8 Gates: Portraits from Jerusalem's Old City

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Through eight gates and within the ancient white walls of Jerusalem's Old City, these are stories of celebration, prayer and conflict

Episodes

  1. 08/20/2017

    Photographs, over a century

    Elia Kahvedjian's iconic (but once forgotten) photos of Jerusalem captured the city at a different time but the art of photographing the city and its people has survived a turbulent century. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories of celebration, prayer and conflict within Jerusalem's ancient white walls.

    12 min

  2. 08/08/2017

    The Temple Mount mission

    Why do some young American Jews see going to one of Jerusalem's most important holy sites (Al-Aqsa to Muslims, the Temple Mount to Jews) as a mission? Shaina Shealy took a journey to try and explore why people with a similar background to her own get so absorbed by such a contentious topic. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories of celebration, prayer and conflict within Jerusalem's ancient white walls

    25 min

  3. 07/22/2017

    Between two bloody Fridays

    It's been a week that sums up Jerusalem. An attack and consequent changes at a holy site expose the city's cleavages. A new, non-violent movement's born but death isn't far away. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories of celebration, prayer and conflict within Jerusalem's ancient white walls.

    8 min

  4. 07/11/2017

    The Story of Aseel

    "If you just move...then bye bye" The story of a young Palestinian woman navigating friendships and checkpoints within the Old City she lives and grew up in. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories of celebration, prayer and conflict within Jerusalem's ancient white walls.

    13 min

  5. 06/23/2017

    A Ramadan peace, shattered

    A diary of Ramadan, the month that transforms Jerusalem's Old City from a tense, uneasy place into one filled with life and lights - until that all falls apart. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories of celebration, prayer and conflict within Jerusalem's ancient white walls.

    13 min

  6. 06/07/2017

    Old City, New Images (of war)

    50 years ago today, Israel took control of Jerusalem's Old City from Jordan, setting the city onto a new path it remains on today. These are the stories of the new realities it created for people living in and around the Old City.

    11 min

  7. 06/05/2017

    Introduction: portraits of Jerusalem

    Few places guard as many untold stories as the walls of Jerusalem's Old City. 8 Gates is a podcast about those stories and the people telling them.

    1 min
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Through eight gates and within the ancient white walls of Jerusalem's Old City, these are stories of celebration, prayer and conflict

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