Summarized list of selected events from 1800's through the present related to the Israel-Arab confict.
A 6 minute white-board style video that includes the background of the Eurovision song competition, Israel's participation and victories and attempts by the BDS movement to create controversy.
A curriculum designed for students grades 6-8 to help them understand the complexities and nuances of Israel and develop their own personal connections to the modern State of Israel.
Lesson plans for educators that use Jewish values to help students learn about disability inclusion.
In this very special, collectors’ edition of the Promised Podcast, they rebroadcast a conversation with one of their favorite writers, the brilliant and enchanting magical-realist writer Etgar Keret, soon after the publication of his 2015 memoir, The Seven Good Years. The interview was done by the
Israeli culture is an exquisite blend of ancient and modern and a country that people from West and East have come to call home. Heavily influenced by Jewish law and custom, Israeli culture has borrowed not only from its rich religious roots, but also from the food, music, and art of the people who
Judaism believes in the opposite of “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
This episode explores the many attempts at negotiations, peace plans, and compromise between these two peoples living in a tiny slice of land in the Middle East. It gives an overview of the past 100 years of conflict in the region in order to understand today’s political and demographic landscape
‘Mixtape’ mini-series, which takes us on a musical journey through anthems, songs of yearning, of war, of peace, to hear the stories behind some of Israel’s most iconic tunes. To begin, we visit the “mother-ship” – Israel’s national anthem.
In our season finale, the podcast hosts explore two songs that - perhaps more than any others - capture the complex and intermingled nature of Israeli society: A military band's hit that, in its afterlife, became an anthem for peace, and a rap tune penned by one of the country's leading novelists.