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Eight Consulates That Answer to No One
Episode 5500
Eight countries — France, Belgium, Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Greece, and Turkey — maintain consulates-general in Jerusalem whose diplomats repor…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three Churches
Episode 5499
In the heart of Jerusalem, a 68-dunam walled district flies a flag that isn't Israeli. The Russian Compound — Migrash ha-Rusim in Hebrew, al-Muskubiy…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Who Was a Superpower Before America?
Episode 5498
The word "superpower" was coined in 1944 by William T.R. Fox to describe exactly three countries: the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain. S…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mandelbaum Gate: Inside Jerusalem's Divided Crossing
Episode 5497
From 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was split between Israel and Jordan, and the Mandelbaum Gate was the only legal crossing between the two halves. It look…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Taking Down Jerusalem's 7km Border, Street by Street
Episode 5496
For nineteen years, a border drawn in wax pencil cut through the middle of Jerusalem — through neighbourhoods, streets, and even individual houses. A…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Musrara: Growing Up on Jerusalem's Pencil-Drawn Border
Episode 5495
In 1948, two commanders met in an abandoned Musrara house and drew Jerusalem's ceasefire line by hand — one with a green wax pencil, one with red. Wh…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
How Ancient Jerusalem Outgrew Its Own Walls
Episode 5494
The walls surrounding Jerusalem's Old City were built by Suleiman the Magnificent between 1537 and 1541 — yet the original Jerusalem sits outside the…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Jerusalem Before Sukkot: Reconstructing the Pilgrim City
Episode 5493
Imagine Jerusalem in the days before Sukkot during the Second Temple period — not as a pilgrim, but as a resident watching your city triple in size. …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
21 Shofar Blasts a Day: The Temple's Lost Soundscape
Episode 5492
Most Jews today hear the shofar once a year. But in the Second Temple, horns and silver trumpets were part of the daily soundscape of Jerusalem — at …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Night the Temple Courtyard Glowed
Episode 5491
Every Sukkot, the Temple courtyard filled with towering lamps, torch dances, and all-night music. But what does the earliest source actually claim — …
3 weeks, 3 days ago