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<title>Maccabees #10 - Chanukkah</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Judah and his Jewish fighters defeated the Greeks one more time, then came to Jerusalem, where they cleansed the Temple of the statues of the Greek gods and dedicated it once more to the worship of the Lord.  That's where the Feast of Chanukkah- or Dedication- comes from.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:23:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<title>Maccabees #9 - Judah, the Hammer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Hasidim, the Pious Jews, started the rebellion against the Seleucids when Mattathias, the old priest, killed people in Modein who tried to offer sacrifices to the Greek gods.  Mattathias died soon after, but his son Judah raised up a rebel army that hammered the Greeks time and time again.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:22:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maccabees #8 - Antiochus IV Comes to Power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[King Antiochus III of the Seleucids took over the territory of Jerusalem and Judea from the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt.  His son, King Antiochus IV, in an attempt to strengthen his southern border, and to prevent rebellion, tried to destroy the Jewish religion and tried to get the Jews to worship the Greek gods.  It didn't work.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:32:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<title>Maccabees #7 - Greek and Hebrew Culture</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Greeks came to Jerusalem and set up idols and honored their gods in the dramatic presentations.  This created a cultural hostility with the Jewish prohibition on graven images.  Greeks, and later some Christians, viewed the physical world as lowly, even sinful, but the Jews saw creation as good because God created it.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Maccabee #6 - Alexander the Great</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Philip of Macedon gained hegemony over the Greek states, and his son Alexander led the Greeks on an epic campaign to conquer the Persian Empire.  Alexander died at the age of 33 years old, but not before spreading Greek culture into every corner of the previous Persian Empire.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Maccabees #5 - Greek Philosophy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After defeating the Persians, Athens established their empire, which was actually a hegemony, or domination of the other Greek states.  This led to war against Sparta and disaster.  Following the warfare, the giants of Greek philosophy emerged- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who was the teacher of Alexander the Great.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:52:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<title>Maccabees #4 - Ancient Greek and Modern Civilization</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392528#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The culture of Athens lives on today in the modern world.  The Greeks gave us Democracy and Dramatic Theatre, and we're still using words from ancient Greek, and we have buildings that use principles from Greek architecture.  Greek civilization, as we will see later, stands against Jewish culture.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Maccabee #3 - Persian-Greek Wars</title>
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<description><![CDATA[King Cyrus and the Persians quickly conquered the Babylonian Empire, then they turned their attention to the Greeks.  The Persians met with defeat twice, at the beach of Marathon and later in one of the greatest naval battles of all time.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:36:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Maccabees #2 - The Persians and Lydians</title>
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<description><![CDATA[King Cyrus established the Medo-Persian Empire, then came against and destroyed the Kingdom of Lydia.  This brought the Persians in contact with the Greeks.  Meanwhile, the Jews lived in exile in Babylon, studying the Torah, and Jerusalem remained as a pile of rubble.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Maccabee #1- Introduction</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the start of a new topic- a look at the ancient Jewish state, started by the Hasmonean family.  We'll be taking a look at the Chanukkah story, along with most of ancient history- the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the start of the Christian religion.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:15:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<title>Epilogue - How Israel Changed the World</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Israel had survived.  The Jews declared independence and fought for their new state, and when the shooting stopped, Israel was still there.  The Arabs vowed revenge, but in 1967 Israel won an even more spectacular victory.  Israel still stands as a strong power in the Middle East, and Arabs try new strategies to get rid of the Jews. ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel 47 - End of the War</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When the cease-fire expired, Israel quickly gained the upper hand and the Arabs asked for another cease-fire.  The Israelis made one last attack on the gates of the Old City but failed to break in.  The shooting ended, but enmity between Arabs and Israelis continued.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:11:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 46 - The Altalena Affair</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392534#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Israel brought in tons of supplies during the cease-fire.  The terrorists of the Irgun also tried to bring in their own weapons on the ship SS Altalena.  Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion would not allow the Irgun to have their own arms, so violence broke out between the Irgun and Haganah.  The result was a single military entity.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 45 - The Cease Fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The situation had become desperate for Israel.  The Jews in Jerusalem were on the verge of starvation, and they would soon be forced to accept whatever terms the Arabs demanded.  Israel accepted a cease-fire agreement from the UN, and to everyone's surprise, the Arabs also accepted it.  ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 44 - The Burma Road</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392536#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Israelis tried again to dislodge the Arabs from Latrun, so they could food to the starving Jews in Jerusalem.  Military power couldn't do the job, so they started to build a new road around the Arab blockade.  They couldn't build the road fast enough, so Israel depended on the two feet of marching men to get food into Jerusalem.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 43 - Jewish Quarter Surrenders</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392537#</link>
