Season 4

TJS S4E21 Epilogue

Every chapter comes to an end sometime, and with this epilogue season four draws to a close. Listen in for some reflections and where we have been and where...

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TJS S4E20 The domestic aftermath

The shock waves of the Yom Kippur War ripple through Israeli society down to our day, but the days immediately after tell a story all their own. This episode...

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The shock waves of the Yom Kippur War ripple through Israeli society down to our day, but the days immediately after tell a story all their own. This episode explores the rise of Israel's first protest movement around Motti Ashkenazi, the first cracks of the Labor government under Prime Minister Golda Meir and the formation of the Likud at the hands of Ariel Sharon. All of these combine to make up the domestic aftermath of the war. photo from: ארכיון דן הדני

TJS S4E19 The international aftermath of the Yom Kippur War

Every war has a winner, but sometimes identifying who that may be is not a simple task – nor a neutral one. This episode explores the international aftermath of...

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TJS S4 Interlude: Despite it all

Here is a rant on the current struggle in Israel and Gaza. There is something in it for everyone, both to provoke and inspire. Make sure you don’t miss...

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TJS S4E18 Yom Kippur War VI The end game

Some people play a perfect role in the Jewish Story, and in this episode that will be US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and General Ariel Sharon. As the...

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TJS S4 Interlude Yom Yerushalayim (live)

Here is a LIVE Yom Yerushalayim class given in honor of the 10th yartzheit of Fruma Raizel bat Genendel and Nehemia haKohen. It explores the relationship between Yom Ha’atzmaut...

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TJS S4E17 Yom Kippur War V: Down but not out

This is the story of how close the end really came during the Yom Kippur War. Even as Israel’s tanks held out in the north, turning a stretch of...

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TJS S4E16 Yom Kippur War IV: A stunning blow

A surprise blow is always the hardest to absorb, even if it’s not so powerful. The first strike of the Yom Kippur War will be massive, and it will...

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TJS S4 Interlude Yom Ha’atzmaut: whom do you serve?

Like Bob Dylan said, everybody’s gotta serve somebody and like the Sages said – it will be your stomach, your country or your God. Here are some thoughts on...

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TJS S4E15 Yom Kippur War III – breaking the concept

Sometimes the ideas we hold most dear are those which prevent us from seeing t hat which is most important. Here is an episode about the ‘concept,’ the security...

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Conversation with Yehudah HaKohen – politics, liberation and the tribes of modern Israel

Here is a raw take from a great pre-Passover holiday conversation. Apologies for the lack of polish – sometimes this holy day takes all you’ve got! Join Rav Mike...

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TJS S4E14 Yom Kippur War part II The Cherbourg Boats

Long before there was a start-up nation the Jews were the can do people, but a constant crisis-solving posture poses problems of its own. Here is part two in...

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TJS S4 Interlude: Haggadah – interview with Mark Gerson

Telling the story of the Exodus is something so simple that we do it every year, and so complicated that we never get it quite right. With all the...

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