Who By Fire - with Yuval Neria

Unholy: Two Jews on the News

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News, Yonit Levi, Israel, Israel Podcast, Jonathan Freedland, Middle East, Jewish, Religion & Spirituality, Jews, Society & Culture

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

An incident of ultra Orthodox Jews spitting at Christian worshippers in Jerusalem drew widespread backlash this week, both from Israeli officials and foreign countries. Yonit and Jonathan discuss the event - which is not the first of its kind - and the varying comments that followed, including those who claimed spitting at Christians is a “Jewish tradition”. And - as the calendar marks 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, Yonit and Jonathan are joined by Professor Yuval Neria, decorated fighter turned psychology researcher, to discuss the impact of the traumatic event on the Israeli psyche - and his own experiences from battle. Plus, the mensch-winning matzo ball soup found in an unexpected location in Europe. -- Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unholypodcast/and X: https://x.com/2jewsonthenewsJoin our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150578065793142See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Cyber Attacks Can Be Prevented. Checkpoint, you deserve the best security.
0:09.8	Five arrests in Jerusalem, Israeli police arresting ultra-Orthodox Jews accused of spitting at Christian
0:18.8	visitors to Jerusalem, pictures that went around the world.
0:24.4	And it is 50 years to the day since the Yom Kippur War.
0:29.6	We will be speaking to a highly decorated veteran of that conflict.
0:34.9	It's unholy. I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London.
0:39.2	And I'm Unique Levy of Channel 12, usually in Tel Aviv.
0:52.4	Unholy 2 Jews on the News from Kesheap podcast, I feel for you, my friend, because when you
0:57.2	thought about doing this podcast with an Israeli journalist, you said to yourself, I'll see her
1:02.9	once every two years when she comes to London. Little did you know that I would come, but I would
1:09.5	never leave. And so what you thought,
1:12.6	just be this visit where you'd have to see me once for a polite coffee and not for me to call
1:18.6	you every five minutes. I am driving you mad. You can't wait to see me leave. But you have to know
1:23.8	that these are the days of Cholam Moed, which means the days kind of sandwich
1:27.8	between the first and the last days of Sukkot, the holy days of Sukkot, and that means that
1:34.3	most of the Israelis are on vacation, even the Prime Minister was on vacation, and that's why
1:39.2	you're suffering me for a while now.
1:42.0	And it slightly feels as if most of the Israelis are on vacation right here.
1:47.1	That's where it feels.
1:48.1	No, it feels timely because, of course, this is the season of guests with Ushbiz, in that
1:52.7	tradition, and visitors to the Sukha, the temporary booths in which Jews are meant to dwell.
1:59.0	And we've certainly been living that narrative with the
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