Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman [Special Crossover]
6/16/20261 hr 5 min
Rabin's life is the story of Israel itself. But who was the real Rabin? Known as a peacenik, he was in fact "Mr. Security;" a soldier-statesman whose life and death still echo through Jewish history. Noam Weissman joins Yael Steiner and Jonathan Schwab over at Jewish History Nerds for a special crossover episode on Yitzhak Rabin through the lens of Itamar Rabinovich's Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman from the Jewish Lives series. Two Unpacked shows, three hosts, one conversation you don't want to miss. Check out Jewish History Nerds on Unpacked and YouTube. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and watch their latest videos on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/1JrBAblXuVgF7cWF2EgRRz?si=1addf20d786f4c21 This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about Yitzhak Rabin's life, identity, and legacy, check out Yitzhak Rabin, Soldier Leader Statesman by Itamar Rabinovich at www.jewishlives.org. Use promo code RabinPod for 30 % off. That's R-A-B-I-N-P-O-D. Visit jewishlives.org to explore and buy books from the Jewish Lives book series. Use the discount code JLIFE to get a discount. Check out this episode on Youtube. This podcast is brought to you by Unpacked, an OpenDor Media brand.
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This episode is sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prize-winning series of biographies from Yale University Press. To learn more about Yitzhak Rabin's life, identity, and legacy, check out Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman by Itamar Rabinovich at www.jewishlives.org. Use promo code RABINPOD for 30% off. That's R-A-B-I-N-P-O-D, RABINPOD for 30% off. The book is incredible. Hey, I'm Noam Weissman, and this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history. Today, we are doing something a little different. I joined our friends at Jewish History Nerds, hosted by the amazing Yael Steiner and Jonathan Schwab, for a special collab brought to you by Yale University's Jewish Lives series. Now, if you've been following for a while, you know there are a handful of figures who seem to appear at every major crossroads in Israel's history. For me, there are three who seem to really pop up over and over: David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, and Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin's life is, in many ways, the story of Israel itself, at least its first 50 years. He was born before the state existed.