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Hosted by Roberto Mazza · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 139 episodes
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I am Roberto Mazza and this is Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast. Jerusalem Unplugged is the only podcast dedicated exclusively to Jerusalem, its rich history, and its diverse people. Through in-depth conversations with scholars, activists, politicians, artists, journalists, religious figures, and community members, the podcast explores the complex layers of one of the world's most significant cities. Our conversations are designed to be intellectually challenging, moving beyond surface narratives to examine the nuanced realities of Jerusalem's past and present. Each episode provides substantive material for serious discussion, encouraging listeners to engage with the city's multifaceted stories from historical, political, cultural, and social perspectives. From archaeological discoveries and urban development to religious practices and daily life, Jerusalem Unplugged uncovers the Jerusalem you may never have heard of—offering fresh insights into a city where ancient his
Roberto Mazza hosts Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast, a education show with 139 episodes published.
In this episode I interviewed Roy Arpan, the author of Relative Strangers, a great book shedding light on a neglected community of Jerusalem and Palestine: the Dom Romani. Examining how memory, intergenerational transmis
Today I am recasting a talk I gave at the University of Parma in May 2026 discussing Christian Zionism. Thanks to the Universita' di Parma. Today we're diving into a topic that remains stubbornly relevant to understandin
In this new 'wheneverly' format, today my guests are Sabri and Fida Jiryis, author and translator of The Foundations of Zionism. Translated into English for the first time since its original publication by the PLO's Pale
In this first episode of 2026, the opener for season 7, I had the pleasure to interview my good friend and friend of the podcast Sary Zananiri about his latest book. This open access book offers the first in-depth apprai
Following the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine, Jews across the British Empire—from Jerusalem to Johannesburg, London to Calcutta—found themselves at the heart of global Jewish political discourse. As these intellec
Today I had the pleasure to interview two wonderful writers, Michael Kinnamon and Philip Graubart. Michael is the author of A Rooftop in Jerusalem: When Daniel Jacobs decides to spend his junior year abroad in Israel, he
With George we discuss his latest book that offers a comprehensive anthropological study of lived Christianity in Jerusalem’s Old City, with a special focus on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Church of the Anasta
I had the pleasure to engage in a very interesting conversation with Micaela Sahhar while we were sitting at the opposite end of the world. What does the daughter of a Nakba survivor inherit? It is not property or tangib
Here we are, the first episode after the long break. The first interview is with Toine van Teeffelen, a Dutch anthropologist and a Bethlehem resident. The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine is a narrative of a Christian
The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms—even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and
Until recently, Gaza attracted little attention in historical scholarship. This book innovates by examining late Ottoman Gaza’s diverse society, its built environment, and its political dynamics. The introduction sets th
My guest in this episode is Dr Mkhaimar Abusada, He received his PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996 and is an associate professor at Al-Azhar University of Gaza and the former chair of the university's
In this episode I have interviewed Erik Freas that recently has edited a volume published by Routledge looking at Palestinian Christians and the nationalist cause through the late Ottoman and Mandatory periods. This book
Today I had the pleasure to talk to Christopher Burhnham who recently published Sir Ronald Storrs Personality and Policy in Mandate Palestine, 1917-1926 with Routledge. While some may say that we already know enough on S
Today it's with great pleasure that I recast and interview that took place on October 2024 between Hawad Halabi and Ilan Pappe, both friends and guests of Jerusalem Unplugged. Ilan Pappe discussed his latest publication
In this first episode of the new year, I had the opportunity and pleasure to talk to Howard Eissenstat who currently is is an Laurentian Associate Professor of Middle East history and History Department Chair at St. Lawr
There is so much talking about Israel, the war on Gaza, Lebanon and now Syria, but what about Palestinian politics? In this episode I talked to Dana El Kurd a Palestinian political scientist with a deep knowledge and und
In the first episode of season 6 I have interviewed Maurcio Lapchik, the Director of External Relations at Peace Now (Shalom Akshav), the largest and longest-standing Israeli movement advocating for peace through public
This is Gaza – a place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now utterly devastated, its entire population displaced by a seemingly endless onslaught, its heritage destroyed. Daybreak in Gaza
In this season 5 finale episode I had the pleasure to interview Oren Kroll-Zeldin, the author of Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine. Unsettled digs into the experiences of young Jewish Ame
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Jerusalem Unplugged Podcast is hosted by Roberto Mazza. The show is categorised under education (history) and has published 139 episodes.
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