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

- Short Episode
- 14:34
- 2024
Sapir Bluzer

Today’s episode is about one inspiring woman, whose energy and work have impacted the day-to-day lives of hundreds of thousands…
- Short Episode
- 15:01
- 2024
A Tale of Two Bus Stops

Today’s episode is a bit different – a story, not of a person, but of a bus stop. Or really,…
- Short Episode
- 10:51
- 2024
Toby Einhorn

Today is Tu B’Av – the less commercial, more Mishna-bound, Jewish version of Valentine’s Day. The war has, it goes…
- Short Episode
- 18:41
- 2024
Maryam Younnes

Though the escalating tension on Israel’s northern border has been part of the war from the very start, our collective…
- Short Episode
- 15:52
- 2024
Michael Vivier

For the last nine-and-a-half months, we’ve been experiencing different kinds of battlefields: There are actual battlefields, where people fight and…
- Short Episode
- 23:31
- 2024
Amira Mohammed and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad

Arab-Israelis, or Palestinian Citizens of Israel, or Palestinian-Israelis – all these definitions are obviously complicated and personal and have hefty…