Voices from Israel: Ep. 383

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week on Unorthodox, we’re sharing stories from Israel. We’ll hear firsthand from those who have faced unspeakable tragedy, and acted with incredible bravery since the terror attack on Oct. 7. You’ll hear from someone who escaped the NOVA music festival, friends donating supplies in Tel Aviv, and a report from the missing persons center near Ben Gurion Airport, where Israelis are coming in droves to look for information about their loved ones. This episode features a rendition of “Avinu Malkeinu” performed by Regina Spektor, and “Eli, Eli” sung by from Jenny Penkin and J.Lamotta. Listen to the Testimonies Archive for more eyewitness audio accounts from the Hamas massacre in Israel, and read Tablet’s coverage of the war here. Reach us at [email protected], or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Check out our Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at [email protected]. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Jenny Pankin in Jaila Mora. Hi. We're going to be singing Ely Ely.
0:07.0	Ely Ely.
0:13.0	Ely Ely.
0:43.0	Ely Ely.
0:48.0	Ely Ely.
0:53.0	Ely Ely.
0:58.0	Ely Ely.
1:03.0	This is an Orthodox.
1:11.0	If you're listening to us this week, chances are you'd spent the last few days just as we all have grappling with grief, rage, and worst of all, maybe some sense of hopelessness.
1:27.0	Here's what we know so far.
1:30.0	Early on Saturday, October 7, several hundred Hamas terrorists crossed the border from Gaza and into Israel.
1:38.0	How they managed to blindside and overpower the IDF, one of the world's mightiest armies is a question that will be addressed in detail in weeks and months and I suspect years to come.
1:50.0	But from what we know right now, possible answers include some sort of cyber attack that took down Israel's advanced warning capabilities, some kind of failure to gather credible information from operatives inside Gaza,
2:04.0	the fact that it was a holiday and a Saturday and many soldiers were home celebrating with their families and the fact that some forces were sent away from the Gaza border and into the West Bank to grapple with threats of terrorism there.
2:17.0	Attempts and answers are grim and sadly all too numerous.
2:23.0	What is certain is what happened next.
2:26.0	The terrorists drove uninterruptedly into Israel itself and pick up trucks loaded with weapons.
2:32.0	They massacred according to the latest official numbers released by Israel at least 800 people including babies, elderly men and women, mothers, desperate to protect their children and others.
2:44.0	In one music festival alone, more than 260 young men and women there to dance at dawn in the desert were slaughtered.
2:52.0	Some of these atrocities were captured on video and posted to social media.
2:57.0	Israelis have spent the last three days sharing accounts of how they had just watched their loved ones raped, tortured or executed on camera with the footage sometimes captured with the victims' own cell phones and posted to their own social media accounts for their families to see and find out that way.
3:15.0	It is all so inconceivable and even more unthinkable is the fact that hundreds of Israelis, recent accounts put the number around 150 have been kidnapped into Gaza including a number of American citizens including very young children and old frail folks.
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