Jew Oughta Know
By Jason Harris
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From ancient history to current events, take yourself on a journey through the story of the Jewish People, from someone who has led hundreds of Jewish young professionals on trips throughout Israel. From the beginning of creation to modern Israel, each short episode is geared to appeal both to someone looking for the Jewish 101, as well as to those looking to go a bit beyond the basic story they already know. Check out the website at https://jewoughtaknow.com/. Enjoy!
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201. Israel at War, Explained: Day 738
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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200. Israel at War, Explained: The Changing Middle East, Part 2
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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199. Israel at War: The Changing Middle East, Part 1
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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198. Israel at War, Explained: War With Iran
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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197. Israel at War, Explained: Netanyahu's Middle East Pickle
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May 25, 2025 |
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196. Israel at War, Explained: Trump's Double Game on Antisemitism
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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195. Israel at War, Explained: Is Trump a Threat to the Jewish State?
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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194. Israel at War, Explained: What To Do About the Palestinians
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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193. Israel at War, Explained: Three Hostages Come Home -- What's Next?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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192. Israel At War, Explained: Words Against Humanity
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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191. Re-Release! Hanukah: One Bad King and a Bunch of Non-Kosher Oil
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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190. Israel at War, Explained: This Changes Everything
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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189. Israel at War, Explained: Is Israel Adrift?
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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188. Israel at War, Explained: Following the Money
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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187. Israel at War, Explained: Antisemitism on the Ballot
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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186. Update! Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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185. Israel at War, Explained: War With Hezbollah
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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184. Israel at War, Explained: Why Isn't There a Hostage Deal?
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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183. Israel at War, Explained: Netanyahu's Speech to Congress
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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182. Israel at War, Explained: The Upside-Down Hostage Rescue
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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181. Israel at War, Explained: Biden's Arms Embargo
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May 20, 2024 |
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180. Israel at War, Explained: The Hostages
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May 12, 2024 |
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179. Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 3
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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178. Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 2
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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177. Israel at War, Explained: Getting to a Palestinian State, Part 1
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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176. Israel at War, Explained: Eyes on Lebanon
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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175. Israel at War, Explained: Reoccupy Gaza?
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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174. Israel at War Explained: What's the Deal?
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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173. Israel at War, Explained: The ICJ Ruling
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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172. Israel at War, Explained: Palestinian Perspectives
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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171. Israel at War, Explained: Israel on Trial for Genocide
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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170. Israel at War, Explained: Where We Are, Entering 2024
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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169. Israel at War, Explained: the IDF and the Laws of War
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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168. Israel at War, Explained: Conversations Not Worth Having
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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167. Israel at War, Explained: The United Nations
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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166. Israel at War, Explained: The West Bank
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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165. Israel at War, Explained: The Hostage Deal
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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164. Israel at War, Explained: "Never Again"
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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163. Israel at War, Explained: "From the River to the Sea"
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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162. Israel at War, Explained: The Options for Gaza
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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161. Israel at War, Explained: The PR War
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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160. Israel at War, Explained: Iran & Hezbollah
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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159. Israel at War, Explained: Hamas & Gaza
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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158. Israel at War, Explained. Oct 15
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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157. Israel 1967-1977: Scenario 21
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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156. Israel 1967-1977: Black September
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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155. Israel 1967-1977: The "Not Nice Boys"
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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154. Israel 1967-1977: The Eighteen
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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153. Israel 1967-1977: Settlements: Hebron
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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152. Israel 1967-1977: Golda
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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151. Israel 1967-1977: The Three No's
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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150. Israel 1967-1977: The Second Settlement: Kfar Etzion
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May 14, 2023 |
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149. Israel 1967-1977: The First Settlement: Merom Golan
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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148. Israel 1967-1977: The Occupation Begins
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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147. Israel 1967-1977: The Jerusalem Decisions
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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146. Israel 1967-1977: The Seventh Day
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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145. Israel 1967-1977: The Six Day War
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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144. Israel 1967-1977: "The Temple Mount Is In Our Hands"
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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143. Current Events: West Bank Violence, Explained
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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142. Current Events: Israel's Judicial Crisis Explained
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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141. Current Events: Israeli Elections 2022
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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140. Ten Philosophers: Mordecai Kaplan
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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139. Ten Philosophers: The Baal Shem Tov
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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138. Ten Philosophers: Baruch Spinoza
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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137. Ten Philosophers: Isaac Luria
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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136. Ten Philosophers: Maimonides
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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135. Ten Philosophers: Judah HaLevi
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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134. Ten Philosophers: Saadia Gaon
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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133. Ten Philosophers: Rabbi Akiva
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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132. Ten Philosophers: Philo of Alexandria
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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131. Ten Philosophers: Hillel the Elder
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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130. TFTYOS: Back to the Beginning
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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129. TFTYOS: Who Wrote the Bible?
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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128. TFTYOS: The Birth of Judaism
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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127. TFTYOS: The Babylonian Exile: Return
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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126. TFTYOS: The Babylonian Exile: Creativity
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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125. TFTYOS: The Babylonian Exile: Crisis
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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124. TFTYOS: The Lost Book
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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123. TFTYOS: A Tale of Two Kings
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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122. TFTYOS: Hezekiah's Hinge Moment
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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121. TFTYOS: The Fall of Israel
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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120. Evil Queens, Hapless Kings, and a Prophet Who Doesn't Die
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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119. TFTYOS: The Split
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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118. TFTYOS: The Glory and Fall of King Solomon
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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117. Current Events: The Siege of Balfour
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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116. TFTYOS: Why Jerusalem?
