The 1950’s were a formative time in Israeli history. Te Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and the it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To...
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TJS S3E12 The Reparations Controversy
The focus of our story has returned to the land of Israel, where it is once again a time of controversy. Despite the population growth, the economic hardships and the security challenges, the most...
TJS S3 Interlude: 9th of Av
Some timely questions for a difficult day. How do we reach redemption if we don’t know what it looks like? How do we transform suffering into a source of positive identity? And what does it...
TJS S3 Interlude: Am Yisrael and the postmodern challenge
Taking a break from the flow of history to think about a pressing current issue. Where does the breakdown of classic understandings of identity and authority associated with the postmodern age leave...
TJS S3E11 1945-55 part III The Reorganization of American Zionism
We spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The ‘Golden decade’ was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn...
TJS S3E10 1945-55 part II Shadows on the Golden Decade
The decade after World War Two was a Jewish decade for America. Not only did the Jews achieve the suburban dream, but their culture stepped right into the middle of the American mainstream...
TJS S3E9 1945-55 part I Did suburbia make the Jews white?
1945 to 1955 is known as the ‘Golden Decade’ of American Jewry. Here is the first of three episodes which aims to fill in the Jewish Story on the western side of the Atlantic. The...
TJS S3E8 Seventy years of constitutional crisis part II – 1992
In part two of this exploration of Israel’s seventy year constitutional crisis we take a look at the revolution of 1992 and how it contributed to today’s battles. As a special bonus I...