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96. Babka Social (with Serge from Babka) from 2023-04-20T12:00:02

This week: The chaos of Elon Musk’s Twitter has chased users and news organizations away, while a new wave of Twitter clones try to recreate the sense of community it has. So what does this mean fo...

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95. TV's Unapologetic Jewish Women (feat. Dr. Samantha Pickette) from 2023-04-07T10:00:03

This week: Jewish women rarely get a fair shake in pop culture, often showing up as flat stereotypes like the “Jewish American Princess” trope. But over the past decade, especially on TV, that’s be...

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94. Israeli Judicial Reform from 2023-03-23T12:30:02

This week: The Israeli president says the country is on the brink of civil war because the current government is trying to make the Israeli Supreme Court powerless. So let’s talk about judicial ref...

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93. The Jewish Case Against ChatGPT from 2023-03-02T13:30:01

This week: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have become all the rage, bringing an idealistic vision of revolutionizing work and communication. Some say that Jewish organizations should now be using th...

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92. Yeshiva University vs. Queer Jews (with Rachael Fried) from 2023-02-16T13:30:02

This week: A group of LGBTQ students are suing Yeshiva University, representing a club called the YU Pride Alliance, to get it officially recognized by the school. The court case speaks to the futu...

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91. How The Soviet Jew Was Made (with Sasha Senderovich) from 2023-02-02T13:30:01

This week: About 100 years ago, in the wake of the Russian Revolution and the pogroms that followed, millions of Jews in Eastern Europe became Soviet Jews. But what really is a Soviet Jew? And how ...

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90. The Great Hannukah/Merry Christmas Shenanigan Bonanza (with Izzy Wellman, Carli Shapiro, and Emma Pelc) from 2022-12-22T13:30:02

This week: It’s the last episode of the year, and a sort of follow up to both last year’s Hannukah Sucks episode, and this year’s State of the Union episode. After all, the holiday season can be a ...

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89. How Yeshiva Schools Avoid Secular Education (with Matty Lichtenstein) from 2022-12-08T13:30:02

This week: It’s time to revisit the story of hasidic yeshiva schools in New York City having poor secular education. After all, it’s important not just to understand what is happening, but why and ...

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88. Defend, Defend, Defend! Israeli Elections Part II from 2022-11-27T00:39:34

This week: Welcome to part II of coverage of Israel’s recent election. In the last episode, I talked about the rise of bigoted far-right politicians not being the huge watershed moment many of us f...

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87. Is Israel Lost To Extremists? Elections Part I from 2022-11-10T13:34:01

This week: On November 1st, Israel had its fifth national election in under four years. And frankly, a lot of Jews are panicking, because the results put an extremist, far-right, and racist group o...

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86. Jewish Professional Troubles (with Angie Lieber) from 2022-10-28T12:00:02

This week: Jewish community takes a lot of work. You need money, motivation, and perhaps most of all, you need the people to run events and engage other Jews. But Jewish professionals are not havin...

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85. No Jewish Leadership On Internet Policy from 2022-10-13T12:30:02

This week: Rapper Kanye West is spreading antisemitism, Jews are fighting about it, and the head of the Anti-Defamation League recently compared the man who would own Twitter, Elon Musk, to notorio...

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84. Yeshiva Education Failure (with Manny Vogel) from 2022-09-15T23:40:32

This week: A New York Times investigation has all the Jews talking about education in hasidic yeshiva schools — specifically, about the poor secular education in subjects like English and Math. So ...

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83. Banning Anne Frank (with Laney Hawes) from 2022-08-29T12:30:02

This week: The right-wing Christian movement to ban some books from libraries is growing, with one school district in Texas pulling all versions of The Bible and the graphic novel version of The Di...

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82. My Homeland Is Ukraine (with Mariia Hershova) from 2022-08-04T12:30:02

This week: We’re approaching six months of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and by extension, six months of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. So I talk with Mariia Hershova, a 23-year-old Ukrainian Jew helping...

