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

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

and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history. This episode is going to be a little

different from our usual. Everything has been different lately. I know I'm not the only

one who feels like there's a clear line that separates October 6th the before from October 7th.

10-7.

Something changed that day.

And I'm not just talking about the geopolitical reality or quote-unquote facts on the ground, something

changed inside us and we're still all trying to figure out what it was and what it means.

Listen I've been passionate about Israel education my entire life.

As an earnest teenager who wanted to share his love of Israel with his peers,

as a college student, leading Jewish programming in the remote reaches of the former Soviet Union as a high school

principal who demanded that Israel education was woven into our school curriculum as a doctoral

candidate defending a dissertation title,

wait for it, approaching Israel Education

as an executive at a media company unpacked,

which teaches the history of Israel to millions on YouTube,

Instagram, and Tik-Toc, and articles on our website Jewish unpacked.com.

For the past three years I've been hosting a podcast you may have heard of it called Unpacking Israeli History.

And so many people have reached out since October 7th asking me to

well unpack this whole mess.

So many of you have written in asking can you explain what's happening? Can you tell me the history of Israel on one foot?

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