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Unpacking Israeli History

Kishinev: Auschwitz Before Auschwitz

Unpacking Israeli History

Unpacked

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

UIH survey here: https://jewishunpacked.com/uihsurvey ~~~~  Prior to the Holocaust, the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev (now Moldova) was the most infamous occurrence of Jewish suffering in the Diaspora. In this episode, Noam explores the many myths that surround the massacre and how it inspired Theodor Herzl to propose the controversial Uganda Plan.  ~~~~ This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher, and Marci & Andrew Spitzer, and this episode is generously sponsored by ​​the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, and the Tampa Jewish Federation. ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked  Unpacking Israeli History about the Uganda Plan: https://jewishunpacked.com/herzl-and-the-non-promised-land/ ~~~~ Steven J Zipperstein, Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History Edward Judge, Anatomy of a Pogrom http://faculty.history.umd.edu/BCooperman/NewCity/Slaughter.html Micah Goodman, The Wondering Jew: Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/23877915 https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1093/mj/kjh017 https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/naacp/founding-and-early-years.html Ervin Birnbaum, In the Shadow of the Struggle https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2307/40574565 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EAQVYv-rqw

Transcript

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Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the

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podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating,

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and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.

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This season of unpacking Israeli history is generously sponsored by Barbara Summer and

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Alan Fisher and Marcy and Andrew Spitzer.

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And this episode is generously sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York

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and the Tampa Jewish Federation.

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listeners find the pod and let's help new listeners find the pod.

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And let's help new listeners find the pod.

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Okay, as a cool kid say, y'all.

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Let's do this.

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I'm a machine, baaq, We the people of Israel are we're going to be here in Israel.

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We will be Israel.

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We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors

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without any preconditions.

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There are people in Israel and elsewhere.

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So it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel or the

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the Turkish people.

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I think they are home.

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When I was 17 years old I was the captain of the Bethela warriors basketball team.

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