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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115. Current Events: Roadblocks
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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114. TFTYOS: The Men Who Would Be King
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May 23, 2021 |
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113: Current Events: The Power Imbalance
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May 21, 2021 |
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112. TFTYOS: The Era of the Judges
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May 16, 2021 |
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111. Current Events: Sheik Jarrah, Jerusalem, Hamas
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May 13, 2021 |
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110. TFTYOS: The Covenant
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May 09, 2021 |
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109. TFTYOS: The Hitchhiking God
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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108: TFTYOS: Conquest or Settlement?
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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107: TFTYOS: Did the Exodus From Egypt Ever Really Happen?
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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106. TFTYOS: Princes of Egypt
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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105. TFTYOS: The Flood Stories of Mesopotamia
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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104: TFTYOS: A Rift In the World
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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103. Israel 1948-1967: The Israeli Dream
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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102. Israel 1948-1967: The Waiting Period
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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101. Israel 1948-1967: Israel & America
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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100. Israel 1948-1967: Meet Yasser Arafat
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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99. Current Events: Israel-UAE Peace Deal
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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98. Israel 1948-1967: The Spies
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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97. Israel 1948-1967: Water, Water!
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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96. Israel 1948-1967: The Events of Wadi Salib
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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95. Israel 1948-1967: The Teenage Years
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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94. Current Events: Are Jews White?
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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93. Current Events: Black-Jewish Relations
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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92. Israel 1948-1967: The Eichmann Trial Part 2
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May 25, 2020 |
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91. Israel 1948-1967: The Eichmann Trial Part 1
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May 25, 2020 |
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90. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann In the Safe House
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May 18, 2020 |
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89. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann Captured
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May 18, 2020 |
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88. Israel 1948-1967: Eichmann On the Run
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May 18, 2020 |
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87. Israel 1948-1967: The Samson Option
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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86. Israel 1948-1967: The Sinai Campaign
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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85. Israel 1948-1967: Eulogy for Roi Rotberg
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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84. Israel 1948-1967: Sde Boker
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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83: Israel 1948-1967: The Jewish State, Religious Version
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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82. Israel 1948-1967: The Jewish State, Secular Version
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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81. Israel 1948-1967: Blood Money
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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80. Israel 1948-1967: The Law of Return
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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79. Israel 1948-1967: On Wings of Eagles
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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78. Israel 1948-1967: The Nakba (Catastrophe)
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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77. Israel 1948-1967: Narratives
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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76. Israel 1948-1967: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Just Vote Left All the Time
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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75. Israel 1948-1967: Expulsion
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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74. Israel 1948-1967: Twenty Miles from Tel Aviv
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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73. Israel 1948-1967: The Almost Civil War
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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72. Israel 1948-1967: The First Day
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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71. Israel 1948-1967: The Declaration
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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70. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: the Ark of the Covenant
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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69. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Messiah
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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68. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Dead Sea Scroll Treasure
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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67. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Iraqi Jewish Archive
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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66. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Gilgal Refaim
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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65. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Holocaust Mysteries
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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64. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Ten Lost Tribes
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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63. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?
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May 19, 2019 |
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62. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Lost Menorah
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May 12, 2019 |
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61. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Golem
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May 05, 2019 |
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60. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: The Schneerson Collection
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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59. Unsolved Jewish Mysteries: King David's Tomb
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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58. The Decision
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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57. Original Sin
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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56. Civil War in Palestine
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Jan 27, 2019 |
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55. Partition
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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54. The Ship That Launched a Nation
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Nov 18, 2018 |
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53. The Sergeants Affair
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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52. Prison Break!
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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51. The Downward Spiral, and Then Boom
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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50. The Hunting Season
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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49. Dearest Mother, A Million Thanks
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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48. Begin's War Begins
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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47. The Warrior Gods
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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46. The National Sport
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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45. The Anonymous Soldiers
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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44. Is This How Zionism Ends?
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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43. You Two Need to Separate
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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42. Add Nazis, Stir
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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41. The Deal With the Devil
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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40. 1929
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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39. Current Events: Iran, Jerusalem, Gaza
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May 21, 2018 |
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38. Einstein, and Other People Ben-Gurion Didn't Like
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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37. Building the Iron Wall
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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36. So It Begins
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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35. Lord Balfour Has Something To Declare
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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34. The British Are Coming
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Mar 18, 2018 |
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33. To Arms!
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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32. Meet Me at the Kibbutz
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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31. In the Land of Poetry
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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30. Interview: The Trial of SS Officer Oskar Groening
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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29. Hanukah -- One Bad King and a Bunch of Non-Kosher Oil
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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28. M'daber Ivrit? (Speak Hebrew?)
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Dec 10, 2017 |
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27. Who Came First?
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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26. The New Jew
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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25. Let's Bring the Jewish
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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24: Zionism is a Tree
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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23. J'Accuse!
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Sep 03, 2017 |
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22. The Czar Is Dead
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Aug 27, 2017 |
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21. Live from the Western Wall…
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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20. The End of an Era
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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19. Fashion Forward…to Egypt!
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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18. Run, Jacob, Run!
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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17. Two Wives for the Price of Two
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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16. The Jason Cake
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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15. Isaac, the John Adams of Jewish History
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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14. The Death of Sarah and Abraham
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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13. Fortunate Son
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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12. Current Events: Settlements and Amona
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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11. Sodom and Gomorrah
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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10. The Couple From Ur
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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9. Friends In (Actually High) Places
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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8. Nudity! Snakes! Murder!
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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7. The Beginning of All Things
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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6. Whole Lotta Books
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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5. The Guy Who Found the Torah
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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4. Current Events: UNESCO
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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3. Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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2. The Jewish Calendar
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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1. Welcome to Jew Oughta Know!
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Aug 09, 2017 |