Wartime Diaries
Episodes
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- Episode 75
- 01:12:40
- 2021
Sbarro – Twenty Years Later
Israel has, unfortunately, witnessed many terror attacks throughout its history. But few are as memorable as the Sbarro suicide bombing….
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- Episode 74
- 00:59:45
- 2021
Shatnez
Israeli society is often described as a collection of demographic bubbles – self-contained ecosystems, each with its own population, its…
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- Episode 73
- 00:35:26
- 2021
DIY
People often say that there is something particularly Israeli about the concept of ‘doing it yourself.’ And that makes sense….
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- Bonus Episode
- 00:25:06
- 2021
Bonus: Yalla Banaat
The only way we manage to survive, the only way we’re able to produce season after season, is with your…
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- Bonus Episode
- 00:16:53
- 2021
Bonus: Turkey Time!
As many of us celebrate the holiday and think about all that we are thankful for, we hope you will…
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- Episode 72
- 00:43:06
- 2021
Lost and Found – Part II
In Part I of our ‘Lost and Found’ double-hitter, we heard how Steve Gray and Anat Harrel of Kibbutz Hanaton…
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- Episode 71
- 00:47:04
- 2021
Lost and Found – Part I
We all know that sinking feeling of having lost something dear to our heart. Sometimes these things are gone for…
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- Short Episode
- 00:17:54
- 2021
Bonus: Behind the Scenes of “Soul Food”
When we decide to pursue a story, we identify the relevant characters, reach out to them and go interview them….
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- Episode 70
- 00:58:03
- 2021
Soul Food
While “soul food” has come to mean a specific type of cuisine, for the women we encounter in today’s episode,…
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- Short Episode
- 00:13:46
- 2021
Bonus: Behind the Scenes of “Pigging Out”
Pigging Out was supposed to come out long ago: The stories had been recorded, drafts had been written and we…
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- Episode 69
- 01:09:50
- 2021
Pigging Out
Not once, but twice, does the Bible admonish us to abstain from eating the flesh of the pig. And though…
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- Episode 68
- 01:01:54
- 2021
No Place Like Home
In different ways, we are all constantly searching for a place to call home. For some that home is physical,…
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- Episode 67
- 01:12:14
- 2021
A Day at the Y
On June 7, 2021 the entire Israel Story team – nine radio producers – descended upon the Jerusalem International YMCA….
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- Episode 66
- 00:49:45
- 2021
Game Changer
With the fate of the 2020 – now 2021 – Tokyo Olympic Games still up in the air, our season finale tells the story of a dream to introduce a sport to a nation, and a nation to a sport. But it is a dream made up of as many tears of pain and disappointment as it is of joy and triumph.
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- Episode 65
- 00:25:28
- 2021
The Stories We Killed
Like everything else in life, stories die. And, more often than not, we are the killers. Today we give you a behind-the-scenes peek into some of the stories you didn’t get to hear this year.
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- Episode 64
- 00:53:37
- 2021
Tell Saki – Part II
We conclude our two-part Tell Saki story by returning to the soldiers after the battle and following their respective journeys – full of pain and regret, but also full of longing and camaraderie – in the years since the Yom Kippur War.
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- Bonus Episode
- 00:22:10
- 2021
Bonus: The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God, Revisited
As a little respite from the intensity of war explored in our two-part Tell Saki series, we replay a short piece of fiction by our beloved Etgar Keret. And, as a special bonus, we include highlights of a conversation we held with Etgar during lockdown.
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- Episode 63
- 01:00:18
- 2021
Tell Saki – Part I
We embark on a two-episode journey back to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and specifically to one small hill – a dormant volcanic tell – in the southern Golan Heights. There, we follow a group of young IDF soldiers who, trapped in a small bunker for thirty-six hours, went to hell and back.
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- Short Episode
- 00:22:22
- 2021
Bonus: The Most Beautiful Book Ever Written, Revisited
On the very first day of 2021, when so many of us are busy making New Year’s resolutions and embarking on new and hopeful journeys, we re-air one of our favorite stories, all about a quixotic, improbable, yet inherently optimistic, search for love.
