Jerusalem Unplugged
116 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJerusalem Unplugged is the only podcast dedicated to Jerusalem, its history, and its people. Dr. Roberto Mazza is interviewing scholars, activists, politicians, artists, journalists, religious men and women, and everybody that in one way or another is connected to Jerusalem. Podcasts will bring you closer to the city and understand its complex layout and they uncover a wealth of knowledge. You will hear about a Jerusalem you never heard of.
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Zionism: from the Mandate to the present with Arie Dubnov
April 18, 2024 05:01 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBWelcome back for part two of our comprehensive exploration of Zionism on Jerusalem Unplugged. In our previous episode, Arie Dubnov provided invaluable insights tracing the diverse ideological currents and forces that shaped the Zionist movement from its origins through the tumultuous events surrounding Israeli statehood in 1948. Today, we continue this illuminating discussion as Professor Dubnov analyzes the roles played by the pre-state paramilitary organizations like the Haganah, Irgun, a...
Zionism(s): the early period with Arie Dubnov
April 12, 2024 05:01 - 56 minutes - 129 MBIn this first installment of a special two-part series, Jerusalem Unplugged takes a deep dive into the origins and development of Zionism leading up to the establishment of Israel in 1948. I am joined by Professor Arie Dubnov, an expert on the histories of this influential nationalist ideology. Over the course of this thorough yet riveting episode, Professor Dubnov provides profound insights into the complex ideological currents, key figures, and pivotal moments that shaped the Zionist m...
Palestinian Chicago with Loren Lybarger
April 02, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour - 179 MBFor this episode I had the pleasure to interview Loren Lybarger, a long time resident of Palestine who devoted a few years studying the Palestinian community of Chicago which is home to one of the largest, most politically active Palestinian immigrant communities in the United States. For decades, secular nationalism held sway as the dominant political ideology, but since the 1990s its structures have weakened and Islamic institutions have gained strength. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and ...
The Balfour Declaration: part 2 with Avi Shlaim and Salim Tamari
February 28, 2024 06:01 - 58 minutes - 134 MBIn this second episode dedicated to the Balfour Declaration I have republished the presentations made by Professor Avi Shlaim and Salim Tamari at: 'The British Legacy in Palestine: Balfour and Beyond' conference held at the Palestinian National Theatre on 2 November 2017. This was a joint event from the Kenyon Institute and the Educational Bookshop, and supported by the British Council Palestine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx4-l_4iZF0&t=4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoH_0LK...
The Balfour Declaration: part 1
February 09, 2024 06:01 - 46 minutes - 106 MBCherished and hated by many, the Balfour Declaration is certainly considered one of the most controversial documents in recent history. In this first episode of a series dedicated to this document, I will discuss the origins of the Declaration and offer several explanations in the attempt to understand why the British promised a Jewish National Home for the Jewish people in Palestine, when in fact the British were just crossing the Suez Canal in their efforts to defeat the Ottoman Empire. B...
Country of Words with Refqa Abu-Remaileh
February 03, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour - 174 MBCountry of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature is a digital-born project that retraces and remaps the global story of Palestinian literature in the twentieth century, starting from the Arab world and going through Europe, North America, and Latin America. Sitting at the intersection of literary history, periodical studies, and digital humanities, Country of Words creates a digitally networked and multilocational literary history—a literary atlas enhanced. The virtual real...
Palestina - Israele Dal sionismo delle origini al 1948: eventi, documenti, interpretazioni
January 25, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour - 167 MB(Episodio in Italiano) In questa puntata di Jerusalem Unplugged ho il piacere di pubblicare il mio intervento insieme a quello di Maria Chiara Rioli e Arturo Marzano come relatori del seminario Palestina - Israele Dal sionismo delle origini al 1948: eventi, documenti, interpretazioni che ha avuto luogo all'universita' di Bologna Dipartimento di Storia, il 22 Gennaio 2024 organizzato da Caterina Bori con la collaborazione di Francesca Biancani e Cigdem Oguz. Support this show http://suppor...
Our Palestine Question with Geoffrey Levin
January 13, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour - 172 MBAmerican Jews began debating Palestinian rights issues even before Israel’s founding in 1948. Geoffrey Levin recovers the voices of American Jews who, in the early decades of Israel’s existence, called for an honest reckoning with the moral and political plight of Palestinians. These now‑forgotten voices, which include an aid‑worker‑turned‑academic with Palestinian Sephardic roots, a former Yiddish journalist, anti‑Zionist Reform rabbis, and young left‑wing Zionist activists, felt drawn to s...
