Hey listeners, it's Mishi.

Today I want to ask you to support what we do.

You have the power to shape the story that's told about Israel,

a story of real lives and real people.

At a time in which even talking about Israel is increasingly difficult and polarizing,

we, just like you, believe that human interest storytelling is the most powerful prism

through which to understand the complex reality of life in this corner of the world.

So by supporting Israel's story, you're making a statement.

You're saying that you care about this country,

that ordinary people and their experiences matter,

and that stories have the power to enter our hearts and change our minds.

The last 14 months have been the most challenging, intense, and productive period in Israel's

history.

As you know, immediately after October 7th, we stopped everything we were doing, pivoted our

entire operation, and began releasing wartime diaries, which tried and continue to try, to capture

slivers of life in times of war, and to reflect the diversity of life here.

Our team has worked tirelessly, literally around the clock, to share deeply human tales of pain and resilience,

grief and loss, confusion and compassion, and also offer the occasional chuckle.

Thus far, we've produced 65 wartime diaries, which is about five times our normal annual pace.

And these dispatches, they seem to have really resonated. During the early months of the war,

we nearly tripled our audience, creating a large and engaged community around our show,

which was already the most listened to Jewish podcast in the

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