Episode
The Match That Lit the Flame: Hannah Senesh and the Creation of Modern Israel (with Matti Friedman)
EconTalk · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Why would a group of young Jews who escaped the Holocaust choose to parachute back into Nazi-occupied Europe? How did they become heroes despite the failure of that mission? Author Matti Friedman joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to unravel these mysteries through his book Out of the Sky, revealing why a failed mission became one of Israel's most powerful founding myths. At the heart of the story is…
