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113: Wartime Diaries - Angela Buchdahl and Shlomo Nisanov

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Israel Story

Judaism, Palestine, Jewish, Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Israel

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The nature of the attacks on October 7th, together with certain subsequent reactions around the world, have blurred the lines between Jews in Israel and Jews in the diaspora. Last week, the UJA Federation of New York brought over a delegation of 28 Jewish leaders – mainly rabbis and educators – on a jam-packed 48-hour-long whirlwind of a trip to Israel. We sat down with two, very different, members of the delegation – Reform Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Orthodox Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov – to hear what it feels like to visit Israel in the middle of a war.

The end song is Am Echad Shir Echad (“One People One Song”) by Selected Israeli Artists.

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0:11.0

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. You're listening to this podcast, so I know you care about the war in Israel right now.

0:30.0

And you've been reading the headlines, Massacre and Gaza, genocide perpetrated by Hamas, no by Israel.

0:38.0

But if you've been listening to this podcast long enough, you know one thing. This stuff seems complicated and honestly

0:46.1

you shouldn't just pick aside or decide your opinion without really learning,

0:50.3

without really knowing what you're talking about.

0:54.0

And that's where this podcast comes in.

0:57.0

Check out unpacking Israeli history.

1:00.0

They have episodes with topics ranging from what is Hamas anyway to whether Israel should ransom

1:06.5

captured soldiers and the history of Israel and its disengagement from Gaza in 2005. Unpacking Israeli history cuts through the noise

1:16.9

and helps you understand Israel's present through understanding Israel's

1:20.5

history. So educate yourself. Learn the history behind the headlines.

1:27.0

Find unpacking Israeli history wherever you get your podcasts.

1:46.4

I'll share that I'm on Rosha Shana. I was pushing my community to stay deeply engaged with Israel while it was in this existential crisis of the protest movement and basically practically a civil war inside. And I use the story from the Talmud about

1:54.8

conjoined twins, two heads, one body.

1:57.2

And the way that you can tell if it's one or two people

2:00.0

is you pour hot water on one head.

2:01.6

And if the other head screams, then you'll know if it's one body.

2:05.7

And it is a very strange analogy but I guess there was something that even the ancient rabbis

2:11.0

understood that sometimes when things are going well you don't

2:14.6

feel like you need the other you can ignore the other but you're really the true test is if that

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