by 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 weekly show brings you extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis. The show is produced in partnership with <a href="https://jerusalemfoundation.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Jerusalem Foundation</a> and <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israel-story/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Times of Israel</a>. For Hebrew episodes, see <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99/id529782812?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">סיפור ישראלי</a>, or go to our website: <a href="https://israelstory.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">israelstory.org</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 10, 2024
<p>On Saturday, four hostages - Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan and Andrey Kozlov - were heroically rescued by the Israeli security forces, and safely brought home alive. Still, 120 hostages remain in Gaza - 43 of whom have already been declared dead - and the pressure to sign a deal that will bring them home is mounting from day to day. </p><br><p>Such a deal, of course, has two sides: We tend to focus on what we stand to get, i.e. the hostages. To many, that’s really all that matters. But there are also those who emphasize the other side - what we’d be forced to give, the price we’d need to pay and the people we’d need to release. Our episode today brings us <em>that</em> part of the story. </p><br><p>Moriah Cohen is 29 years old. She and her family are part of the small Jewish settlement of Shimon HaTzadik, inside the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarah in East Jerusalem. For years this neighborhood has been a focal point of legal battles, demonstrations and violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. On December 8th, 2021, Moriah was stabbed right outside her home. Her attacker was Nafoz Hamad, her next door neighbor's 14-year-old daughter. Hamad was apprehended, tried and sentenced to 12 years in prison. But then, in November 2023, as part of the prisoner swap between Israel and the Hamas that brought 80 Israeli hostages back home, she was set free. And not only was she released, Hamad moved back home, right across the street from her victim, Moriah. We visited Moriah in her home, and talked about this complicated and utterly surreal reality.</p><br><p>Maya Thomas is our dubber.</p><br><p>The end song is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RO8a51gYhLk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hacheder Ha'Intimi Sheli</em></a> ("My Intimate Room") by <a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taarovet Eskot</a>.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 29, 2024
<p>Lihi Lapid is a celebrated photojournalist, columnist and best-selling author - of children's books, cookbooks and award-winning novels. She’s also married to Yair Lapid, the former Israeli Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition. In 2021 Lihi published <em>Zarot</em>, a sweeping tale that explores a complicated mother-daughter relationship, the tolls of immigration and the reality of marginalized groups within Israeli society. When it came out, it received glowing praise, especially from the notoriously harsh critics at Haaretz <a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/prose/2021-05-20/ty-article-review/.premium/0000017f-f52b-d5bd-a17f-f73b3f000000" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">who called the novel,</a> “a wonderful work written with restraint and wisdom.” And this spring, three years later and in what is an entirely different world, the English translation - <em>On Her Own</em> - was <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/author-lihi-lapid-asks-what-happens-when-a-mourning-mother-cant-remember-her-son/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">published by HarperCollins</a>. We sat down to talk about October 7th, feminism, special needs, and what it’s like to have a major work of fiction - written by the former Prime Minister’s wife - come out in the middle of a war.</p><br><p>The end song is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBFmtlMDcpY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hey Shketa</em></a> ("Hey Quiet One") by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivri_Lider" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ivri Lider</a>.</p><br><p>Photograph by Jennifer Bukovza, courtesy of Lihi Lapid.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 12, 2024
<p>It’s Yom HaZikaron again, Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror. Since the start of the war, 1511 Israeli civilians and members of the armed forces have been killed. That's 1511 families who have joined the dreaded circle of grief and bereavement. 1511 families whose lives will never again be the same. </p><br><p>Today, we share the story of one such family. A small family. One that was just starting off, really. Thirty-year-old Yuval Halivni was a reserve officer who was killed on October 9th. He left behind a wife, Amit Halivni Bar-Peled, who is a pastry chef and makes amazingly elaborate wedding cakes, and a little boy, Jon-Jon, who was less than two when his dad was killed.</p><br><p>The end song is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCsox4ClH8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Hatishma Koli</em></a><em> </em>("Hear My Voice") by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081931257928" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rivka Revivo</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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