Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast

Dr Yair Wallach, author of 'A City in Fragment' takes us around the city of Jerusalem through urban text like street names and signs, graffiti at the Western Wall and the he also tells us the story of Gad Frumkin who lived in Jerusalem through three different eras. Originally published on 04/21/2021 Welcome to Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast. This is the new link and home of Jerusalem U...

In this episode Dr Eldad Brin talks about the history of the Jerusalem Airport and then, as a professional tourist guide, Eldad talks about his work in the city. Originally published on 04/14/2021 Welcome to Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast. This is the new link and home of Jerusalem Unplugged, all old and new interviews will be published through the new link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

This is the first episode dedicated to Jerusalem and its food. Pastry Chef Ibrahim Abu Seir, born and raised in the old city, talks about his career and making European pastries in the Old City of Jerusalem. Chef Abu Seir also told us the story of his family that brought Knafeh made with cheese from Nablus. Here is the link to the business of Chef Abu Seir https://www.facebook....

In this episode Maryvelma Smith O'Neil talks about the Mughrabi quarter and  her attempt to digitally reconstruct this neighborhood which was destroyed in 1967. http://www.mughrabiquarter.info/  Originally published on 03/24/2021 Welcome to Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast. This is the new link and home of Jerusalem Unplugged, all old and new interviews will be published through the new...

Tamar Haddad, author of the Future of Palestine, talks about being a young woman in Jerusalem in the 21st century, the challenges and the change that is possible. She also talks about discrimination and the ways in which this can be faced and tackled. In the end, Tamar talks about her Jerusalem while being far away. https://www.amazon.com/Future-Palestine-Discrimination-Hinders...

Issam Nassar in this episodes remembers his childhood in Jerusalem through smells and sounds. Issam then shares his passion for photography and he  then talks about Wasif Jawhariyyeh, a Christian Palestinian who left us with an amazing diary and memoirs of the Mandate era, showing a Jerusalem full of life, often neglected and forgotten.  Issam Nassar is a Palestinian histo...

Maya de Vries Kedem is an ethnographic researcher who loves to be at the field-site and believe that a good research can lead to action. She is interested in social media, digital activism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem/al-Quds. She is teaching at the Swiss Center for Conflict resolution and the Department of Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. S...

Rachel Lev, curator and exhibition designer of the American Colony, tells us the history of this unique institution in Jerusalem. The Colony, nowadays a hotel, used to be the hub for early American millennialists. Members of the colony then establish"&"ed various businesses in the city mingling and interacting with the local population.  Originally published on 02/24/2...

In this episode Fr. Thomas Hummel tells us about the history of Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem and its various interpretations. Fr Hummel also tells us stories of Protestant and Orthodox pilgrims in the 19th century, how their trip unfolded, what "&"they visited, collected and took home with them.  Thom believes that when you discuss globalization, “it is not just a...

In this episode, Kimberly Katz discusses the little known period of Jordanian rule of Jerusalem and shared her research experience in the city in the 1990s, she also explores stamps issued by the Jordanian government in order to gain legitimacy. Last"&"ly, Kimberly is presenting the diary of the young Palestinian, Sami 'Amr, who spent the WW2 era between Jerusalem and...

In this episode scholar and artist Sary Zananiri tells us how Jerusalem was  captured in Western photography and then discusses his exhibitions  focussing on the very controversial Mamilla mall. Originally published 02/03/2021 Welcome to Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast. This is the new link and home of Jerusalem Unplugged, all old and new interviews will be published through the new link. Ho...

Mona Hajjar Halaby, founder of the photographic collection available at the Facebook Page British Mandate Jerusalemites Pictures  (https://www.facebook.com/BMJerusalemitesPhotoLib) and author of 'In My Mother's Footsteps: a Palestinian Refugee Returns Home'  tells us of Jerusalem during the British Mandate through the memory of her  mother and the thousand of pictures collected...

In this first episode of Jerusalem Unplugged I interviewed Salim Tamari, a scholar, a friend and mentor. Salim Tamari is a sociologist with a long list of publications about Jerusalem, particularly the late Ottoman era. In this conversation we talked about history but we also talked about his life and his memories of Jerusalem in the 1960s. Originally published on 01/20/2021 Welcome to Jerusalem U...