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I was privileged to visit the alter on Har Eval (Mount Ebal) as described in the Bible. This is a brief overview of the site and a biography of the man who discovered it, the Prof. Adam Zertal who became an archeologist after recovering from an injury in the Yom Kippur War. Get full access to Jewish History Moment podcast with Ben Bresky at benbresky.substack.com/subscribe

Tracey Shipley talks about Jerusalem Woodstock and music as a way to help troubled teens. Nadav, a manager at the Silo Cafe talks about the history of the unique site. The Jerusalem train station was inaugurated in 1892 after much effort by Yosef Navon, a community leader from a prominent Sephardic Jerusalem family. After funding by Jewish investors, the Land of Israel’s first modern train was ina...

I attended the Hutzot Hayotzer festival in Jerusalem were I saw hand-made arts, crafts, jewelry and clothing from Israel and around the world, plus food and music. This festival dates back to the late 1960s when Jerusalem was reunited. Back in the late 1890s, the area was home to the Jewish neighborhood of Jurat al-Anab which featured one of the first Berman’s Bakery flour mills. Also, learn about...

The annual Aharit Hayamim Festival in Gush Etzion is organized by a family whose roots in the region go back to the pre-state days. Hear interviews from Grammy-nominated musicians Yossi Fine, Nachman Solomon of the Solomon Brothers, guitar wiz Lazer Lloyd, and new up-and-coming band Shlepping Nachas. For my full-length article in the Jerusalem Post see here: The 'Jewish indie rave' music festival...

Meet the innovative graduate students from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design department of industrial design. Plus, a brief history of the school, founded in 1906 by Boris Schatz. Student projects featured: Rafael Amzallag: ultra-light easy-to-use tent, Sunny Lustov: Underwater structures for coral reef cooling, Shi Sharabi: couples therapy candles, Hye Seo Chang: AI stuffed animal sleep aide...

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The Jewish Legion was the first Jewish fighting force since the time of the Romans. Formed during World War I, they comprised soldiers from the United States, Canada, Europe, the land of Israel and included Sephardic, Ashkenazic, religious and secular troops. Included in the podcast are the voices of Gilbert Sandler, an historian from Baltimore who talks about American recruits and Jack Wolofsky w...

Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is a solemn fast day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Holy temple in Jerusalem. In this podcast I discuss my experiences on Tisha B’Av at the Kotel, on Mount Herodium and more. Get full access to Jewish History Moment podcast with Ben Bresky at benbresky.substack.com/subscribe

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Photos from the plaques on Zev Jabotinsky’s home in Jerusalem, from the Jabotinsky memorial service in 2016 and more. This podcast is a brief biography of the Zionist leader Zev Jabotinsky who helped start the Jewish Legion, the Betar youth movement, and was jailed by the British in the wake of the 1920 riots. Included is rare audio of Jabotinsky speaking in English and excerpts from a 1934 film i...

Rest in Peace Rabbi Sholom Gold. A biography of an American-Jewish rabbi in Israel whose speeches and articles on Torah, Zionism and Aliyah have been ubiquitous in Israel’s English-speaking community for over 40 years. Plus, the history of the Orthodox Union and its founder Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes, a Sephardic American leader who championed Zionism in its early years and composed melodies we st...

Young American yeshiva students rock out at Unity of the Bands Ben Bresky Published: Mar 10, 2009 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/130359 English-speaking yeshiva students studying in Israel competed against each other at Unity of the Bands. The contest drew an audience of 700 at Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue this past Saturday night. Thirteen different bands competed. Unity of the Bands drew...

The town of Tekoa has it’s roots in the Bible as the hometown of Amos the prophet and many other biblical figures. Today it is a thriving township of over 4,000 people locate din the Gush Etzion region, south of Jerusalem. I visited Tekoa this past week for the 8th  Tekoa Beer festival. About 3,500 people from around the country attended the event which featured locally brewed beers and other beve...

In lieu of attended Vegan Fest in Tel Aviv, this podcast serves as a brief history of vegan and vegetarian beliefs in the Jewish community. Meet Fania Lewando, author of a 1938 Yiddish Vegetarian Kosher Cookbook who ran a kosher vegetarian restaurant in Vilna. Plus, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook and his teachings on the vegetarian diet as related by his top student rabbi David Cohen the Nazir. What...

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