Aspects of History: Israel Palestine
December 07, 2023 06:01 - 1 hour - 142 MBThis is an edited recast of the podcast I recorded with Oliver Webb-Carter, founder of Aspects of History home - Aspects of History. After the horrific attacks of 7th October our editor discussed the long running Israel Palestine conflict with historian and author Roberto Mazza. Covering the growing Zionist movement in the early 20th century, to the Balfour Declaration through to the British Mandate for Palestine, the 1948 war and the Six Day War in 1967 Roberto discusses how we got to whe...
The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem under threat with Bedross Der Matossian
November 22, 2023 21:26 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBIn the Old City of Jerusalem, 80 kilometres from the war in Gaza, another religious conflict is taking place. An Australian property developer, aided by a group of armed Jewish settlers, has attempted to occupy a prized piece of land in the Armenian Christian quarter. Even though a deal to build a hotel was overturned, Armenian families are threatened with eviction from homes their community has held for centuries. Bedross tells us everything we need to know about the Armenians in Jerusalem ...
Settler Colonialism with Arnon Degani
November 16, 2023 06:01 - 1 hour - 161 MBWhat is settler colonialism? How does this concept relate to Israel and Palestine? What about other countries? These are all great questions which I discussed in this episode with Arnon Degani. Arnon is currently a Fellow at Molad – Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy, specializing in the history of Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He recently released the Hebrew podcast series "Hesket Oslo," examining the Oslo Accords, and is currently working ...
Israel, Palestine, and Turkey in the post Oct 7th Reality: A historical look toward the Future with Louis Fishman
November 09, 2023 06:01 - 59 minutes - 136 MBI'm thrilled to bring you a thought-provoking talk by my good friend and friend of the podcast Louis Fishman. Our conversation today delves deep into the complex dynamics of the Middle East, focusing on "Israel, Palestine, Turkey in the post-Oct. 7th reality: A Historical Look Toward the Future." The talk was given at Northwestern University of Nov. 8. There's a twist to today's presentation. After the talk, I conducted a Q&A session with Professor Fishman, and although the questions were i...
The Life and Death of the Mughrabi Quarter 1187-1967 with Vincent Lemire
November 01, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 143 MBAs the war keeps raging in Palestine, thousands have been killed, thousands are living under threat of immediate death, hundreds of hostages are still held somewhere in Gaza, the West Bank is on the brink of exploding, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are on the rise, polarized views leave no room for dialogue, I choose to publish an interview I recorded some time ago and I was hoping to upload later in the year. I choose not to look the other way, but to keep giving the listeners crumbs of th...
Ripercorrendo le Pagine del Conflitto Israele-Palestina: Contesto Storico e Attualità
October 27, 2023 05:01 - 53 minutes - 123 MBDopo tante richieste personali, ho pensato di organizzare un webinar non-accadmeico dedicato alla questione israelo-palestinese e ad Hamas, un'occasione unica per esplorare il contesto storico che ha plasmato gli eventi contemporanei che hanno portato all'attacco del 7 Ottobre e la conseguente risposta di Israele. Durante questa sessione di 50 minuti, approfondiremo le origini del conflitto, i cambiamenti politici e sociali avvenuti nel corso degli anni e il ruolo chiave svolto da Hamas. So...
Displacement and Erasure in Palestine: the Politics of Hope with Noa Shaindlinger
October 18, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 162 MBWe open season 5 without any celebration. The current war on Gaza, the brutal killings of civilians perpetrated by Hamas and the equally brutal response by the State of Israel carpet-bombing Gaza indiscriminately and essentially pushing Palestinians towards a second Nakba could not be a good time to celebrate 100 episodes of Jerusalem Unplugged. In this new release I talked to Noa Shaindlinger, author of an amazing book about post-Nakba Jaffa. She explores the ways in which Palestinians ne...
Palestinian Citizenship and licit and Illicit Mobility along the Borders of Palestine, 1920-1950 with Lauren Banko
September 13, 2023 18:01 - 53 minutes - 122 MBIn this fast moving conversation with Lauren Banko we discussed her first book 'The Invention of Palestinian Citizenship 1918-1947' and the question of Palestinian citizenship as a product of colonial rule, but also adopted by local Palestinians. We also discussed hew new projects like 'Medical Deportees: narrations and pathographies of health at the borders of Great Britain, Egypt, and Palestine, 1919-1949' This three year project offers new approaches to the history of 20th century medico...
