51: “Alone, Together” Part I - Mazal Tov!
Israel Story
Israel Story
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The wait, ladies and gentlemen, is finally over: Israel Story is back, and is kicking off Season Five with "Alone, Together" - a brand new miniseries about Israel in the time of corona.
The global pandemic has—to state the obvious—reshaped our lives, refocused our priorities, and forced us to reevaluate countless things we’ve long taken for granted. Israel was, of course, hit too, in ways that are at once unique and just like the rest of the world. We’ve had curfews and lockdowns, shifting social distancing guidelines, layoffs, isolation, discrimination, economic hardship, illness and death. We’ve also had births and bar mitzvahs, weddings and birthdays, and have witnessed unusual displays of solidarity, resilience and kindness.
Throughout the miniseries, we’ll look back at the last few months and share stories that are simultaneously utterly Israeli and completely universal.
COVID-19 has been a gloomy period, for different people and in different ways. But, perhaps counter-intuitively, we are going to start our miniseries with some cheer and brightness in an episode that is all about celebrations. Or, perhaps more accurately, corona celebrations.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. 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. I don't know about you but when I hear open sea yacht rendezvous, |
| 1:44.2 | off-book private jet landings, |
| 1:46.6 | and direct lines of communication |
| 1:48.8 | to the highest echelons of power, |
| 1:51.4 | I immediately think James Bond. |
| 1:55.0 | Then again, COVID really has changed everything we know about the world. |
| 2:09.8 | Rabbi can I ask you first to introduce yourself? Yes. |
| 2:11.5 | My name is Rava Yarebaich. |
| 2:15.0 | I'm from Israel originally. |
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