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Noam: Hey, I’m Noam Weissman and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history. This…

On the night of March 12, an Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was struck by an Iranian airstrike that destroyed an army vehicle, though no injuries were reported, the Italian Defense Ministry said Thursday morning. The ministry…

For over two weeks, Israel has awoken again to the sounds of war: Sirens, rushing to bomb shelters, and the distant flashes of explosions have become an unwelcome part of our reality once more.

In times like these, it is natural for our minds…

Earlier this week, I spoke with someone I had known in another lifetime, back when I lived in South Korea. We have not met for two decades, yet across years and continents, we have remained in touch, and as we talked, the winter of 1998…

The story of the construction of the Tabernacle (Mishkan) is one of the most remarkable moments in the Torah. A nation that only recently left slavery is tasked to build a sanctuary. The materials required are vast [Shemot 35:5-9]: Gold,…

You keep saying, over and over, that you are not an antisemite. And you’re right, you’re not an antisemite. You’re the antisemite.

Many years ago, I met with the former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He told me he hates…

Lithuania’s commemoration of Lithuanian rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust does not stand alone. It performs a function. It directs attention toward the few who saved Jews and away from the much larger fact that Lithuania was one of the…

And it came to pass in the days of Donald Trump – the Donald Trump who reigned from Florida to Alaska over fifty states – that in those days when President Trump sat in the White House which was in Washington, the capital. In the fifth…

Micronesia, saving sharks,

is establishing sea parks.

It’s not their jaws grotesque with grins

that endangers sharks. Their fins

provoke the jihad against jaws

by predatory pescavores.

Mankind now threatens all our planet,

though for…

From Lab to Life: Spare Parts for People

By Shlomo Maital

Last Sunday, March 8, was International Women’s Day – a day when we celebrate the achievements of amazing women and their…