The Merits of Jerusalem with Fadi Ragheb
August 09, 2023 05:01 - 55 minutes - 127 MBThe Holy Land was the destination for many Muslim pilgrims during the late medieval and early modern period. In addition to worshipping on Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif, Muslim pilgrims in the Holy Land also visited important Christian holy sites, such as the Mount of Olives, the Tomb of Mary, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. With fada’il al-Quds (“Merits of Jerusalem”) pilgrimage texts serving as their guide, Muslims visited these places and joined Christian worshippers in contemplating ...
Ronald Storrs 1918-1926 a Forgotten Legacy: Part II - the Pro-Jerusalem Society
July 12, 2023 17:34 - 51 minutes - 118 MBOn September 6, 1918, twelve individuals met at the residence of the military governor of Jerusalem.1 The room was filled with tension as the governor was trying to win the confidence of those who were still skeptical and suspicious of British rule. A few months earlier, in December 1917, General Allenby had led the British troops into Jerusalem, ending Ottoman rule in the city and paving the way for greater British success in the region. As Jerusalem was now under British rule, General Alle...
Ronald Storrs 1918-1926 a Forgotten Legacy: Part I
June 28, 2023 05:01 - 46 minutes - 107 MBThis is the first episode of a short series dedicated to the British Military rule of Jerusalem between 1917 and 1920 introducing the almost forgotten figure of Ronald Storrs. Following the conquest of the city, the British established military rule which lasted until 1 July 1920. From the perspective of the local population the government of the city had passed from Ottoman rule to that of a new foreign power. However, the British were not only European Christian rulers: they had also shown...
Dwelling on the Green Line with Gabriel Schwake
June 14, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 138 MBIn this episode I discussed with Gabriel Schwake his latest book Dwelling on the Green Line, looking at the question of Israeli settlements built around the Green Line separating Israel and Palestine. Concealed within the walls of settlements along the Green-Line, the border between Israel and the occupied West-Bank, is a complex history of territoriality, privatisation and multifaceted class dynamics. Since the late 1970s, the state aimed to expand the heavily populated coastal area eastwar...
Sacred Cuisine with Izzeldin Bukhari
May 31, 2023 05:01 - 56 minutes - 128 MBIzzeldin Abdul Aziz Bukhari is the self-taught chef and founder of SacredCuisine; a culmination of Izzeldin’s life experiences that are deeply embedded in his Sufi roots. It embodies everything he values and aspires to instill. Originating from Bukhara – Uzbekistan, his family migrated to the Old City of Jerusalem in 1616 AD to teach Sufism. As a young adult he moved to the United States and discovered his passion for cooking when, missing Palestinian cuisine, he experimented with recreating...
The Nabi Musa Festival - part III
May 24, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 140 MBLed by General Allenby, British troops entered Jerusalem in December 1917, ending Ottoman rule and opening a new and crucial era in the history of Jerusalem and Palestine. The history of Jerusalem has traditionally been depicted as the quintessential history of conflict and strife, of ethnic and communal tensions and of incompatible national narratives and visions. The transition from Ottoman to British rule marked a dramatic and radical change in the history of the city, often described as ...
The Nabi Musa Festival - part II
May 10, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 145 MBFollowing the first conversation with Awad Halabi (episode 49) as we discussed his work on the Nabi Musa festival, we are glad to celebrate and discuss in more details his latest book Palestinian Rituals of Identity. In this second part dedicated to the Nabi Musa Festival we will focus on the origins of the festival, its development with a particular focus on the late Ottoman era until the Nakba of 1948, discussing how the British understood and partly transformed the Festival. Awad discusse...
From the Iron Age to the age of Covid with Chandler Collins
May 03, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 138 MBChandler is a Ph.D. candidate at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. He holds two M.A. degrees in the fields of Semitic languages, Hebrew Bible, and archaeology from Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. He is a faculty member and the former Dean of Administration at Jerusalem University College. He is also a member of ARCH Jerusalem, an NGO devoted to preserving at-risk cultural heritage in Jerusalem. With Chandler we discussed his work as archaeologist focusing on the I...
