Against All Odds

Journalist David Greenspan travels to Israel, a nostalgic place of infinite personal value, to investigate what have been reported as repeated military miracles throughout their complicated and oftentimes violent history.

Michael Greenspan continues his quest to investigate the circumstances surrounding Israeli's supposed miracles: an assignment from his publication that has sent him to Jerusalem for sightseeing and interviews.

Continuing his journalism assignment in Israel to research and make sense of various miracles alleged to have graced Israel, its people, and its army, Michael Greenspan meets in Jerusalem with Shula, one of, if not the most famous female spy in Israel's rich history.

Michael Greenspan utilizes this installment of his investigative series to research potential miracles surrounding the Holocaust, widely recognized and accepted as the most systematically destructive operation in the history of the Jewish people.

This episode dramatizes the story of Ezra Yakhin who joined freedom fighters resisting the British occupation of Palestine, and it also chronicles the obstacles that stood in the way of the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the years before 1948.

Michael Greenspan's investigation continues as he talks to Israeli locals about Israel's relationships with its Arab neighbors, primarily during the period immediately following the Holocaust.

Michael Greenspan picks up where he left off at the end of the previous installment, investigating the plausibility of miracles surrounding the Six Day War of 1967, a deadly battle that faced Israel against an enemy made up of seven neighboring powers who all shared a mutual intention for Israel to cease existing.

A look into the Yom Kippur War and its lasting implications on the region: from the cementation of Israel as a military force to be reckoned with, to the years following in which neighboring countries who essentially committed unconscionable war crimes on that fateful Yom Kippur would join Israel in declaring decided peace.

Israeli citizens share their knowledge about what it means to live in the land of their forefathers. Rabbi Israel Lau describes the sense of coming home with his story of survival of the Holocaust, and Russian Jews reflect on their escape from Communism.

Michael Greenspan sets out to interview "average" Israelis, picking their minds on what constitutes a miracle, their firsthand experience with miracles, and if miracles themselves are an intrinsic part of Israel's history.

Greenspan shifts focus from the grand narrative of Israel miracles to focus on the miracles of everyday life: this episode's interviews facilitate a range of topics, from tales of ancient occurrences shifting the fate of a harvest, to Israelis' own everyday magic they have experienced in person yet never been able to explain.

Greenspan focuses the bulk of this latest installment on one very special and unique miracle, one which the whole world was able to watch and experience in real time: Operation Entebbe.

American journalist Michael Greenspan reflects on his two weeks abroad, and how his interactions with these miracles' firsthand witnesses have informed his opinion and understanding of miracles and the culture that perpetuates their place in Israeli life.

A fascinating behind the scenes look at the creation of this extraordinary series that explores and sifts through both fact and faith.