Wartime Diaries
Episodes
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- Episode 50
- 00:39:56
- 2019
Keep Calm and Carry On
Some people operate within the confines of reality. Others don’t. Instead, they will things into existence. Today we’ll meet one such determined woman who – faced with countless obstacles …
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- Episode 49
- 00:59:33
- 2019
We Share The Same Sky
Hana Dubova was born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia, in 1925. Her granddaughter Rachael Cerrotti was born in Boston in 1989. But the unusual bond they share transcends both time and space. …
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- Short Episode
- 00:19:40
- 2019
Short: “Achoti”
With the kind of storytelling we do, most of our interviews end up on the proverbial “editing room floor.” And we’re often sorry they do, since we’d like you to …
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- Episode 48
- 00:46:51
- 2019
“Achi”
Growing up, Benjamin and Reuven Berger never imagined they’d be roommates well into their seventies. Nor did they imagine their lives would unfold as brothers in faith. But from their …
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- Short Episode
- 00:18:48
- 2019
Short: The Last “Rabbi” of Baghdad – A Thanksgiving Special
It’s a busy week. Many of you will be traveling, and those of you staying put will probably be cooking turkeys and preparing cranberry sauce. And while you are doing …
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- Episode 47
- 00:54:38
- 2019
By the Rivers of Babylon
Jews first arrived in what is today Iraq in the 6th century BC, after the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar sacked Solomon’s Temple. It was from there that Ezra and Nehemiah led …
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- Episode 46
- 00:44:28
- 2019
The Needle
Last month, the world marked the eightieth anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the start of WWII. In Israel, too, this was a big milestone: Kids discussed it at …
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- Episode 45
- 00:31:20
- 2019
Explosive Confession – A Yom Kippur Special
In 1989, Robby Berman – a recent Yeshiva University grad and enthusiastic Zionist – made aliyah and was drafted into the IDF. But nothing in his basic training prepared him …
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- Episode 44
- 00:29:59
- 2019
Dear God – A Rosh HaShanah Special
For many folks, visiting the Kotel is emotional, meaningful and – more than anything – private. In fact, the single most common experience people have at the Western Wall is …
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- Episode 43
- 01:05:22
- 2019
“The Wall” Part IV – This Wall is My Wall
Walls can make us feel safe, warm and protected. But that’s also their greatest danger. After all, walls can cut us off from what is going on outside, and hiding…
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- Episode 42
- 00:58:24
- 2019
“The Wall” Part III – The Invisibles
Walls are something you can see. Something you can touch. Something you can run into and get a nasty bump on your head. Or… are they?! In our episode today…
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- Episode 41
- 01:13:50
- 2019
“The Wall” Part II – The Other Side
For the last seventeen years, when people say “the wall’ and “Israel” in the same sentence, they’re usually referring to something very specific: A four-hundred-and-forty-mile-long barrier – some 95% of…
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- Episode 40
- 00:55:00
- 2019
“The Wall” Part I – Operation Hulda
Everywhere we turn these days, it seems as if walls are staring back at us. Their powers are magical: They protect and alienate; keep people both in and out…
