Welcome to Israel Story – the award-winning podcast that tells extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis. Often called “the Israeli ‘This American Life,'” we bring you quirky, unpredictable, interesting and moving stories about a place we all think we know a lot about, but really don’t. Produced in partnership with The Jerusalem Foundation and The Times of Israel.
Eleven years ago, while working on an episode that marked the twentieth anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, we…
The chagim, the Jewish high-holidays, are once again upon us. And that means that not only are we about to…
Today is Tu Be’Av, the Jewish calendar’s version of Valentine’s Day. And, after a long hiatus in releasing new English…
Carol Ginsburg is 83 years old. Her little sister, Grace Lauber, is 77. For decades they’ve lived an ocean apart…
Our last episode, “Frankly, My Deer,” was all about a clandestine operation to repatriate the Persian fallow deer during the…
This incredible tale includes some fine caviar, Persian carpets, the malignant presence of a possibly former-Nazi zookeeper, a cameo from…