<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of intense combat, the Jews in the Jewish Quarter finally surrendered.  The Arabs destroyed the Hurva synagogue, the last stronghold of the Jewish fighters.  The Jews lost all connection to the Old City until 1967, but they came back and today the Hurva, after lying in ruins for 60 years, is being rebuilt.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 42 - Battle for Latrun</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392538#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Jews in Jerusalem were starving, so David Ben-Gurion ordered the Haganah to attack the strong Arab Legion positions at Latrun.  The Haganah commander wanted to wait, but Ben-Gurion persisted.  The first battle at Latrun turned out to be Israel's worst military disaster.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:34:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 41 - Battle for Notre Dame Hospice</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392539#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The struggle for Jerusalem continued- the Jews hung on to the Jewish Quarter, and they fought the Arab Legion at the Notre Dame hospice.  They fought while they faced starvation- they were down to a daily ration of just a little bread and jam.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 12:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 40 - Arrival of the Arab Legion</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392540#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Israelis seized Zion Gate and carried supplies to the beseiged Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem.  But then the Jews left Zion Gate, and the feared Arab Legion finally arrived.  The Jews did everything they could to withstand the onslaught of the Arab Legion's cannons.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:38:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 39 - Battle for Jaffa Gate</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392541#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Jewish Quarter of the Old City was under siege and about to fall, so the Israelis attacked Jaffa Gate.  After a fierce fight, the Jews withdrew and the Arabs begged for the Arab Legion to come.  ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 38 - Israel and the Arab Armies</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392542#</link>
<description><![CDATA[After declaring independence, Israel was attacked by five Arab armies.  Was it a miracle that the new state survived, or were the Arab armies just ineffective?  In the first days of fighting, Arabs nearly captured the Jewish Quarer of the Old City, even without the help of the powerful Arab Legion.  ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:44:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 37 - Israel Declares Independence</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392543#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some Jewish leaders had second thoughts about declaring independence.  They feared the attacks of the Arab nations, and the US promised to send help if the Jews held off declaring independence.  On May 14, 1948, the British left Palestine, and the Jews went ahead and declared independence.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 36 - Now or Never</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392544#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone made plans for the end of the British Mandate in Palestine - the British packed up their stuff and prepared to leave, the Jews tried to take more territory in Jerusalem, the Arab states mobilized their armies and their people, and the United States urged the Jews to postpone their declaration of independence.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:27:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 35 - Deir Yassin</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392545#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Irgun and Stern Gang, Jewish terrorist groups, attacked the village and massacred the people.  This led to an Arab ambush on a convoy of doctors and professors.  The world has condemned Deir Yassin, which led Israel to distance itself from the Irgun and Stern Gang.  Few people, however, say anything about the Arab ambush.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:13:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 34 - Battle for Kastel</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392546#</link>
<description><![CDATA[To keep the road to Jerusalem open, the Jews captured the village of Kastel.  The story of how the Jews and Arabs fought for this village helps us to understand why the Palestinian Arabs do not have an independent state today, 60 years after the Jews established their state.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 33 - The Turning Point</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392548#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Jews suffered a tremendous disaster when they lost many of their vehicles and weapons trying to supply Kfar Etzion.  This was when Ben-Gurion decided to launch an all-out effort to clear the Bab el Wad and drive a huge convoy of food to the starving Jews in Jerusalem.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 32 - Golda Meir in America</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392549#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The bombings continued as the Arabs bombed the Jewish Agency building, the center of Jewish government in Palestine.  The bad news continued, as the Zionists realized that little money would come from America.  This prompted Golda Meir to make her own plea for help.  Then, Jerusalem came under seige.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 31 - The Trusteeship Plan</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392550#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Arabs set off a truck bomb at Ben Yehuda Street, and Jews took out their anger on the British.  It was becoming clear that the British had lost control in Palestine.  To end the violence, the US State Dept proposed a new Trusteeship plan, and to abandon the Partition plan, which would have given the Jews an independent state. ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 30 - Palestine Post Bombing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Violence between Jews and Arabs continued through the month of January, 1948.  Jewish leaders apologized for the Semiramis Hotel bombing, but the Irgun set off a bomb at Jaffa Gate, and Arabs blew up the Palestine Post newspaper building.  Did this bombing play a part in getting the Dead Sea Scrolls out of the war zone?]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 29 - Jewish Quarter Cut Off</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The war between Jews and Arabs continued, and just as Jerusalem was cut off from the rest of the Jewish settlement, so the Jewish Quarter of the Old City was being cut off from Jerusalem.  Jews tried to drive Arabs out of their neighborhoods, and even blew up the Semiramis Hotel to drive Arabs out of Katamon.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 28: Bab el Wad - The Road to Jerusalem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The key to Jerusalem was the Bab el Wad, the steep mountain pass over which ran the road from Tel Aviv.  Arabs raided Jewish convoys carrying supplies to Jerusalem and nearly starved the city into submission.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 27 - Arab Attack on the Commercial Center</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392554#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Arabs responded to the UN vote on Partition by attacking and looting the Commercial Center.  The war between Jews and Arabs had begun, as over 70 people on both sides were killed in the first two weeks of December, 1947.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:46:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 26: The UN Vote on Partition - Nov. 1947</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The historic day finally came- the UN voted to partition Palestine into two separate states; one for the Jews, one for the Arabs.  After intense lobbying pressure from the Zionists, the UN voted in favor of Partition.  People in Jerusalem went wild with celebration, even though they knew war would soon follow.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 25 - The UNSCOP Report: Summer 1947</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392557#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Facing pressure from all sides, Great Britain referred the matter of Palestine to the United Nations, which created UNSCOP, or UN Special Committee on Palestine.  The committee visited Palestine during a time when the Irgun killed British soldiers and the British forced the Zionist ship "Exodus" to return to Europe.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:09:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 24 - British Mandate: After World War II</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392558#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The war was finally over, but the Zionist struggle to establish a Jewish state in Palestine continued.  Great Britain came under pressure from the Arabs to get Jews out of Palestine, under pressure from the US to get more Jews into Palestine, and under pressure from Jewish terrorists who killed British soldiers and civilians.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_-_After_World_War_II.mp3" length="22701229" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel 23 - The End of World War II</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392559#</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the Allied forces began to win the war against Hitler and the Axis nations, Jewish terrorist organizations in Palestine stepped up their attacks on Great Britain and the White Paper.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/End_of_World_War_II.mp3" length="19497138" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel 22 - World War II</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392560#</link>
<description><![CDATA[World War II started, and Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews in Europe.  The British had already turned against their promise to create a Jewish state, and Jews fought against each other in Palestine.  It looked like the Jews were without any friends, until Americans began to support the Jewish state.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:59:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 21: British Mandate - The White Paper of 1939</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392561#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Riots of 1936 and the Revolt that lasted from 1937-39 demonstrated to the British that they could not afford further uprisings in Palestine if war broke out.  So to placate the Arab population, the White Paper of 1939 limited Jewish immigration.  And this caused the Jews to start making trouble.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:22:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_-_White_Paper_of_1939.mp3" length="23530862" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel 20: British Mandate - Riots of 1936</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392562#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Great Depression of the 1930's deepened Arab discontent, and violence broke out again in 1936.  The Peel Commission investigated the riots, and proposed that Palestine should be partitioned into separate Jewish and Arab states.  This proposal only led to further violence.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:54:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_-_Riots_of_1936.mp3" length="23055653" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Modern Israel 18: British Mandate- Riot of 1929</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392563#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jewish immigration to Palestine dropped off during the 1920's.  This was due to divisions within Zionist leadership about the type of Jews they wanted in the Jewish state, and also to prosperity and success that Jews enjoyed outside Palestine.  Then the violence of the Riot in 1929 made many Jews afraid to come.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392563#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_-_Riot_of_1929.mp3" length="25382831" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
