{"podcast":{"title":"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time","slug":"everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","podcast_index_feed_id":7523216,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/592205/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/592205","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/f/8/7/ff873758313fc23fd959afa2a1bf1c87/everythingJewishSquare14001400.jpg","author":"Adam Diament","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to \"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time!\" The podcast that makes exploring Jewish ideas easy, fun, and inviting. Whether you're Jewish, a little Jew-curious, or simply love learning new things, these bite-sized episodes will give you history, literature, theology, traditions, and cultural gems in just about ten minutes. Think of it as your friendly guide to all things Jewish, without the long sermons or heavy textbooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T08:19:30.084073+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216"},"episode":{"title":"The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate in 10 Minutes","slug":"the-balfour-declaration-and-the-british-mandate-in-10-minutes","published_at":"2026-09-18T08:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/the-balfour-declaration-and-the-british-mandate-in-10-minutes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","url":"https://bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4.libsyn.com/the-balfour-declaration-and-the-british-mandate-in-10-minutes","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4/balfourdeclarationandbritishmandate.mp3?dest-id=5146315","summary":"Issued in 1917 , the Balfour Declaration was a brief but world-changing statement in which the British government expressed its support for establishing a \"national home for the Jewish people\" in Palestine while also pledging not to prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, Britain governed the region under the British Mandate for Palestine from 1920 to 1948 , attempting to balance competing promises and rising tensions between Jewish and Arab populations. In this episode, we'll explore how a 67-word declaration helped shape the modern Middle East, why the British Mandate became increasingly controversial, and how these events laid the foundation for the creation of the State of Israel—and a conflict that continues to influence world affairs today.","meta_description":"Issued in 1917 , the Balfour Declaration was a brief but world-changing statement in which the British government expressed its support for establishing a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":689,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/episodes/the-balfour-declaration-and-the-british-mandate-in-10-minutes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/the-balfour-declaration-and-the-british-mandate-in-10-minutes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}