Join us at “Wandering Jews” as we step beneath the branches of Israel’s “Storytelling Tree”—the Knesset Menorah—and uncover the roots that nourish a nation’s identity. From biblical heroes to modern pioneers, this monumental sculpture weaves centuries of struggle, hope, and renewal into bronze. Explore how art, memory, and moral vision intertwine to shape Israel’s civic heart.

Links for Additional Reading

The Knesset Menorah, Wikipedia (including pictures)

The Man Who Made The Menorah, Eli Abt, The Jewish Chronicle December 7, 2023

The Story Of The Menorah: From Temple To State Seal, Yael Steiner and Jonathan Schwab, Unpacked

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*Ramle* is an ancient crossroads, shaped by numerous empires along the historic ‘Way of the Sea.’ Its history and human mosaic highlights a modern reality: it is one of Israel’s most heterogenous cities, where a diverse *Jewish majority* lives alongside a significant *Arab minority*. The city's vibrant tension yesterday and today is a microcosm of the larger challenges and potential of Jewish-Arab coexistence within Israel.

Wandering Jews will visit Ramle and probe lessons in how the past's multicultural mosaic continues to inform the present's complex politics and aspirations for a shared tomorrow.

Links for Additional Reading:

Migration Patterns in Mixed Cities in Israel: Socioeconomic Perspectives, The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel

The Municipality of Ramla – Financial Status and Human Capital Management, The Israel State Comptroller

Archaeology in Israel: Ramla, Jewish Virtual Library

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Explore the dramatic irony of turn-of-the-century Vienna, a city that both nurtured titans of Jewish thought and art—from Freud to Mahler—and became the hotbed for modern, racial antisemitism. Discover how Jewish luminaries defined Viennese modernity while simultaneously facing an increasingly hostile political and social climate.

This episode delves into the genius and the heartbreak of the "Wandering Jews" whose contributions and fates molded and reflected the modern European experience.

Links for Additional Reading:

Our City! Jewish Vienna - Then to Now, The Vienna Jewish Museum

Ambivalent Modernity: the Jewish Population in Vienna by Albert Lichtblau, Issues in Contemporary Jewish History

How To Deal With Anti-Semitic Legacies And Historically Burdened Places In Public Urban Spaces? The Case Of The Lueger Monument In Vienna, OppAttune

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