, was there to witness this exercise in diplomacy. She was not impressed. Today, these elder stateswomen

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13: Sacred Plants

Israel Story ·

2016/01/13

How we change nature and nature changes us, from wildflower picking in Israel to ayahuasca retreats in Peru.There have already been a few sightings of anemones in Israel, and that means it’s the start of wildflower season. Many Israelis track wildflowers with a passion. There are traffic jams near popular flower-carpeted hills and even websites that tell you what’s popped up where. But what Israelis (or at least the vast majority of them) don’t do is pick those flowers. That restraint does not stem

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12: Now Boarding

Israel Story ·

2015/12/30

For the year’s heaviest week of travel, Israel Story brings tales of love and interrogation at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion AirportThe first placetravelers to Israel encounter is usually Ben Gurion Airport. What they’ll remember of that experience depends in part on their relationship to the country. Are they coming home? Arriving to a place they’ve always dreamed of visiting? Passing through, with fear or wariness, en route to someplace else?In this week’s episode of Israel Story, we hear from people who

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11: Herzl 48 Live

Israel Story ·

2015/12/16

Israel Story producers crisscrossed the small country, visiting every 48 Herzl Street and collecting stories from whomever they encountered.There is nothing inherently special about the people who live at 48 Herzl Street, an address that shows up in big cities, small outposts, and everything in between throughout Israel. But symbolically, it’s about as freighted an address as they come. Theodore Herzl was the father of modern Zionism, and there are 54 streets named after him in Israel—more than any

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10: Birthstory

Israel Story ·

2015/12/02

In this very special episode, Israel Story teams up with Radiolab to tell the story of Tal and Amir-- an Israeli couple who went to Nepal to pick up their three babies from two surrogates and then discovered that the transaction is not so straightforward.How many people does it take to start a family? Well, if you are a gay Israeli couple, both men, and you’d like your children to be biologically related to you, it may take the two of you, plus a Ukrainian egg donor, an Indian woman to serve as the

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9: Man, I Feel Like a Woman

Israel Story ·

2015/11/18

What do you do when you realize that in order to be true to yourself, you have to shatter everything around you, including the lives of those you love most?Yiscah Smith lives in Nahlaot, in Jerusalem. But her journey to this Orthodox-meets-hipster neighborhood took her through what seems like four lifetimes. She was born in Long Island, as Jeff Smith, to a Conservative Jewish family. Jeff married a woman, they became more religious, and moved to Israel. Jeff became Yaacov, a Chabad Rabbi, and also

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8: Rabin Is…

Israel Story ·

2015/11/04

Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years later, it isn't so simple to understand what he really stands for anymore.Who is Yitzhak Rabin today, twenty years after his murder? In this episode, we discover that for many Israelis, he represents completely different – and often conflicting – things: Rachel Rabin remembers her older brother as a shy kid, who forced her to be the goalie in neighborhood soccer games. His ‘fixer,’ Me’ir Palevsky, tells how a crude joke might have saved

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7: Out of Africa… And Back Again

Israel Story ·

2015/10/20

Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.Israel is embroiled in Middle Eastern geopolitics. That, at least, everyone knows. We also aspire to be part of Europe, and never miss a chance to reiterate our “special relationship” with the US. But what about Africa, our next door neighbors? Our history stretches all the way back to the earliest hominids leaving Africa and marching through what is today Israel. Since then there’s been

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Promo

Israel Story ·

2015/10/09

A look back and a peek ahead.Starting October 21st, we’ll be releasing a new episode of Israel Story every two weeks.A new reason to love Wednesdays!For more, head to our site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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6: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Israel Story ·

2015/02/11

Tales of love, romance, and the pursuit thereof.Valentine’s Day is not native to Israel, but the country does not lack for tales of love, romance, and the pursuit thereof.In this, our sixth episode, we bring you stories of love and all the ways it’s got to do, got to do with it.Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to our site or Tablet Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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5: Holy Cow!

Israel Story ·

2015/01/12

An episode all about sacred bovines!The storiesoffour featured moo-ers: a red heifer that some think will bring themessiah, acow that’s become the symbol of radical Israeli veganism, buffalos that hold the future for a self-described “Israeli redneck,”and thegolden calf that was biblical big-business.Cowabunga!Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to our site or Tablet Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See

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4: A Man on a Mission

Israel Story ·

2014/12/12

The stories of three Israelis who are not religious but have pursued unusual hobbies with missionary zeal.In this, our fourth episode, we introduce three Israelis who are not religious but have pursued unusual hobbies with missionary zeal. One is a hitman-for-hire, another collects a highly specific classification of autographs, and the third is a professional whistler. This has earned them, variously, animus, accolades, and celebrity in far-flung places.Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter,

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3: People of the Book

Israel Story ·

2014/10/27

Three stories revolving around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny.Are Jews still “the people of the book”? Are Israelis? What does that even mean today? In the third episode ofIsrael Story, we’ve got three stories that all revolve around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their destiny—from a Yiddish book collector based in the Tel Aviv central bus station to a lonely college student to

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2: Love Syndrome

Israel Story ·

2014/09/22

Chaya Ben Baruch grew up as Enid, in a Conservadox Jewish family in Far Rockaway, NY.Midway through college, she left that world behind to study sea otters in Fairbanks, Alaska.Fast-forward a decade: Enid is now married to a nice Catholic salmon fisher named Stan. She’s just given birth to her sixth child, and discovers he has Down syndrome. Many parents in her position would be devastated. Some might place their baby in an institution, or put him up for adoption. For Enid, the birth of Angkor

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1: Faking It

Israel Story ·

2014/08/18

From our relationship with Ira Glass to priceless antiquities all the way to coveted sick passes – Israeli stories that are anything but real. In our very first episode, the Israel Storyteam delves into the realm of fakes, forgeries, and mimicry. Three stories, from different periods and places, of people pretending to to be something they are not.Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to our site or

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