What Came After

Jerusalem Will Be a Pot of Reeling

Nicole Jansezian lives in Jerusalem where she reports on the complicated yet beautiful aspects of this city as well as the challenges facing the people of the Holy Land. She and her husband Tony are part of the Armenian Christian community of Jerusalem and are raising their three children in a crossroads of languages, cultures and religions.
 
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Open Our Hearts/Pote'ach et Yadecha" by Minna Bromberg
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Our Moral Victory Is To Focus On Living

Rafael Aronov is 30 years old and originally from Arad. He now lives in Be'er Sheva and is happily married to Lior. He is the son of two Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union. Coming from an athletic family, Rafael, and his brother and sister are all martial artists. He is also a special forces police officer and takes pride in serving his country.
 
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Yalla" by Elnatan
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The Fact Of The Feeling

Dr. Hemi Rotenberg is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He also happens to be an IDF reservist (used to be less demanding in past years), and since Oct 7th, he has served 8 months in total during three rounds of service. He lives in Kiryat Tiv’on with his wife, four children, and a dog, which he mistakenly brought home a week before the last round of duty.
 
 
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Morning Light" by Elijah Aaron
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Never Have I Dreamt To Come Back This Way

Roxana Ostrovsky was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, and has been living in Tel Aviv for the past 20 years. She balances a full-time career in consulting with raising two children in the White City.
 
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Beautiful Day" by NURIEL
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In The Beginning, We Were Cooking On The Street

Rami Zelikovich, born in January 1959, has been the head of the Eldar Barnir Foundation since 2010. A tennis coach for the past 40 years, he spent 19 years in the United States, primarily as a tennis professional. In addition to his work in tennis, Rami has studied music, graphic design, and interactive media—disciplines he continues to practice daily.Through the foundation, he established a youth tennis circuit, runs a tennis club in Tel Aviv, and founded a coexistence program in Abu Ghosh. Following the events of October 7, 2023, the foundation, in partnership with the J17 vegan restaurant, supported an initiative that provided thousands of vegan meals to soldiers.
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "VaOmar Lach Lo Od" by Rami Zelikovich
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How Could I Ever Leave This Person?

Chani Turk made Aliyah in 2004 from Chicago to Modiin. She is a wife ,  mother and nurse  midwife. Chani got her midwifery degree from Tel Hashomer and has been in the delivery room there for close to five years.
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Am Yisrael Chai" by Malkie Levine
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Fighting For Our Homes? Well, I'm Renting

Greg Kunin is a multilingual comedian with performances in English, Russian, and Hebrew. Born in the Soviet Union, raised in Israel, and having navigated the corporate world in America, Greg brings a sharp and unique perspective on global events and everyday life. In addition to his comedy career, he teaches public speaking and draws from his background as a former entrepreneur. A dedicated family man, Greg has been married for 15 years and is the proud father of two children._______________________________________________________________________
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Everything’s OK" by Elijah Aaron
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It Felt Like Filming At Auschwitz

Yoni Collins is an award-winning Israeli-Canadian filmmaker and activist. After serving as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, he studied film in both Canada and Israel.
He works as a filmmaker and videographer in the film, music, and commercial industries. His filmmaking largely deals with war, Judaism, antisemitism, and PTSD. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Yoni has been volunteering, filming, and documenting the October 7 massacre and its aftermath, the war itself, and the legal and political campaigns for the hostages in service to his people and country.
 
 
Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Makom Bli De'aga" by Elnatan
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This Is How I Serve

Sarit Gradwohl is a writer, lecturer and social worker. She holds bachelor's degrees in film & television, majoring in screenwriting (2004), and social work (2007), from Tel Aviv University, as well as a master's degree in social work (2024) from Haifa University. Her first book “Sapari Tama Temima” was published by Pardes Publishing House (2014), and its English translation “Hamama” was published on Amazon (2019). Her second book, “All About Sophie” funded by the Rabinovitch Foundation, and published as part of the Pere series by Tal-May Publishing (2023). Sarit also published many short stories in various journals, including “Sagol-Tchelet” (2022), “Be’er” (2023) and “Lekol-Haruhot” (2024) and many others. After ten years in Skokie, Illinois, Sarit returned to her hometown of Pardes Hanna, where she works in the social services department of the Community and Welfare, and where she coordinates the “Boys’ Circle” program for the town’s youth. When not busy with social work, writing, or parenting, Sarit lectures on the history and culture of Yemenite Jews, including the history of the Yemenite, Balkan and Mizarahi Children's Affair. Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "HaPachad Roked" by Anat Malamud
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The Families Came Back

Yisrael Tsadok is an educator, both by profession and at heart. Formerly an Israeli shaliach at the Chicago Jewish Day School, Yisrael is now the Director of Education for Kibbutz Nir Am. Yisrael is proud to be the husband of Tammy and the father of their five amazing children.
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Host and Creator: Manya Marcus
Managing Producer: Maya Zanger-Nadis
Editor and Producer: Ben Wallick
Logo Design: Samuel Vilemar
Outro Music: "Ein Li Eretz Acheret" by Yonina
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