This Week Unpacked

When Air France Flight 139 took off from Tel Aviv on the morning of June 27th, 1976, no one could have suspected that the soon-to-be-hijacked flight was about to lead to one of the world's most daring and risky rescue missions. In the first episode of season two, Noam Weissman unpacked Operation Thunderbolt, Israel's successful secret operation to rescue the passengers, and asks, does this story have enduring lessons for us today?

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Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Alan Fisher and Barbara Sommer, and Jon and Rachie Teller.

This episode is generously sponsored by Marci and Alex S. Kaufman.

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Sources

• https://www.amazon.com/Skies-Belong-Us-Terror-Hijacking/dp/0307886115

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As Americans process the rapid fall of Afghanistan’s government, desperation and chaos in Kabul, and implications for U.S. security, Israelis are discussing how this impacts the Jewish state. We unpack the history of the Taliban and Israeli reactions to the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover.

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Sources

https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1427682700278779911

https://jewishunpacked.com/afghanistans-last-jew-is-staying-for-personal-reasons/

https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/18/afghanistan-under-taliban-pub-85168

https://palwatch.org/page/26098

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/08/18/israel-concerned-as-hamas-taliban-flout-close-ties/

https://twitter.com/EinatWilf/status/1427808430698418181

https://twitter.com/bogie_yaalon/status/1426839356292190211

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/how-the-taliban-takeover-changes-the-dynamics-in-a-biden-bennett-meeting-analysis-677094

https://israelpolicyforum.org/2021/08/19/limits-on-lessons-from-the-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal/

https://www.cfr.org/blog/afghanistan-and-abraham-accords-0

https://www.axios.com/naftali-bennett-biden-visit-afghanistan-israel-0e6ab022-fd13-4e5f-a63a-bf380e34dd5e.html

https://twitter.com/gaby_lasky/status/1427639897209331713

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A recent survey by the Jewish Electorate Institute found that 25% of American Jewish voters agreed that Israel is an apartheid state, and 22% agreed that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians. Is this an accurate picture of the American Jewish community, and how did we even get to this point?

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Sources

https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/unpacking-sheikh-jarrah/id1560896227?i=1000521655806

https://www.jta.org/2021/07/13/politics/sizeable-minorities-of-us-jewish-voters-believe-israel-is-guilty-of-genocide-apartheid

https://unpacked.education/video/does-israel-act-as-an-apartheid-state/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-21-08-17&utm_campaign=ued-reengagement

https://open.spotify.com/episode/36ndcilVvIDEY2ef6VKLk6?si=3ta_T3phR8aa3-yMQ2x02Q&dl_branch=1

https://www.jta.org/2021/07/15/united-states/more-american-jews-are-calling-israel-an-apartheid-state-and-big-organizations-are-struggling-to-fight-the-trend

https://forward.com/news/473044/what-if-a-quarter-of-jews-really-do-think-israel-is-a-genocidal-apartheid/

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-israel-s-standing-in-america-is-now-far-weaker-than-it-seems-1.10068426

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/it-is-time-to-engage-the-south-africans-in-israel/

https://danielgordis.substack.com/p/american-jews-and-israel-shifting

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17iNzy0uThn6YECqiBx9t_R-WAHF7m2Kkxxiq8v0IfPA/edit

https://www.jns.org/opinion/in-america-corbyn-won/

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-un-jews-natan-sharansky

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Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Immediately afterward, his mother revealed that her son is unable to get married in Israel because he is not Jewish according to traditional Jewish law. We unpack the history of Israel’s marriage laws and Israeli perspectives on whether these laws should change.

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Sources

https://unpacked.education/video/the-law-of-return/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-21-08-10&utm_campaign=ued-reengagement

https://unpacked.education/video/who-is-a-jew/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-21-08-10&utm_campaign=ued-reengagement

https://unpacked.education/video/resolution-181-the-zionist-dream-comes-true/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-21-08-10&utm_campaign=ued-reengagement

https://unpacked.education/how-does-israel-compare-to-religiously-extreme-countries/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=weekly-21-08-10&utm_campaign=ued-reengagement

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/can-we-sort-out-the-concept-of-civil-liberties-in-a-jewish-state-668055

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/65-percent-of-israeli-public-support-civil-marriage-report-676162

https://en.idi.org.il/articles/28411

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/lapid-michaeli-vow-to-enable-medal-winner-to-marry-675623

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/religious-services-minister-announces-far-reaching-kashrut-reforms-674416

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/id-marry-him-in-an-instant/

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/bennett-can-liberate-israel-from-haredi-chains-on-religion-opinion-675994

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This week, Avi and Sara discuss Britney Spears’ conservatorship and the Free Britney movement through a Jewish lens, one you never expected. It’s time to #FreeBritney.

