Hey, I'm Noah 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 great revolt miniseries is dedicated to the memory of Armand Lindenbaum,

the grandson of Rabbi Moshe

of Vigdur Amiel, by his wife Jean and children,

Felice Amiel and Ariel Lindenbaum Sabag. You will hear why those names are so important to this story.

Before we start, you know how much I love hearing from you. I want to hear your thoughts, your

ruminations on this episode on the entire

season on the entire podcast I can't tell you how powerful some recent

emails have been it means so much to hear from you all so shoot me a note at noam

at jewish unpacked.

viola let's do this. We the people of Israel are

Israel.

We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious

to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.

There are people in Israel and elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace

between the Arabs and Israel or the Jewish people.

I think they're on.

Like most people on the planet, I like to laugh.

I'd go a little crazy if I didn't. Life is pretty absurd.

Laughing at it is probably the healthiest coping mechanism there is, which means I can

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