Jew Oughta Know
Jason Harris
From ancient history to current events, take yourself on a journey through the story of the Jewish People, from someone who has led hundreds of Jewish young professionals on trips throughout Israel. From the beginning of creation to modern Israel, each short episode is geared to appeal both to someone looking for the Jewish 101, as well as to those looking to go a bit beyond the basic story they already know. Check out the website at https://jewoughtaknow.com/. Enjoy!
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May 18, 2020 • 23min
90. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann In the Safe House
Part 3 of 5 on Eichmann's trial and capture. In Part 3, the Israeli Mossad team is holed up with Eichmann in their Buenos Aires safe house, while trying to figure out how to smuggle him out of the country.
May 18, 2020 • 24min
89. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann Captured
Part 2 of 5 on Adolf Eichmann's trial and capture. In Part 2, how Israel tracked him down in Argentina, and staged the operation to grab him.
May 18, 2020 • 24min
88. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann On the Run
Part 1 of 5 on a deep dive into the search, capture, and trial of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann. In Part 1, Eichmann is on the run from the Allies after World War Two.
Apr 26, 2020 • 23min
87. Israel 1948-1967: The Samson Option
Does Israel have nuclear weapons?
Apr 19, 2020 • 25min
86. Israel 1948-1967: The Sinai Campaign
Israel enters the world stage in 1956 as a country to be reckoned with. Israel provokes a war with Egypt in secret cahoots with Britain and France. It was a local conflict wrapped in a regional one wrapped in the Cold War struggle for power in the Middle East.
Mar 29, 2020 • 24min
85. Israel 1948-1967: Eulogy for Roi Rotberg
How should Israel respond to terrorism? The government was divided in its response to attacks from Jordan and Egypt: aggressive retaliation, or restraint and diplomacy?
Mar 22, 2020 • 21min
84. Israel 1948-1967: Sde Boker
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion abruptly quits and heads off to Sde Boker, a desert kibbutz. Meanwhile, the Israeli government is rocked by political scandal, and Ben Gurion ends up right back where he started.
Mar 15, 2020 • 25min
83: Israel 1948-1967: The Jewish State, Religious Version
Is Israel a theocracy? Or just a Jewish democracy that doesn't separate synagogue and state? And who gets to be counted as a Jew in the Jewish State? The second part of our look at how Israel put the "Jewish" in the Jewish State, this time through religion.
Feb 24, 2020 • 24min
82. Israel 1948-1967: The Jewish State, Secular Version
How do you put the "Jewish" in the Jewish State? One way is through secular Jewish culture: the Hebrew language, archaeology, and even the Hebrew Bible itself.
Feb 9, 2020 • 24min
81. Israel 1948-1967: Blood Money
West Germany offered to pay Israel reparations for the Holocaust, touching off a heated and violent debate over whether Israel should accept. Was it a critical windfall for a poor nation, or nothing more than blood money?