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Sources

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-full-statement-conservatorship-1235003940

https://www.etzion.org.il/en/shiur-09kevod-ha-beriyot-%D7%A0more-human-dignity

http://newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/britney-spears-conservatorship-nightmare

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/politics/free-britney-bill-law.html

Pirkei Avot 3:8, 4:1

Genesis Rabbah 24:7

Talmud Gittin 52b

Shulhan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 290: 26

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Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would end its sales of ice cream in the West Bank. How are Israelis reacting to this decision, and will this boycott influence other countries to boycott the settlements or Israel? How should we teach our students about boycotts against Israel and the settlements?

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Sources

https://open.spotify.com/show/2snXKBKP3rXeb9x6XquWmW

https://unpacked.education/air-bed-boycott/

https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/mcdonalds-should-not-be-allowed-at-ben-gurion-airport-because-it-boycotts-west-bank-settler-leader-says

https://unpacked.education/video/un-resolution-3379-is-zionism-racism/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8JAXUf97E

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-jewish-boycotts

https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/anti-jewish-boycott

https://twitter.com/giladerdan1/status/1417354587154042887

https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1417627132197548041

https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1417601631105990662

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/they-took-their-ice-cream-away-1.10015934

https://israelpolicyforum.org/2021/07/22/settle-mint-chip-brain-freeze/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ben-and-jerrys-boycott-hurts-palestinians/

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-fears-more-companies-will-follow-ben-jerry-s-boycott-1.10015215

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/ben-and-jerrys-israels-boycott-poses-unique-bds-threat-analysis-674458

https://twitter.com/JudahAriGross/status/1417733891348209669

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Former Labor party leader and Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was sworn in as Israel’s 11th president in an elaborate ceremony at the Knesset. We unpack Herzog’s background as a member of a prominent Israeli family and the role of the Israeli president.

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Sources

https://danielgordis.substack.com/p/they-sounded-the-horn-and-all-the

https://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-takes-office-as-israels-11th-president-warns-of-dangers-of-polarization/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/isaac-herzog-taps-eyal-shviki-as-director-general-of-presidents-residence-672283

https://unpacked.education/video/un-resolution-3379-is-zionism-racism/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8JAXUf97E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci5zZi5Zpb0

https://www.haaretz.com/the-most-radical-speech-an-israeli-president-ever-made-1.5370638

https://tlv1.fm/promised-podcast/2021/07/08/the-put-a-sock-in-it-edition/

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/reuven-rivlin-a-stable-president-for-unstable-times-editorial-673061

http://online.knesset.gov.il/media/yeshiva/97590/2021_07_07_16_29_50_16_29_50_0_97590.mp4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8JAXUf97E

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cpT6oFzWpC1PYh5ipRlIO?si=ObR47K9lTVG7DoSlV_R2vQ&dl_branch=1

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Following the creation of the state of Israel and the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, new questions emerged about whether and how to commemorate Tisha B’Av. Here’s why many Jews continue to view this as the saddest day of the year.

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Sources

• Mishna Taanit 4:6
• Gittin 55
• Yoma 90
• https://www.etzion.org.il/en/shiur-16sinat-chinnamand-destruction-temple
• http://text.rcarabbis.org/the-nahem-controversy-a-brief-summary-by-shlomo-brody/
• https://responsafortoday.com/en/fasting-until-after-minha-on-tisha-bav/
• https://schechter.edu/should-we-continue-to-fast-on-tisha-bav-and-other-fasts-which-commemorate-the-temples-destruction-responsa-in-a-moment-volume-4-issue-no-7-june-2010/

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Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a bill that would make it more difficult for Holocaust survivors and their families to recover property that was seized by the Nazis. Why did Poland pass this legislation, and what does it mean for the international Jewish community?

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Sources

• https://twitter.com/ADL/status/1408444874341355528
• https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/poland-holocaust-death-camps/552455/
• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-kielce-pogrom-a-blood-libel-massacre-of-holocaust-survivors
• https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/jewish-poland/.premium-new-law-in-poland-to-end-property-restitution-for-holocaust-survivors-1.9940416
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-israel-welcomes-softening-of-polish-holocaust-law-1.6219584
• https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1409204633445228547
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/86c53kg0p2ysnm5/18979300344-hdtv.mp4?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR3aREyxfF-Ui2ew-vNkEVqhLwOtTUSSeJ1pkOUpDNsUGfwrhX8erM0bZKo

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The Jewish Agency appointed Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh to become its first-ever Druze emissary to the U.S. Why is an Israeli Druze woman representing the Jewish Agency, and who are the Druze community?

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Sources

• https://unpacked.education/video/israeli-druze/
• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-why-israel-s-druze-community-is-up-in-arms-1.6316228
• https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/activity/Documents/BasicLawsPDF/BasicLawNationState.pdf
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/07/four-israeli-women-who-have-broken-new-political-ground/

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