Welcome to Israel Story – the award-winning podcast that tells extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis. Often called “the Israeli ‘This American Life,'” we bring you quirky, unpredictable, interesting and moving stories about a place we all think we know a lot about, but really don’t. Produced in partnership with The Jerusalem Foundation and The Times of Israel.
Exactly two years ago, in September 2023, we were in the final stages of working on an episode that we…
In the messy tension of war, Pazit had to make a life-or-death decision for someone else.
In the middle of a war, we reached out to the other side. They answered.
Just a moment to decide what’s most important
A snapshot from a war within a war, for the people on the other side.
An unlikely intergenerational friendship between two soldiers with one job: freeing civilian hostages.
Wartime Diaries