Voices heard throughout our series come together to discuss, debate matters at the heart of Israel's past, present, and future.

Voices from kibbutzim terrorized on October 7, from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, the West Bank. Religious and secular. Native-born and immigrant. Exploring Israel’s war for independence. What it means to be a Jewish state when over 20 percent of the population isn’t Jewish. The gifts and blemishes of Zionism. The potential for full equality between Jews and Palestinians. The prospects for peace among peoples often living in misunderstanding, stress, conflict. Sharing hopes for their families and country.

As Jerusalem settles into Shabbat, reflections on questions raised, debated throughout Israeli Voices: Who We Are. Captured in the words of a hospital nurse that go to the heart of the wonder, tragedy, glory that is Israel.

A teachers’ college in Jerusalem, classrooms of Jewish and Palestinian students.

Julia, American-born teacher, advocate for learning that engenders harmony across cultures -- reflects on plusses and minuses of Israeli education, impending military service for her children.

Palestinian students discuss AI for learning -- not dumbing down -- social media distractions and how the English language connects people from different cultures and backgrounds and with the world. Wishing for mutual respect and an end to hate.

At Yad Vashem, Israel bears witness to restoring identities and memories of those who vanished in the Holocaust.

At the National Cemetery, soldiers study Israel's founding fathers and mothers and hear the voices of comrades who gave their last full measure of devotion for the independence and freedom of their country.

An educator waits outside the Knesset -- Israel’s parliament -- for ultra-Orthodox students learning civics as preparation for life-altering military service and participation in Israel’s workaday and political world -- facing ostracism and rejection from families and communities.

In the West Bank, Rabbi Bombach -- ultra-Orthodox rabbi, army reservist, entrepreneurial educator -- speaks of his life’s work -- educating fellow Haredim to become part of and succeed in dynamic, competitive, patriotic Israel while preserving centuries-old religious, social, cultural traditions.

Young Israeli soldiers on patrol, hiking out of a Judean valley where Benjamin and other Biblical figures drew water, recounting duty in the West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza, elsewhere -- honoring military service, questioning harsh judgments of their nation from the world.