Ancient Land, Modern Tales

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.

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Latest Episodes

- Episode 88
- 21:58
- 2023
Pinchas Rosen

Pinchas Rosen, or Felix Rosenblüth (as he was called in his youth), was born in Berlin in 1887, and grew…
- Episode 87
- 25:25
- 2023
Sa’adia Kobashi

Sa’adia Kobashi was born in the small village of Khubesh, Yemen, in 1902. During Passover of 1909 his father Yihye,…
- Episode 86
- 20:59
- 2023
Daniel Auster

Daniel Auster was born in Galicia in 1893 and earned a law degree from the University of Vienna before making…
- Episode 85
- 22:56
- 2023
David Remez

David Remez was born as Moshe David Drabkin in what is today Belarus, in 1886. As a boy he studied…
- Short Episode
- 8:27
- 2023
Bonus: The Broadcast

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered?” introduces us to all 37 signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, through the recollections of their closest…
- Episode 84
- 21:46
- 2023
Rachel Cohen-Kagan

Rachel Cohen-Kagan was born in 1888 into the Zionist Lubarsky family of Odessa. Her father, Ya’akov, was one of the…