Words and names with Fadi Boukaram - @cedrusk
April 05, 2023 05:01 - 40 minutes - 91.6 MBIn this Ramadan/Passover/Easter episode I sat down with Fadi Boukaram - aka @cedrusk - and spent some time talking about words and names that changed throughout time and travelled unimaginable distances. I recommend all listeners of Jerusalem Unplugged to subscribe to @cedrusk on whatever social media you are on as you will enjoy and learn lots of interesting and entertaining stuff. Fadi told me the story of a few words that originated in the Middle East, travelled long distances and went ...
The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub with Jacob Norris
March 29, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 148 MBIn this episode I discussed with Jacob Norris his latest book, born after he heard about the canonization of two Palestinian nuns, who amongst the various miracles also brought back to life Jubrail Dabdoub.This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via steamship with suitcases stuffed ...
Teaching Jerusalem
March 22, 2023 05:01 - 38 minutes - 88 MBIn this solo episode I am discussing the question of teaching Jerusalem. While the bookshelves of countless libraries around the world host at least a book on Jerusalem, a superficial browsing of classes taught about the city’s history reveals a different picture. Writing and publishing material about Jerusalem is as easy as it gets, but to teach about it, it is a completely different story. Given the long history of the city, the possibility to discuss many historical periods, ethnic and re...
Palestine 1936 with Oren Kessler
March 15, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 169 MBThe 1936–1939 revolt was the crucible in which Palestinian identity coalesced, uniting rival families, city and country, rich and poor in a single struggle for independence. British forces’ aggressive counterinsurgency took care of the rest, finally quashing the uprising on the eve of World War II. In this episode I engage in an interesting conversation with Oren Kessler, author of Palestine 1936. Kessler argues that today, eight decades on, the revolt’s legacy endures. Hamas’s armed wing an...
Jerusalem's Interrupted Futures: Part II
March 08, 2023 06:01 - 46 minutes - 106 MBIn this second part dedicated to the presentation and discussion of Jerusalem Quarterly 92 'Jerusalem's Interrupted Futures' I have asked the authors to provide more details related to their articles and to speculate what would have happened if these unfulfilled projects would have actually been completed. History cannot be changed, however these missed opportunities tell us about the agency of individuals and their choices. You can all articles for free at: https://www.palestine-studies....
Jerusalem's Interrupted Futures: Part I
March 01, 2023 06:01 - 58 minutes - 133 MBIn this first episode dedicated to the publication of Jerusalem Quarterly 92 "Jerusalem's Interrupted Futures" the guest editor Falestin Naili and several authors including Yair Wallach, Michelle Campos, Maria Chiara Rioli, Harris Ford and Semih Gokatalay talk about the unfilled plans for Jerusalem. The authors take hold of threads of unfinished schemes conceived just before or during important moments of rupture: the end of the Ottoman Empire (Campos), the termination of the British Mandate...
Palestine Nexus: a conversation with Zachary Foster
February 22, 2023 06:01 - 50 minutes - 115 MBPalestine exists in our minds, says Zachary Foster, not in nature. If Palestine doesn’t exist, why do we identify with it? We identify with Palestine, first, because it has a name. In fact, we only identify with places we’ve named. Unnamed places, such as 22°29′05″N 22.48 to 53°46′19″E 53.77, have no identities based on them. But we don’t identify with every place we’ve named. We need to hear stories about a place if we are going to identify with it, stories about famines and wars, conquests...
Gaza with Chris Whitman
February 15, 2023 12:58 - 1 hour - 158 MBChris Whitman works for Medico, an NGO dedicated to provide health care to Gazans. With Chris we talked about his work, but more importantly about Gaza city, its daily life and its traffic and how Gazans navigate the challenges to live in the larges open air prison in the world. We talked about mobility and antiques, but also we discussed perceptions: how does the West see Gaza vs. reality. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Ayyubid Jerusalem with Mahmoud Hawari
February 01, 2023 06:01 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn this episode I talked to Professor Mahmoud Hawari, a leading scholar in the history of Ayyubid Jerusalem. The conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin in 583/1187, after nearly nine decades of Frankish rule, opened a new era of cultural, socio-economic and architectural changes. The renewed political fervour that followed it gave a fresh impetus to an extensive building activity initiated by the Ayyubids, which signified a renaissance in the style of Islamic architecture. Such style is exemplifie...
