Episode Details

Roey Pinto’s family has been in Jerusalem for generations. They’ve lived under Ottoman rule and British administration and finally under an Israeli government. But self-determination takes sacrifice. This is the story of what one family gave up for a state.

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For more information on the events of this episode, check out these resources:

• Sykes-Picot and San Remo (1916 - 1920)
• The Balfour Declaration (1917)
• The Hebron Massacre (1929)
• Black Saturday (1946)
• The Altalena Affair (1948)
• The True Story Behind the Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

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• This show was made possible by support from the Koum Family Foundation, the Crain-Maling Foundation, the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, and the Skolnick Family Charitable Trust.