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37. Building the Iron Wall Apr 09, 2018

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Vladimir Jabotinsky, the founder of right-wing Zionism, argues with mainstream Zionism over relations with the Arabs, Jewish immigration, and Jewish territory in Palestine.

36. So It Begins Apr 02, 2018

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The Arab-Israeli conflict begins at Tel Hai on March 1, 1920. These first instances of violence set the precedent for the next century of Jewish-Arab relations.

35. Lord Balfour Has Something To Declare Mar 25, 2018

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Part 2 of the Balfour Declaration. It's vague and messy, but it promises a Jewish homeland. And the Jews and Arabs came so close to reaching an agreement on how to live together in Palestine.

34. The British Are Coming Mar 18, 2018

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A hundred years ago the British issued the Balfour Declaration, promising to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Today we're looking at why the British were interested in Palestine in the first place -- from the exigencies of World War One to Christian prophecy.

33. To Arms! Mar 11, 2018

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The first Jewish fighting unit in nearly two millennia takes to the battlefield of World War One, while an espionage unit back in Palestine goes up against the crumbling Ottoman Empire.

32. Meet Me at the Kibbutz Mar 04, 2018

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WANTED: Renewed Jewish Homeland Seeks Socialist, Revolutionary-Minded Gender Equality Activists to Perform Hard Labor, Drain Swamps, Debate Ideology, and Build Out Their Jewish Minds and Bodies on a Collective Farm. Don't Apply, Just Come.

31. In the Land of Poetry Feb 26, 2018

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As the century turns, two waves of Jewish immigration come to Palestine. Immortalized through poetry and the building of lasting institutions like Tel Aviv, these immigrants set the stage for the future Jewish homeland.

30. Interview: The Trial of SS Officer Oskar Groening Feb 04, 2018

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Today I interview Kathy Kacer and Jordana Lebowitz, who have written a book, To Look a Nazi In the Eye. It's an account of Jordana's experience attending the 2015 trial of Oskar Groening, a Nazi SS officer stationed at Auschwitz. Was he complicit in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews? Is it too late for justice? And how did this experience inspire Jordana to devote herself to human rights and Holocaust education?

29. Hanukah -- One Bad King and a Bunch of Non-Kosher Oil Dec 18, 2017

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You know the story of Hanukah -- or do you?

28. M'daber Ivrit? (Speak Hebrew?) Dec 10, 2017

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How to revive a language that hasn't been spoken for 18 centuries? The Jews had been working to revive Hebrew for decades, but it was the Zionists -- led by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and his family -- who succeeded in turning Hebrew into the national language.

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