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Yishai Fleisher of http://www.Kumah.org and http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com speaks at the first annual Jewish Bloggers Conference at the Nefesh B'Nefesh center in Jerusalem on how to "keep making aliyah".

The forgotten story of a Jewish teen's revenge against the Nazis and how the Nazis manufactured Krystalnacht. For more news and view on Israel and Jewish current events visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com with daily updates, music, Torah and more.

A group of musicians from the Nachlaot neigborhood of Jerusalem gather for a jam session. If you're into the Rainbow Gathering, the Boombamela Festival, Shlomo Carlebach, or Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, this is for you. Featuring Pesach Stadlin, Aliza Hava, Yitzchok Meir, Ami Silver, Meir Chaim and more... For more great Israeli and Jewish music visit http://www.israelbeat.blogspot.com and http://jerstadlin.blogspot.com

Nathan and Isidor Straus were the owners of Macy's department store in New York City. On a trip to the Land of Israel in 1912, Nathan fell in love with the country, while Isidor decided to leave, returning home on the Titanic. When the Titanic sunk, Nathan Straus believed that it was a sign from Above, and he remained in the Land of Israel. He opened a school, a health clinic and other charity institutions, something for which he was also known in America. The city of Netanya was named Nathan Straus in 1927 as well as Straus Street in Jerusalem. He was also honored for his work by President William Howard Taft. This Jewish History is brought to you by Israel National Radio. For more, visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com

In the early 1960's Eli Cohen became a spy for Israel. Posing as a wealthy Arabic businessman, he gained the confidence of many prominent government officials in Syria. Cohen learned many military secrets before he was caught, tortured and executed in 1965. Two years later during the Six Day War, Israel used Cohen's information to easily defeat the overconfident Syrian army. One of his brilliant feats was to recommended that trees be planted to shade the soldiers' outposts. The Israeli army then knew the exact location of every one of them because of the trees. To this day his body is still in Syria. His widow has been campaigning for its release and return but stated that it should not in exchange for freeing terrorists. For more info visit http://www.IsraelNatonalRadio.com

Towards the end of 1948 Uriel Jefetz (also pronounced Chefetz) an engineering officer, suggested to hook up the blockaded Jewish quarter of Jerusalem with the rest of the city using a cable car. Before the declaration of the State of Israel, Mount Zion had been conquered in an attempt to break the blockade and yet access was limited due to Jordanian fire from the Old City walls. The cable car linked the Israeli positions on Mount Zion, with the St. John's Hospital, today's Mount Zion Hotel, and spanned 200 meters, suspended 50 meters above the valley. It was only used at night and during the day was lowered into the valley so that the Jordanians could not detect it. The single carriage could carry up to 200 kilos of supplies and the trip took only 2 minutes. The whole mechanism was kept in working order until the city was reunited in 1967 but kept a military secret until 1972 when it was first revealed. For more information visit http://www.israelnationalradio.com.

Zev Jabotinsky was born to a middle class Jewish family in Russia in the 1880s. The brilliant young man's life was changed when he saw the small villages and ghettos of Eastern Europe. He created the first Jewish fighting unit since the time of the Romans, the Jewish Legion, which eventually became the Israel Defense Forces. He was arrested and imprisoned by the British for his self-defense units and earned the disdain of pacifists and admiration of downtrodden Jewish people whom he inspired to leave Europe for the Land of Israel in the 1920s and 1930's. Jabotinsky's fiery brand of Jewish nationalism inspired Betar, the Revisionist movement, the Irgun, Menachem Begin and countless others. For more visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com.

Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French army was wrongly accused of spying for Germany in 1864 and sentenced to life inprisonment. Because of Dreyfus's Jewishness, an unexpected mass of French citizens directed their prejudices towards the Jewish people as a whole. The famous French writer Emile Zola came to Dreyfus's defense in his article J'accuse. Dryefus was eventually pardoned but not before the scandal awakened the feelings of countless Jewish activists. One was Theodor Herzl, a young journalist covering the trial at the time. Herzl was so moved by the bigotry he saw, he became a leader in Zionist movement and started the first international Zionist congress to discuss the return to the Land of Israel. For more visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com

In 1976 the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a commercial airplane heading to France from Israel. They took the plane to Entebbe Airport in Uganda where they separated all the Jewish and Israeli passengers and threatened to kill them if Israel did not give in to their demands. Israel sent in a secret undercover unit into the airport where they shot up the terrorists and freed the prisoners. The surprise rescue mission was led by Lieutenant Yoni Netanyahu, the only soldier killed during the mission. The success of the mission called Operation Thunderbolt lead to books and movie being made of the rescue and Yoni Netanyahu's being hailed as a hero. For more visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com

In the early 1980's Iraq, under Saddam Hussein ... (more) Added: January 17, 2008 In the early 1980's Iraq, under Saddam Hussein began building the Osiraq nuclear reactor. Israel feared that Iraq would use the reactor to build nuclear weapons and bomb Israel. When negotiations didn't work, Israel, under Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to bomb the reactor. In June of 1981, a squadron of fighter jets flew into Iraq, bombed the reactor and returned safely home. The successful mission was met with praise in Israel but condemnation from other countries. These same countries later thanked Israel during the 1991 Persian Gulf War when Iraq's further plans for war were revealed. One of the pilots was Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut who later died in the space shuttle disaster in 2003. For more visit http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com

Jewish identity and pride in a world of Hollywood stereotypes and self-hate. Tune in to Arutz Sheva at http://www.IsraelNationalRadio.com for daily updated podcasts and live streaming audio on Israeli news, politics, music Torah and more.