Zionism

TJS S4E6 Israel post 1967 part II – A Greater Israel

One can look at life as one long string of decisions, whether for individuals or nations. Israel had a number of decisions to make in the wake of the Six Day War and none was more pressing than where to place the borders. Here is an episode about some of the factors in that decision…

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TJS S4E5 Israel after 1967 part I: In new territory

Abundance is always a blessing, so long as one has the capacity to receive it. In the weeks and months after their victory in the Six Day War of June of 1967, the Israeli government struggled to absorb the meaning and practical implications of everything which they had just acquired. This episode begins our exploration…

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TJS S4 Interlude: Interview with Dr. Michael Oren

In this interlude I am joined by special guest Dr. Michael Oren, author of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East among many other books. The topic at hand is how the Six Day War helped shaped the special relationship between Israel and the United States. Along the…

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TJS S3E11 1945-55 part III The reorganization of American Zionism

We spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The ‘Golden decade’ was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn State of Israel. Here is an episode whose characters will seem strikingly familiar today – non-Zionists, Zionists and anti-Zionists.

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