Momentum Trip 2023

Documentary: The Birth of A State

Timeline of Main Events in the History of Israel - downloadable PDF

Interactive Timeline of Israel History

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1894 Dreyfus – An Affair to Remember - Podcast  + VIDEO

1897 Herzl and the Non-Promised Promise Land  - Podcast  

1948 Deir Yassin:  The Battle for Truth  - Podcast + VIDEO

1948 The Altalena:  Israel’s (Almost) civil War    - Podcast + VIDEO

1973  Yom Kippur War:  A National catastrophe    - Podcast + VIDEO I + VIDEO II

1974 Ma’a lot Masssacre  - Podcast 

1987 The First Intifada:  A Grass Roots Movement    - Podcast 

2000 The Second Intifada:  Trauma and Tragedy  - Podcast 

2005 Gush Katif and Leaving Gaza   - Podcast 

Hebrew :  A Dead Language Revived - Podcast + VIDEO

Hatikvah:  The Story Behind the Anthem    - Podcast + VIDEO

Hamas -  how they changed the rules of war - Podcast 

*MORE HISTORY VIDEOS CAN BE FOUND HERE*

Six Stories about the Protests in Israel  - Podcast

Long form interviews with thought leaders on Israeli topics.

• Philosopher Micah Goodman: Preventing Civil War

• Emi Palmor, Past Justice Head: A Stronger Post Crisis Israel   

• Uri Regev  (Reform rabbi and activisit): Averting a Theocracy  

ARTICLES

THOMAS FRIEDMAN (New York Times: requires subscription)

• What in the World is Happening in Israel

• You Can’t Trust Netanyahu

• American Jews, you have to choose sides

• The Israel we Knew is Gone

• Netanyahu is Shattering Israeli Society

ARTICLES BY MATTI FRIEDMAN 

• Eight Thoughts on Israel’s Political Crisis   Tablet https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/eight-thoughts-israel-political-crisis

• An Open Letter To Israel’s Friends In North America Times of Israel

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-israels-friends-in-north-america/

• 8 Tips for reading about Israel   Sapir  https://sapirjournal.org/social-justice/2021/04/eight-tips-for-reading-about-israel/

• Israel’s Problems are not Like America’s  Atlantic   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/americanization-israeli-palestinian-debate-blm/618967/

ZIONISM:   The Tablet Guide  (tabletmagstore.com)

MY PROMISED LAND  Ari Shavit   

THE ZIONIST IDEAS  Gil Troy  (Classic and modern texts on Zionist)

THE ZIONIST IDEA  Arthur Hertzberg  (classic texts on Zionism)

CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?  Daniel Sokatch   (By the leader of the New Israel Fund, a progressive takes an honest look at the issues and conflicts in Israel)  

ISRAEL 201  Benji Lovett and Joel Chasnoff  (an insightful and humor-filled  look at the complexities of modern Israel by liberal Americans living there) 

ISRAEL: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth    Noa Tishby   (by Israel actor and  special enjoy on antisemitism and delegitimization, and so is focused on the Israeli point of view)

FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM  Thomas Friedman  (an excellent foundation for the region and its political history)

A LETTER TO MY PALESTINIAN NEIGHBOR  Yossi Klein Halevi    (a heartfelt and honest letter by and Israeli oleh explaining why Israel matters but also exploring the Palestinian experience)