Episode 243 Golda Meir and Soviet Jewry

After their plane is downed over Egypt, Israeli soldiers translate J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit while in captivity.

With the advent of television and the introduction of a new peace plan, Menachem Begin's star grows. 

Palestinian terrorists commit their most horrifying act during the Olympics in Munich. 

Egypt and Syria attack Israel by surprise on the holiest day of the Jewish year.