Unpacking Israeli History
Go behind the scenes of Israeli history with self-confessed history nerd Noam Weissman. Each week, he offers a fresh perspective on some of the most controversial and interesting events in the country’s history. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about what Israel is all about -- from multiple angle… read more
Introducing Jewish History Unpacked
November 29th, 2022
Unpacking Israeli History introduces another podcast from Unpacked: Jewish History Unpacked. Whoever said history was boring clearly never heard these stories Join hosts Yael and Schwab each week as they take a dive …
Osirak: The Airstrike That Shocked The World
June 13th, 2022
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On the night before Shavuot, 1981, Prime Minister Menachem Begin shocked his cabinet by …
"Torah Dome": Why Don't Haredim Serve In The IDF?
May 30th, 2022
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Who should serve in the Israeli military? It doesn’t sound like a particularly spicy …
Farhud: The Massacre You May Not Know About (But Should)
May 23rd, 2022
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The relationship between Jews and their host countries, for the past several thousand years, is complicated. And Iraq is no exception. While Jews have lived …
Desert Storm: Gas Masks in...Tel Aviv?
May 16th, 2022
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You may have heard about the first Gulf War - basically the entire world vs. Saddam …
Qibya: Civilian Massacre or Military Operation?
May 9th, 2022
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Qibya is one of the saddest and most difficult events in Israeli history. A military …
Sykes-Picot and San Remo: You've Never Heard Of Them, But Did They Create Israel?
May 2nd, 2022
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It’s 1916 and World War I is raging. Countries are fighting for resources, land and power and the Ottoman Empire is on its deathbed. With all eyes on the …
Behind the Mossad: Three Stories You Won't Believe
April 25th, 2022
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How much do you know about the Mossad, Israel’s legendary intelligence agency? In this episode, Noam regales three wild stories about the Mossad that seem …
Kishinev: Auschwitz Before Auschwitz
April 18th, 2022
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Prior to the Holocaust, the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev (now Moldova) was the most infamous …
Hebron Riots: When Tensions Erupt
April 12th, 2022
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Welcome to Season 3 of Unpacking Israeli History! In the summer of 1929, Jews and Arabs alike found themselves caught in an unbearably bloody battle. The …
Kastner Trial: The Weight of a Choice
April 12th, 2022
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It’s January of 1954 and the Attorney General v. Gruenwald case, AKA the Kastner trial, has begun. This was seemingly an open and shut libel case between an …
New Season Coming!
March 2nd, 2022
We are deep in the weeds prepping Season 3 of Unpacking Israeli History, and, dear listeners, you’re going to love it. As in past seasons, we’ll be exploring exciting, intense, and complicated topics. Stay tuned, and …
Black Saturday: How Far Would You Go For A Homeland?
October 14th, 2021
This is the story of the men and women who brought us our state. Who ran guns, defended settlements, defied the Mandatory Powers that Be, smuggled shell-shocked refugees into their homeland… and who disagreed with each …
Oslo: The Peace That Wasn't
October 7th, 2021
By January 1993, the Israelis and the Palestinians had opened secret negotiations, culminating in the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements between …
Sabra and Shatila: What Happened And Why It Matters
September 30th, 2021
The story of Sabra and Shatila is a horrifying one. A paramilitary Lebanese group massacres between 800 and 2,000 refugees, many in horrifying ways. …
Does Israel Represent All Jews?: The Great Debate
September 23rd, 2021
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 Prime Minister …
The Story Of Israel's Black Panthers
September 9th, 2021
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, Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, …
The Great Debate Around German Reparations
September 2nd, 2021
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 …
Is Zionism…Racism?: UN Resolution 3379
August 27th, 2021
On Nov 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is "a form of racism and racial discrimination.” That’s …
Dimona: Israel's "Secret" Nuclear Option
August 19th, 2021
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 nuclear program …
Ingathering of Exiles: From Ethiopia to Israel
August 12th, 2021
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 story of how they …
Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe
August 5th, 2021
Introducing: This Week Unpacked
June 16th, 2021
Presenting: This Week Unpacked.
Unpacking Israeli History is all about excavating the past, but my colleagues at Unpacked have been working on a new …
What The Heck Is Going On In Israel?
May 24th, 2021
The news coming out of Israel is scaring and confusing all of us. Is Sheikh Jarrah a housing dispute, or something bigger? Who is responsible for the protests and riots all over the country? Why are thousands of rockets …
Gush Katif: When Jews Expelled Jews
December 15th, 2020
The Second Intifada: Trauma and Tragedy
December 8th, 2020
The assassination of Yitzchak Rabin
December 1st, 2020
Baruch Goldstein: Legacy of a Massacre
November 24th, 2020
The First Intifada: A Grassroots Movement
November 17th, 2020
The Yom Kippur War: A National Catastrophe
November 10th, 2020
Munich Olympics: When Terrorism Won
November 3rd, 2020
Eichmann: The Controversy of Justice
October 27th, 2020
Hatikvah: The Story Behind the Anthem
October 20th, 2020
The Altalena: Israel’s (Almost) Civil War
October 13th, 2020
Deir Yassin: The Battle for Truth
October 6th, 2020
No incident in Israeli history has been more hotly contested than that of April 9, 1948, in the small Arab village of Deir Yassin. Noam Weissman …
Hebrew: A Dead Language Revived
September 29th, 2020
The Balfour Declaration: 67 Words That Changed the World
September 22nd, 2020
In a bizarre twist of history, the humble chestnut played a big role in the ultimate creation of the State of Israel. To understand why, Noam …
Herzl and the Non-Promised Land
September 15th, 2020
After over 70 years of existence, it’s impossible to imagine the Jewish State being located anywhere other than Israel. But in the early days of Zionism, there was a push to establish a homeland in a non-Promised Land …
Dreyfus: An Affair to Remember
September 8th, 2020
How is it possible that an espionage trial in France in the mid-1890s set into motion events that (tangentially) led to the rebirth of the State of Israel after 2,000 years? Noam Weissman demystifies the oft-repeated …
Introducing Unpacking Israeli History
August 25th, 2020
Explore the controversial, fascinating and confusing moments of Israeli history with host Noam Weissman. Join him each week as he unpacks another captivating story that you may have missed in history class.
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