Palestinian Christianity with John Munayer
January 25, 2023 07:01 - 50 minutes - 116 MBJohn Munayer is a researcher, writer, theologian and interreligious facilitator from Jerusalem. Most of his research focuses on Palestinian Theology, the Palestinian Christian community in the Holy Land and interreligious dialogue. With him we discussed Palestinian Christianity in Palestine, who are the Christians and what are the current theological debates amongst the various denominations. One particular brand of Christianity, dangerous to the indigenous Palestinian Christian population i...
UNRWA its work and archives with Anne Irfan and Jo Kelcey
January 18, 2023 06:01 - 58 minutes - 135 MBUNRWA has often been described as a quasi-government or even a quasi-state for millions of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. Active since 1950 it provides services more typically the domain of the modern nation-state, including a large-scale education program, healthcare, municipal services in the camps, and registration procedures. UNRWA is the only organization in the world that has continuously collected and maintained data about Palestinian refugees since the Nakba. Anne Irfan...
Israeli politics and Jerusalem with Gilad Halpern
January 11, 2023 06:01 - 51 minutes - 118 MBIsraeli politics has underwent a visible radicalization pointing to right-wing policies designed to be exclusive rather than inclusive. The political spectrum has been dominated by the Likud party and its leader Benjamin Netanyahu. In this episode I talked to Gilad Halpern with the idea to make sense of current Israeli politics and understand the moves of the newly elected nationalist government. After a general discussion we focused on Jerusalem and how the new cabinet, in particular the re...
Looking for your help
December 28, 2022 06:01 - 1 minute - 4.51 MBWhile the podcast is taking a break I would like to wish you all my best wishes for a very happy 2023. I have now recorded a little over 80 episodes but I still need your help to find the people you want to be on the show discussing Jerusalem: artists, musicians, scholars, chefs, clergy, shopkeepers etc....get in touch and let me know. Episode #100 will be your interview to me: send me your questions and I will answer them in the last episode. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/j...
Transnational Palestine with Nadim Bawalsa
December 21, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 156 MBAlmost 40,000 Palestinians relocated to Latin America in the late 19th century, from Bethlehem, Bei Jala and indeed Jerusalem. In this episode Nadim Bawalsa talks about his new book that looks at Palestinian migrants to Mexico and Chile and how they negotiated the changes occurring in Palestine, including the end of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British rule. Since 1925 Palestinians abroad were not allowed to request Palestinian citizenship, essentially stripping away their right of retu...
All things Jerusalem with Daniel Seidemann
December 14, 2022 06:01 - 57 minutes - 132 MBAll things Jerusalem, says his twitter account @DanielSeidemann. Daniel is not just a lawyer specializing in difficult issues related to East Jerusalem, but he has an intimate knowledge of the city, its dynamics and his visitors. Daniel has lived in Jerusalem since he made Aliyah in 1973 and since 1991, he has focused on the geopolitics of contemporary Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Along with his colleagues at Terrestrial Jerusalem, an NGO that he founded, Mr. Seidemann is ...
Jerusalem Story with Kate Rouhana
December 07, 2022 06:01 - 41 minutes - 95.4 MBIn this episode I have interviewed Kate Rouhana, Founder and Director of Jerusalem Story. As we unpacked the mission and structure of the website, we also delved into some of the stories told by the contributors of the website. Jerusalem Story aims to tell the story of a unique city through a new lens—that of the city’s large and diverse indigenous Palestinian community. This community has deep historic roots in Jerusalem and holds the strongest attachment to and love for their city. Yet, th...
The Bookseller of Jerusalem: Mahmoud Muna
November 30, 2022 06:01 - 58 minutes - 134 MBIn this episode I had the pleasure to interview one of the most visible figures in East Jerusalem today: Mahmoud Muna. We have talked about why and how his father established the Educational Bookshop and from there we delved into an intimate conversation about Jerusalem, its present and its possible futures. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chronicles of Occupation with Ramsey Hanhan
November 16, 2022 06:01 - 52 minutes - 121 MBRamsey Hanhan, having come to America from Palestine in his teens, had experienced first-hand both the Israeli occupation of his country, and the immigrant journey of rebuilding life anew. In his former career, he was a physics professor noted for his computer models that describe and predict complexity in nature. Nowadays, you can find him on a jogging trail, deep in the forest, at an airport, or in a coffee shop. For his next titles, he is finishing a romantic novella and a collection of e...
