Dreyfus: An Affair to Remember

Unpacking Israeli History

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🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

How is it possible that an espionage trial in France in the mid-1890s set into motion events that (tangentially) led to the rebirth of the State of Israel after 2,000 years? Noam Weissman demystifies the oft-repeated but often misunderstood story of the Dreyfus Affair. He also explains why this extraordinary — but also ordinary — example of antisemitism cuts to the heart of questions surrounding Jewish identity that are still being asked today. ~~~~~ The Unpacking Israeli History Podcast series is sponsored by Andrea & Larry Gill ~~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/video/the-dreyfus-affair/ ~~~~~ Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Dreyfus-affair https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-preparing-for-major-influx-of-french-jewish-immigrants/ https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dreyfus-affair https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/theodor-binyamin-ze-rsquo-ev-herzl https://erenow.net/modern/israel-concise-history-nation-reborn/2.php https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodor-Herzl https://www.vision.org/theodor-herzl-founding-father-of-zionism-791 https://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-The-Dreyfus-Affair-begins https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/History/Zionism/Pages/Herzl%20and%20Zionism.aspx ~~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history,
0:03.9	the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,
0:07.2	historically fascinating, and confusing events in Israeli history.
0:11.4	If you're looking to learn about Israeli history, you've come to the right place.
0:15.6	Yala, let's do this. God.
0:25.0	We, the people of Israel.
0:28.0	We, the people of Israel are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any
0:36.0	preconditions.
0:37.0	There are people in Israel elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel or the
0:45.2	Jewish people. I think they're on.
0:49.2	Israel is an incredibly young country with enough history to make you dizzy.
0:56.2	Everyone has their own opinions. Right? Israel seems to get tons of attention in the media,
1:02.4	but something I think about often is Israel seems to get tons of attention in the media.
1:03.1	But something I think about often is,
1:05.4	do we really know the stories, the facts behind them,
1:09.4	and different perspectives on them?
1:11.6	In this podcast, we're going to go into the center of the storm and
1:15.5	place ourselves into some of the most complicated moments surrounding Israeli
1:19.8	history, looking at them from different angles. All of that in just about 20 minutes.
1:25.0	In these short episodes we will take on some really tough questions.
1:29.0	We'll explore topics that predate the modern state of Israel,
1:32.0	like the Dreyfus Affair, the Uganda Plan, and the revival of the Hebrew language.
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