Podcast Episodes

Live from Camp Tel Yehuda: What Jewish Teens Really Think About Israel

Season 8

What do Jewish teens really think about Israel? Noam Weissman takes the podcast to Camp Tel Yehudah for a special live episode, exploring Israel, Oct…

5 hours ago

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Israel's Eurovision story: Boos, ballads, and breaking up with Europe (Part 2)

Season 8

A little Israeli boy from a poor Yemenite family grew up, transitioned, and became the most scandalous, fabulous Eurovision winner in history: meet D…

2 days, 6 hours ago

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Israel's Eurovision story: How a Middle Eastern country crashed Europe's biggest party (Part 1)

Season 8

Why does Israel compete in Eurovision if it's not even in Europe? In Part 1, Noam Weissman unpacks how Israel went from Eurovision newcomer to music …

1 week, 5 days ago

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Live from Camp Lavi: Teens Take on Israel's Toughest Moments

Season 8

It's summer. Where else do you want to be? Sleepaway camp, obviously.

Unpacking Israeli History packed its bags and went to camp. Noam Weissman field…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Israel Open Mic: Is the Palestinian flag Illegal in Israel?

Season 8

A man is detained over a kippah bearing both the Israeli and Palestinian flags. Was it legal? Noam unpacks the surprising history of the Palestinian…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Should We Retire the Word ‘Zionism’? With Haviv Rettig Gur

Season 8

Noam sits down with Haviv Rettig Gur in Jerusalem to unpack why Israel feels like a tinderbox, whether it's time to retire the word "Zionism," the de…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

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50 Years Since Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt

Season 8

Fifty years ago, Air France Flight 139 took off from Tel Aviv on the morning of June 27, 1976. No one could have suspected that the soon-to-be-hijack…

1 month ago

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Nas Daily: The Identity Crisis October 7 Forced Me to Face

Season 8

Does identity define us or limit us? Noam searches for answers with Nuseir Yassin, better known as internet personality Nas Daily.

Nas Daily, has 68…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The Battle for Jerusalem: Ammunition Hill

Season 8

In June 1967, Israeli paratroopers fought one of the Six Day War's bloodiest battles to reunify Jerusalem. Ammunition Hill, a fortified Jordanian str…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Yitzhak Rabin: Not the Peacenik You Think He Was (Special Crossover)

Season 8

Noam Weissman joins Yael Steiner and Jonathan Schwab over at Jewish History Nerds for a special crossover episode on Yitzhak Rabin through the lens o…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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