Heritage and archaeology in Silwan and the City of David with Joel Stokes
November 09, 2022 06:01 - 41 minutes - 95.5 MBHeritage claims are unequivocally tied to the idea of socio-political legitimacy. This applies most poignantly amongst communities bound by a shared ethnic, religious, historical, or indeed national, identity. Joel’s research investigates fluctuations of socio-political legitimacy vis-à-vis heritage within cross-cultural, and often contested spaces. More specifically, Joel talked about the case study of the Jewish-Israeli-run City of David archaeological site and tourist centre, and the Pale...
The UN and Jerusalem in 1947, the history of a failed plan with Harris Ford
November 02, 2022 05:01 - 43 minutes - 101 MBAs the British Mandate in Palestine ended in mid-May 1948, responsibility for the territory shifted to the newly-formed United Nations. With tensions between Zionist settler Jews and Indigenous Arab Palestinians at an apex, the international organization sought to engender peace by implementing an internationalization of the Holy City of Jerusalem and its environs. In this interview, Harris Ford discusses the United Nations’ vision of internationalization and the supranational sovereignty it...
The Dome of the Rock: with Beatrice St. Laurent
October 26, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 145 MBThe opening of Season 4, the final season, is dedicated to one of the most iconic buildings of Jerusalem: the Dome of the Rock. While the Dome has become a sort of brand defining the image of Jerusalem, there is a lot of confusion about its history and purpose. Built by the Umayyads in the late 7th century, scholars developed different ideas about the Dome and our guest, Beatrice St. Laurent, makes some order and gives us a good sense about the chronology and history of the building and how ...
Jerusalem, Palestine and Israel with Ilan Pappe
September 21, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 156 MBSeason 3 ends with a fantastic guest: Ilan Pappe. In this intimate episode, the most famous Israeli historian talks about his early life and work, the journey to discover the real meaning of Israeli rule over the Palestinians and how he started, through his work, to fight back and offer an alternative historical narrative from the traditional Zionist one. As we discussed his early work on the Husayni family we delved into the politics of Jerusalem and the growing criticism against segregatio...
Jerusalem in World War One: Leah Tannenbaum. Part 5
September 14, 2022 05:01 - 39 minutes - 90 MBThe month is ending, but not the more or less naughty comments being made about the projected wedding of Djemal Pasha with a beautiful Jewish lady named Leah Tennenbaum. The news seemed so unlikely to me that I gave it the least importance, but it persists, and there is no one in the city who is not commenting on it. – Consul Conde de Ballobar, Jerusalem, 31 May 1915. In this final episode of Jerusalem in World War One, I will bring to you the stories of Leah Tannenbaum and Abcarius Bey. L...
Jerusalem in World War One: Conde de Ballobar. Part 4.
September 07, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 153 MBIn the summer 1913, a young Spanish diplomat set out for the Holy Land in order to take office as the Spanish consul in Jerusalem. Antonio de la Cierva y Lewita, Count of Ballobar arrived in Jerusalem during an extremely problematic period for the Ottoman Empire: constantly under internal and external threats. Central to Ballobar’s mission in Jerusalem was the protection and support of the Spanish clergy and properties in the region: in particular, of the Custody of the Holy Land that had ju...
Jerusalem in World War One: Otis Glazebrook and America in Palestine
July 27, 2022 05:01 - 53 minutes - 123 MBIn this third installment of Jerusalem in World War One, I will explore the role of America in Palestine and of the American Consul Otis Glazebrook. U.S. humanitarian activity in Jerusalem, and Palestine as a whole, from the early nineteenth century onward challenges the traditional view that the United States played a relatively marginal role in the region until the end of World War II. In this episode we will see that American aid, initially understood as a religious duty of individuals, w...
Why is Beitar Jerusalem the most political football club in the world with Shaul Adar
July 20, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 150 MBIn December 2020, an Israeli football club made worldwide headlines. The news that a UAE royal had bought 50 per cent of Beitar's shares shook Israel and the football world. Beitar, proclaimed by some of its own fans as 'the most racist club in the country', is a club like no other in Israel. While Israeli football as a whole is a space where Israelis of all ethnicities and foreigners can co-exist, Beitar won't even sign a Muslim player for fear of its own far-right supporters' group, La Fam...