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Israel Beat
Hosted by Ben Bresky · history · EN
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Jewish History Moment with Ben Bresky is a podcast about Jewish and Israeli history. benbresky.substack.com
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Who hosts Israel Beat?
Israel Beat is hosted by Ben Bresky. The show has published 134 episodes to date.
What has Israel Beat covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Martin Luther King, Rabbi Joachim Prinz and the March on Washington" (8 May 2026, 12 minutes), "Who’s the Bully? Decoding Bob Dylan’s song about Israel" (16 April 2026, 10 minutes), and "Let My People Watch: Your Favorite Passover Movies" (30 March 2026, 11 minutes).
How often does Israel Beat publish?
Israel Beat publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 134 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Israel Beat?
Booking probability for Israel Beat is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Israel Beat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Israel Beat's contact route on record: verified email.
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Ben Bresky hosts Israel Beat, a history podcast with 134 episodes published.
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Apr 16, 202610 minS0<p>Is Bob Dylan’s song Neighborhood Bully a pro- Zionist anthem? Hear the inside story of the celebrated singer-songwriter’s `concerts in Israel and his 1980s song Neighborhood Bully. Is it a witty defense of a...
Mar 30, 202611 minS0<p>Fun facts about your favorite Passover themed films, submitted by the listeners. Learn the behind-the-scenes tidbits about Cecil B DeMille’s Ten Commandments such as his Jewish connection and his prior silent movie...
Mar 12, 20268 minS0<p>When Italian fascists invaded Ethiopia, Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari) took refuge in the Land of Israel. Hear rare audio from him and his daughter Princess Tsehai and how the Jewish community helped the exiled emperor...
Feb 12, 202613 minS0<p>Interview with Eilat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Museum who spearheaded the move to reopen the Rockefeller post-Oct. 7th and share it’s splendor with the public.</p><p>From ancient menorah symbols to...
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Feb 2, 202618 minS0<p>On this Tu Bishvat special, meet Avi Friedman and Ariela Solomon as they talk about their inspiration for buying a tract of land in Israel’s north to revolutionize farming methods and teach a Jewish environmentally...
Jan 29, 20268 minS0<p>Join me as I travel to the Hasidic village of Kfar Chabad where I visited the rebbe’s office in 770 and wrote a kvitel. Learn about the etrog trees, and the humble beginnings of the displaced persons from the...
Nov 6, 20259 minS0<p>The ruins of ancient Beersheba attest to the importance of the city where Abraham lived. But the most intriguing artifact is the horned altar. This is one of the idolatrous “high places” King Hezekiah ordered torn...
Oct 29, 202534 minS0<p></p><p>Yael Driver is the editor of the new book Dance of the Fire: The Jewish Brigade in WW2: Facts, Myths, Appraisal, based on the memoir of her father Shlomo Shamir, covert commander of the Brigade. She sheds some...
Oct 23, 202517 minS0<p>Interview with Cynthia Hannah of the new online course, The Land God Chose: What the Bible ACTUALLY says about Israel. Cynthia has spent over a decade studying Hebrew Scriptures and the wisdom of Chassidic...
Sep 4, 202521 minS0<p>The diary of Glikl Bas Leib of Hamburg, begun in the 1690s, holds invaluable historic insight into Jewish life in Europe. Meet Mat and Julie Tonti who are turning Glikl’s Yiddish writings into a graphic novel for...
Aug 21, 202514 minS0<p>The underdogs of basketball defeated the Soviet team in a dramatic game that led to the championship. Meet Tal Brody, the American Jew who made Aliyah and led the team to victory when he uttered the now famous words...
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The Polish Rabbis Who Founded Bnei Brak
Aug 14, 202512 minS0<p>The Hasidic Jews who founded Bnei Brak on an empty plot of land near Tel Aviv in 1924 left their middle-class homes and businesses to fulfill their dream of living in the Land of Israel. Meet Rabbi Isaac Gerstenkorn...
Aug 6, 20259 minS0<p>Interview with musician Yativ Leucher on the Aharit Hayamim festival a “Jewish indie rave festival” held every year in Gush Etzion. </p><p>He tells the story of his grandparents who helped found Kibbutz Masuot...
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Dinosaur Footprints Near Jerusalem
Jul 24, 20256 minS0<p>Learn about the picturesque agricultural community of Beit Zayit, just north of Jerusalem, founded by hard working Jewish immigrants, one of whom discovered ancient fossilized dinosaur tracks.</p><p>Learn about the...
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Shofar Adventures Around the World
Jul 10, 202515 minS0<p>Meet Nili Salem, author of the new book Awesome Blast: 40 Days of Shofar Intentions, Soul-Healing, and Spiritual Return. She discusses the history of the ram’s horn in Jewish tradition and spiritual religious ritual...
Jul 6, 20259 minS0<p>Israeli’s flourishing metropolis had humble beginnings as a barren sand dune. Learn about the seashell lottery which started the first Hebrew city and the personalities that built it such as Akiva Aryeh Weiss of the...
Jun 25, 202530 minS0<p>Travel with me to a picturesque harp workshop to meet the husband-and-wife team of Micah and Shoshanna Harrari who build hand-crafted wooden harps based on the Bible. Learn about the history of the ancient Megiddo...
Jun 5, 202513 minS0<p>Col. David “Mickey” Marcus gave his life defending Jerusalem during the War of Independence. Find out how a Jewish kid from the rough streets of Brooklyn ended up a West Point graduate and part of the D-Day invasion...
May 28, 202519 minS0<p>Dr. Ido Noy was an art historian specializing in medieval Jewish art. But when COVID-19 hit, he rediscovered his childhood passion for Garbage Pail Kids and found others who grew up in the 1980s felt the same...
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