48 Herzl St.: Where ‘Israel Story’ highlights live

Normal people’s stories are what fuel the “Israel Story” podcast, particularly the one about 48 Herzl St. (These highlights are culled from the reporter’s translation of the Hebrew podcast and the English version, recorded live at a recent New York event.)

In Nahariya, 48 Herzl is under construction and slated to be luxury apartments. “If it’s always been your dream to be there [at 48 Herzl St.], now’s your chance to be part of the elite of the elite of addresses,” the building manager happily boasted. The price for a five-room apartment in the new building is 1.3 million shekels (about $337,000). But what would Theodor Herzl have rented? “Herzl would have had a mirpeset [balcony] so that he could gaze on the view the way he did in the famous photo from Basel,” the site manager told the crew.

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