8 Gates: Portraits from Jerusalem's Old City

Convivencia Network

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

  • 11 minutes 38 seconds
    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.
    20 August 2017, 9:27 am
  • 24 minutes 44 seconds
    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
    8 August 2017, 1:45 pm
  • 7 minutes 36 seconds
    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.
    22 July 2017, 11:23 pm
  • 12 minutes 44 seconds
    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.
    11 July 2017, 10:48 pm
  • 13 minutes 15 seconds
    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.
    23 June 2017, 6:03 am
  • 10 minutes 44 seconds
    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.
    7 June 2017, 7:45 am
  • 1 minute 26 seconds
    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.
    5 June 2017, 12:20 pm
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