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TJS Live – Survival Zionism part V

Here is part five of the live series on Survival Zionism. This episode returns to the United States to look at the impact of these fateful years on American Jewry. If you like the live style, sign up for this year’s TJS Live weekly class at:jewishstory.co/registerclass/

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TJS Live – Survival Zionism part IV

Here is part four of the live series on Survival Zionism. This episode tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto. If you like the live style, sign up for this year’s TJS Live weekly class at:jewishstory.co/registerclass/

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TJS Live – Survival Zionism part III

Here is part three of my live series on Survival Zionism. This episode takes us to Europe in the war years and explores the evolution of the Final Solution, which served as the great selection of European Jewry. If you like the live style, sign up for this year’s TJS Live weekly class at:jewishstory.co/registerclass/ image…

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TJS Live – Survival Zionism part II

Here is the second installment in my LIVE series exploring survival Zionism. This episode explores many of the roots of the Arab Israeli conflict and how they contributed to the formation of a new brand of Zionism. If you like the live style, sign up for this year’s online class at jewishstory.co/registerclass/

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TJS Live – Survival Zionism I

You know about labor Zionism, revisionist Zionism, practical Zionism and religious Zionism – but have you heard of survival Zionism? Here is the first episode in a six part LIVE series on the crucial years of 1938-45.

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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 we are headed in the season to come, as well as some insights on what it might mean.

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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 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…

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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 the Yom Kippur War, explaining how the super power confrontation, the Arab oil embargo and the international peace process all created different winners of the conflict….

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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 the message at the end!

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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 fighting reaches its conclusion, each will give his utmost to achieve his ends, but as we will see though the battle may be won – the…

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