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<title>Modern Israel 16 - The Riot of 1920</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392564#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Violence broke out between Arabs and Jews in 1920.  The Arab mobs were incited by Haj Amin Husseini, who would continue to incite violence for many years.  An armed band of Jews, led by Vladimir Jabotinsky, tried to stop the violence but were stopped by British troops.  This was only the beginning of violence in Palestine.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_-_Riot_of_1920.mp3" length="18710530" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Modern Israel 15 - British Mandate 1917-1919</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392565#</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the first days of the British Mandate for Palestine, British troops set out repairing damages made to city institutions during Turkish rule.  They also tried to maintain peaceful relations between Arabs and Jews, but this would not last long.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Mandate_1917-1919.mp3" length="20190962" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 14 - The Nations Create the </title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392566#</link>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of World War I, the nations of the world gave Great Britain responsibility for creating a Jewish state in Palestine.  It's amazing to think of the timing of Herzl's idea, coming just before the world attempted to right ancient wrongs.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392566#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/The_Nations_Create_British_Mandate.mp3" length="16818879" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 13 - Jerusalem Comes Under British Control</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392567#</link>
<description><![CDATA[A British Expeditionary force entered Jerusalem in December 1917.   This was the first time that Jerusalem was controlled by Europeans since the days of the Crusaders.  The difference was that the Crusaders killed while the British in 1917 tried to uphold the rights of the inhabitants.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:36:02 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392567#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/Jerusalem_Comes_Under_British_Control.mp3" length="25794547" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 12 - Jewish and Arab Relations</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392568#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now that Great Britain had agreed to assist the Jews in establishing a Jewish state, the next challenge facing the Zionists was the people who were already living in Palestine.  Much of the controversy surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict concerns the perceptions that people have of both people.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:43:16 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392568#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/Jewish_and_Arab_Relations.mp3" length="20531571" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 11 - British Take Control in Middle East</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392569#</link>
<description><![CDATA[During World War I, Chaim Weizmann persuaded key figures in the British government to help establish the Jewish state.  The result was the Balfour Declaration in November 1917.  At the same time, Britain also promised to create an independent Arab state, and "Lawrence of Arabia" helped the Arabs revolt against the Turks.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:32:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/British_Control_in_the_Middle_East.mp3" length="26770891" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 10 - World War I</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392570#</link>
<description><![CDATA[The horrific events of World War I changed the world as people grew more cynical and less optimistic about the future.  The war also changed the Middle East as the Ottoman Turks lost control of the region.  The fortunes of the Zionists turned as the British- who were sympathetic to establishing a Jewish state- took control.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392570#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/World_War_I.mp3" length="18848868" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Modern Israel 9 - Jewish Prosperity</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392571#</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the obstacles to establishing the Jewish state was Jewish prosperity. Why bother with an independent state when Jews were making profound changes to the entire world? Examples of Jewish success are the Hollywood movie moguls and Marx, Freud and Einstein- three Jews who made the 20th Century. 
  ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392571#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/Jewish_Prosperity2.mp3" length="0" type="application/x-empty"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 9 - Jewish Prosperity</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392572#</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the obstacles to establishing the Jewish state was Jewish prosperity. Why bother with an independent state when Jews were making profound changes to the entire world? Examples of Jewish success are the Hollywood movie moguls and Marx, Freud and Einstein- three Jews who made the 20th Century.
  ]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:41:36 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392572#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/Jewish_Prosperity2.mp3" length="21015980" type="application/x-empty"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modern Israel Episode 8 - Theodor Herzl and Zionism</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392573#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Theodor Herzl abandoned assimilation- the idea that Christian society would accept Jews who quit being Jewish- when he saw angry crowds at the Dreyfuss court-martial who wanted to kill the Jews.  Herzl wrote Der Judenstaat, "The Jewish State," and started the Zionist organization that established Israel.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392573#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/Theodor_Herzl_and_Zionism.mp3" length="21255897" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Modern Israel Episode 7 - The Early Zionists</title>
<link>http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392574#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Before Herzl were a handful of Zionists, people who had a vision for Jews living in Israel long before others even thought about it, people who did not get to see the fulfillment of their dreams.]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:51:25 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://fillgaps.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=392574#</guid>
<author>medialdea@msn.com (Ken Medialdea)</author>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/fillgaps/The_Early_Zionists.mp3" length="16652905" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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