The 1930’s saw the hate triangle of Arabs, British and Jews explode into an unprecedented scale of violence known as the Arab Revolt. The revolt brought on yet another cycle of repression and political concessions, and it split the Jews of the Yishuv over the question of whether restraint or retaliation was the proper response…

In the 1930’s the ideological divides between the Revisionist and Labor Zionists grew, and cracks began to appear within the community of the Yishuv. Meanwhile, pressure on European Jewry was increasing with the rise of Nazi Germany. When you put these two processes together, the potential is nothing short of explosive. Want to help tell…

Though the land of Israel is the hinge around which the Jewish Story turns, there are many Jews whose future does not lie in Zion. This episode widens the scope of our story to consider the life of European Jews in the interwar period, and how they contributed to the nature of Jewishness outside of…

Patterns are hard things to break, and we can learn much about ourselves by how they come about. Here is a look at the cycle of riots which rocked the Yishuv in the 1920’s, and set the mold for Arab/Jewish relations for decades to come. Want to help tell the Jewish Story? Become a Patron:…

Each successive wave of immigrants that came up to the land brought with them their blessings, and their challenges. As the population grew, so did the nature of power politics. In the 1920’s two leaders emerged whose opposing visions define many of the political conflicts in our State today. Here is an episode on David…

The return of the Jewish people to the tools of political and military power was bound up with their return to the land of Israel. This episode explores the rise of the military model within the Zionist movement and the power of the martyrdom of Joseph Trumpeldor as an inspiration for further struggle. Want to…

World War One brought massive destruction and great change. When the smoke cleared from this great conflagration, the British Empire was left in control of the land of Israel. This seemed to be good news for the Jews, except that Her Majesty’s government had promised this particular piece of Ottoman territory to three different parties….