What is it like to be an Israeli after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust and during an ongoing war on multiple fronts? Creator of the Israel Story podcast Yochai Maital will weave his own stories with excerpts from interviews with a broad swath of Israelis.
Israel Story is often called the Israeli This American Life. The chart-topping podcast’s storytelling provides “the most powerful window into life in Israel right now,” says Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of the Forward.
Come for the stories, and stay for a post-program reception with the host and fellow podcast listeners.
In partnership with the JCC of Greater Boston.
Yochai has been a part of Israel Story since its inception over ten years ago
helping to transform the podcast from a small project among friends, with a
debut episode that was downloaded only eleven times, into a major platform
that reaches hundreds of thousands of listeners in 192 countries around the
world.
Ecologically minded, Yochai has also built multiple eco-houses, and
co-founded Tel Aviv’s first (and still only) organic food Co-Op. Yochai lives
with his wife, young daughter and son, and, of course, Trotsky the dog.
In conversation with Yochai, Dr. Lily Rabinoff-Goldman joined JCC Greater Boston as president/CEO in July 2022. Lily began her career as a public school teacher in New York City and worked in several non-profits committed to educational equity in New York and Boston. Immediately prior to joining the JCC, Lily served as assistant head of school for teaching and learning at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, MA, where she previously served as a teacher and English department chair.
Throughout her career, Lily’s focus has been on creating meaningful and inclusive educational and communal experiences, both formal and informal. Lily is a proud alumna of Brown University (BA), Bank Street College of Education (MSEd), UMass Boston (MFA), and Northeastern University (EdD), as well as Camp Ramah in New England. She lives in Newton with her husband, Rabbi Hillel Greene, and their two young children.
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