Holy Wars and Sacred Ground: Live from Atlanta with Yardena Schwartz

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Noam Weissman interviews Yardena Schwartz about pivotal moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In this special live episode from Atlanta, Noam Weissman sits down with journalist and author Yardena Schwartz to explore two of the most contested places on earth: Al-Aqsa and Hebron. Drawing on Yardena's book Ghosts of a Holy War, they unpack six pivotal but underknown moments in the conflict's history, from the 1903 Kishinev pogrom to the 1977 Mahapach. Along the way, they trace how disinformation, religious identity, and competing claims to sacred ground shaped the crisis we see today. Please follow Yardena Schwartz's website and learn more about Ghosts of a Holy War. https://www.yardenaschwartz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/yardenas Filmed live at The Dupree: www.thedupree.org Visit jewishlives.org to explore and buy books from the Jewish Lives book series. Use the discount code JLIFE to get a discount. To sponsor an episode or to be in touch, please email noam@unpacked.media. Check out this episode on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This podcast is brought to you by Unpacked, an OpenDor Media brand .------------------- For other podcasts from Unpacked, check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jewish History…

People in this episode

Host: Noam Weissman

Guest: Yardena Schwartz

Topics covered

• Israeli history
• conflict
• religious identity
• disinformation
• sacred ground

Keywords

• Israeli history
• Al-Aqsa
• Hebron
• Yardena Schwartz
• Ghosts of a Holy War
• disinformation
• religious identity

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ghosts of a Holy War

Places: Atlanta, Al-Aqsa, Hebron

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