Ranked #1
3: People of the Book
3: People of the Book
Three stories revolving around people who rescue books, chase after books, or otherwise allow books to determine their d... Read more
27 Oct 2014
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1hr
Ranked #2
40: "The Wall" Part I - Operation Hulda
40: "The Wall" Part I - Operation Hulda
And... we're back! We kick off our fourth season with a brand new miniseries - "The Wall." Today's roller-coaster of a m... Read more
2 Jul 2019
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53mins
Ranked #3
47: By the Rivers of Babylon
47: By the Rivers of Babylon
A century ago, close to one-third of Baghdad's population was Jewish. Today, just five Jews remain in the city. In today... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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50mins
Ranked #4
20: 68 and Counting- Part I
20: 68 and Counting- Part I
This is the first in a two-part series that takes us through Israel’s short but dramatic history. Over the last few mont... Read more
25 May 2016
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50mins
Ranked #5
39: "Mixtape" Part IV – War, Peace and Bumper Stickers
39: "Mixtape" Part IV – War, Peace and Bumper Stickers
In our season finale, we explore two songs that - perhaps more than any others - capture the complex and intermingled na... Read more
15 Jun 2018
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42mins
Ranked #6
31: Dear Lord Rothschild
31: Dear Lord Rothschild
One hundred years after a single-page letter boosted the Zionist cause and changed the course of Jewish history, we go o... Read more
2 Nov 2017
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #7
36: "Mixtape" Part I – Our Hope?
36: "Mixtape" Part I – Our Hope?
Welcome to 'Mixtape,' our very first mini-series. Over the course of the next four episodes, we will go on a musical jou... Read more
25 May 2018
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36mins
Ranked #8
12: Now Boarding
12: Now Boarding
For the year’s heaviest week of travel, Israel Story brings tales of love and interrogation at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Air... Read more
30 Dec 2015
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50mins
Ranked #9
17: Stop That Bus!
17: Stop That Bus!
Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation or clas... Read more
25 Mar 2016
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53mins
Ranked #10
4: A Man on a Mission
4: A Man on a Mission
The stories of three Israelis who are not religious but have pursued unusual hobbies with missionary zeal.In this, our f... Read more
12 Dec 2014
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55mins
Ranked #11
33: Milk, Honey and Sweet Mary Jane
33: Milk, Honey and Sweet Mary Jane
Cannabis in the Holy Land is clearly a booming business. Through the unlikely story of Amos Silver, the Israeli 'Green G... Read more
2 Feb 2018
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50mins
Ranked #12
18: Thicker Than Water
18: Thicker Than Water
On Today’s show, we delve into the messy territory of family bonds—how they’re formed, challenged, and change over time.... Read more
18 Apr 2016
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59mins
Ranked #13
24: Losing My Religion
24: Losing My Religion
From secret bathroom texting all the way to negotiating a divorce in Venice (of all places...), we bring you heart-wrenc... Read more
15 May 2017
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48mins
Ranked #14
8: Rabin Is…
8: Rabin Is…
Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years later, it isn't so simple to understand what he really s... Read more
4 Nov 2015
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #15
21: 68 and Counting- Part II
21: 68 and Counting- Part II
In the second installment of this two-part series (and our season two finale), we pick up where we left off last week: P... Read more
31 May 2016
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48mins
Ranked #16
30: Food Fight
30: Food Fight
Forget politics, forget territorial disputes, forget religion. Our new episode explores the real Middle Eastern battlegr... Read more
4 Oct 2017
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46mins
Ranked #17
34: Coming Out, Getting In
34: Coming Out, Getting In
Payam Feili is a gay Iranian poet. Nadav Schwartz is an Orthodox Israeli Jew. But in ways both astoundingly similar and ... Read more
30 Mar 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #18
29: A Better Place?
29: A Better Place?
Not that long ago, an Israeli vehicle was about to change the world. But it didn’t. In today's episode, we find out why ... Read more
8 Sep 2017
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49mins
Ranked #19
7: Out of Africa… And Back Again
7: Out of Africa… And Back Again
Two journeys - in very different directions, and taken for very different reasons - out of, and then into, Africa.Israel... Read more
20 Oct 2015
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44mins
Ranked #20
5: Holy Cow!
5: Holy Cow!
An episode all about sacred bovines!The stories of four featured moo-ers: a red heifer that some think will bring the me... Read more
12 Jan 2015
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1hr 2mins