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Israel Story

Israel Story is an award-winning podcast that tells true stories you won't hear on the news. Hosted by Mishy Harman, the bi-weekly show brings you extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis. The show... Read more

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3: People of the Book

3: People of the Book

Three stories revolving around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their d... Read more

27 Oct 2014

1hr

Ranked #2

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40: "The Wall" Part I - Operation Hulda

40: "The Wall" Part I - Operation Hulda

And... we're back! We kick off our fourth season with a brand new miniseries - "The Wall." Today's roller-coaster of a m... Read more

2 Jul 2019

53mins

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47: By the Rivers of Babylon

47: By the Rivers of Babylon

A century ago, close to one-third of Baghdad's population was Jewish. Today, just five Jews remain in the city. In today... Read more

19 Nov 2019

50mins

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20: 68 and Counting- Part I

20: 68 and Counting- Part I

This is the first in a two-part series that takes us through Israel’s short but dramatic history. Over the last few mont... Read more

25 May 2016

50mins

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39: "Mixtape" Part IV – War, Peace and Bumper Stickers

39: "Mixtape" Part IV – War, Peace and Bumper Stickers

In our season finale, we explore two songs that - perhaps more than any others - capture the complex and intermingled na... Read more

15 Jun 2018

42mins

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31: Dear Lord Rothschild

31: Dear Lord Rothschild

One hundred years after a single-page letter boosted the Zionist cause and changed the course of Jewish history, we go o... Read more

2 Nov 2017

1hr 3mins

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36: "Mixtape" Part I – Our Hope?

36: "Mixtape" Part I – Our Hope?

Welcome to 'Mixtape,' our very first mini-series. Over the course of the next four episodes, we will go on a musical jou... Read more

25 May 2018

36mins

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12: Now Boarding

12: Now Boarding

For the year’s heaviest week of travel, Israel Story brings tales of love and interrogation at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Air... Read more

30 Dec 2015

50mins

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17: Stop That Bus!

17: Stop That Bus!

Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation or clas... Read more

25 Mar 2016

53mins

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4: A Man on a Mission

4: A Man on a Mission

The stories of three Israelis who are not religious but have pursued unusual hobbies with missionary zeal.In this, our f... Read more

12 Dec 2014

55mins

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33: Milk, Honey and Sweet Mary Jane

33: Milk, Honey and Sweet Mary Jane

Cannabis in the Holy Land is clearly a booming business. Through the unlikely story of Amos Silver, the Israeli 'Green G... Read more

2 Feb 2018

50mins

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18: Thicker Than Water

18: Thicker Than Water

On Today’s show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time.... Read more

18 Apr 2016

59mins

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24: Losing My Religion

24: Losing My Religion

From secret bathroom texting all the way to negotiating a divorce in Venice (of all places...), we bring you heart-wrenc... Read more

15 May 2017

48mins

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8: Rabin Is…

8: Rabin Is…

Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years later, it isn't so simple to understand what he really s... Read more

4 Nov 2015

1hr 5mins

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21: 68 and Counting- Part II

21: 68 and Counting- Part II

In the second installment of this two-part series (and our season two finale), we pick up where we left off last week: P... Read more

31 May 2016

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30: Food Fight

30: Food Fight

Forget politics, forget territorial disputes, forget religion. Our new episode explores the real Middle Eastern battlegr... Read more

4 Oct 2017

46mins

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34: Coming Out, Getting In

34: Coming Out, Getting In

Payam Feili is a gay Iranian poet. Nadav Schwartz is an Orthodox Israeli Jew. But in ways both astoundingly similar and ... Read more

30 Mar 2018

1hr 4mins

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29: A Better Place?

29: A Better Place?

Not that long ago, an Israeli vehicle was about to change the world. But it didn’t. In today's episode, we find out why ... Read more

8 Sep 2017

49mins

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7: Out of Africa… And Back Again

7: Out of Africa… And Back Again

Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.Israel... Read more

20 Oct 2015

44mins

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5: Holy Cow!

5: Holy Cow!

An episode all about sacred bovines!The stories of four featured moo-ers: a red heifer that some think will bring the me... Read more

12 Jan 2015

1hr 2mins

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