43: "The Wall" Part IV - This Wall is My Wall

Israel Story

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

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🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In its final installment, our 'Wall' series comes full circle, back to where we began - the Kotel. But this time we won't be meeting Holocaust-survivors-turned-Palestinian-housewives. Instead, we will meet Jews who - in the name of their Judaism - have set off on a lifelong crusade.

Walls can make us feel safe, warm and protected. But that's also their greatest danger. After all, walls can cut us off from what is going on outside, and hiding behind them can give us a false sense of security and stability. Throughout this series, we've tried to open up windows in the walls that make up Israeli society. And that's a tricky thing to do, really. You need to make sure you don't damage the foundations that keep us bonded together. But you also need to be ready to see your neighbor, and let your neighbor see you.

Joel Shupack and Yochai Maital scored this piece, with additional music from Blue Dot Sessions, Broke For Free and Peter Gresser. The end song, "A Wall That Has a Door" is an original song commissioned by Israel Story. It was written, arranged and performed by Ari Wenig, together with Dotan Moshonov, Ruth Danon, Eden Djamchid and Ronnie Wagner-Schmidt.

This episode was edited by Julie Subrin and Mishy Harman, recorded by Ben Wallick and mixed by Sela Waisblum.

It was conceived as part of Israel Story's latest live show tour, "The Wall."

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
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.
1:46.9	We are Jews and we're davening and we put on Tallit and Philin and on Torah reading days we read Torah and we raise our voices. We're not sexual objects that have to repress ourselves because men can't control
1:51.5	themselves or because whatever about men it's not about men it's about men it's about us and
1:54.9	being Jews and we just do it. That's Shulamit Magnus. Now perhaps you've
2:01.2	never heard her name before but you've probably heard about her activities.
2:06.0	You see, she was among the founders of a group that's been in the news quite a lot in recent years.
2:11.0	The Western Wall is the epicenter of the struggle
2:14.5	over Jewish identity today.
2:16.2	Women of the Wall.
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