Safed
city in northern Israel
Episodes
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#5445: Israel's Periphery: Why It's Not About DistanceWhat "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment. -
#5228: Why Israeli Road Signs Still Spell It "TiqwaIsrael's Academy of the Hebrew Language is finally standardizing how place names get written in English — but the Q on the signs has survived every... -
#5809: What If Israel Had Never Fallen? A 2,000-Year Thought ExperimentHannah's question: what would Israel look like if it had stayed under Jewish rule for 2,000 years — and was antisemitism structural or circumstantial? -
#5803: Who Built Jerusalem's Old City Walls?The stone ring around Jerusalem's Old City is younger than you think — and the legend about its architects is wrong. -
#5640: When Going to the Gym Meant Saving Your SoulThe word "asceticism" started as Greek for athletic training. How did it end up on top of a pillar — and why does Judaism push back? -
#5539: Gilgul: How Judaism's Soul Recycling Actually WorksReincarnation is absent from the Hebrew Bible and Talmud — so how did gilgul become central to Kabbalah and Hasidic life?