Michal Weinstein: Her Father Vanished. 19 Years Later, the Truth Finally Came Out.
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🗓️ 1 November 2025
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Summary
The Miracle After the Darkness – Michal Weinstein's Unbelievable Story
When Michal Weinstein was just ten years old, her father — a respected diamond dealer and Israeli diplomat — vanished without a trace. For nearly two decades, her family lived in painful uncertainty, surrounded by rumors, fear, and unanswered questions.
In this gripping episode, Michal opens up to Nachi Gordon about the shocking twists that followed: corruption at the highest levels, a decades-long mystery, and an unimaginable discovery that finally brought truth and closure 19 years later.
From her childhood in Far Rockaway and the day her father disappeared, to the miraculous moment his body was found and the profound faith that carried her through it all — Michal's story is one of resilience, justice, and divine providence.
This isn't just a true crime story — it's a testament to faith, family, and the power of never giving up hope.
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| 0:00.0 | It was 1986, February 10th. That was the last time I saw my father. I'll never forget. |
| 0:04.0 | He stopped in his tracks, turned around, walked back to me, and gave me a hug. |
| 0:09.0 | And that was the last time I ever saw him. He disappeared. He went to work and never came home. |
| 0:14.0 | This is Mikhail Weinstein, the daughter of an Israeli diplomat and diamond dealer living in Faraguay, |
| 0:19.0 | she had a tight-knit Jewish family, |
| 0:21.6 | a beautiful childhood filled with laughter and light. And one morning, he was gone. No body, |
| 0:28.1 | no answers, no closure. For years, a story of his disappearance haunted her family, whispers of the |
| 0:34.3 | mafia, rumors in the community, in an investigation that led nowhere. |
| 0:38.3 | Her mother refused to give up. |
| 0:40.3 | Chasing leads, everyone told her to let go of. |
| 0:42.3 | She believed the system had turned against them, that powerful people knew the truth and that they were burying it. |
| 0:48.3 | She suspected that the FBI was involved somehow with my father's murder. |
| 0:54.4 | And we thought she was crazy. |
| 0:57.1 | And at the end, she was right. |
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| 2:05.5 | so there's a story that I've never heard firsthand from you it's really you know a big part |
| 2:12.6 | of your life obviously only from other people I've heard read a a little bit online. So that's what I know of |
| 2:18.9 | it, you know, and I want to, the people who are listeners and watching this podcast, |
| 2:24.5 | understand this is an insane story. It's probably a story of the craziest betrayal of justice |
| 2:30.8 | and the law ever to take place in any higher authority, especially like in New York. |
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