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81. Israeli Elections Need To Slow Down -- But They Probably Won't from 2022-07-21T12:30:02

This week: Israel recently experienced a government collapse, throwing the country into yet another election cycle — the fifth election in under four years. So let’s take a quick look at why there ...

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80. State Of The Union (with Izzy Wellman, Carli Shapiro, and Emma Pelc) from 2022-07-07T12:30:02

This week: Young American Jews are angry. A lot of us are angry about losing abortion rights; we’re angry about gun violence; and we’re angry about rising antisemitism. So here’s a sort of Jewish S...

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79. Without Roe v Wade...Again (with Rabbi Hara Person) from 2022-06-24T23:44:39

This week: The Supreme Court unveiled a ruling right before Shabbat overturning the federal abortion protections guaranteed in Roe v Wade. To talk about the Jewish perspective on abortion, why abor...

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78. Enough Bullshit On Guns from 2022-06-09T12:30:02

This week: Uvalde is only the second-worst elementary school shooting in the U.S. That's sick to say, but it's true. So I let loose with my anger over this country's gun problem, how Republican pol...

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77. Behind The Times of Israel (with David Horovitz) from 2022-05-26T12:30:02

This week: David Horovitz, the Editor in Chief of the Times of Israel, is the JCRC’s featured speaker for its June 12 event in Minneapolis. But before he comes to the Twin Cities, Horovitz is on th...

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76. Sex Party Bintel (with Ginna Green, Lynn Harris, and Chana Pollack) from 2022-05-12T12:30:02

This week: The second season of the A Bintel Brief podcast, a revival of the classic advice column from The Forward, is upon us. So I talk with hosts Ginna and Lynn, and Chana, the Forward’s archiv...

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75. AIPAC And Insurrection Republicans from 2022-04-28T12:30:03

This week: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most influential pro-Israel lobbying groups, is directly fundraising for politicians. Some of those politicians are Republicans w...

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74. Passover Economics and Unsettled Israel from 2022-04-14T12:30:03

This week, let’s take a quick look at some Passover-related news just in time for the start of the holiday, as well as an update on Deborah Lipstadt’s Senate confirmation. Then we need to talk abou...

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73. The Belarus Connection (with Margo) from 2022-04-01T21:19:32

This week, one of the overlooked aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the role that Belarus, the dictatorship to the north, plays. So I speak with Margo, a Belarusian pro-democracy activist a...

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72. Ukrainians Are Jews Now (with Alice Chudnovsky) from 2022-03-17T12:30:04

When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, many Russian-speaking Jews in the U.S. started organizing direct humanitarian aid to Ukrainians. I talk with one of those Jews, 23-year-old Alice Chudn...

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71. "So They Remember," A Soviet Holocaust Story (with Maksim Goldenshteyn) from 2022-03-04T13:30:03

Maksim Goldenshteyn, a Russian-speaking Jew in Seattle, just published arguably the foremost book about Romania’s overlooked role in the Holocaust, centered on the survival story of his Ukrainian J...

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70. Congress Hearings, Deborah Lipstadt, And The Jews from 2022-02-17T18:00:03

Almost a month after a rabbi and three congregants were taken hostage at a synagogue in Texas, Congress held two hearings related to Jews: A Senate hearing on the position of global antisemitism mo...

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69. Fandom, Culture, And The Jews (with Michal Schick) from 2022-02-03T13:30:07

I usually talk on this podcast about Jewish political events, but there have also been some interesting Jewish culture trends (particularly around representation) in the world of movies and TV show...

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68. Processing The Shabbat Hostage Crisis from 2022-01-21T13:30:02

This week, I try to process the recent hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, and the many Jewish hot takes that emerged on social media as the crisis was unfolding. They range from being about...

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67. Home In A Hundred Places (with Sarah Dayan Mueller) from 2022-01-13T13:30:02

This week, I speak to Egyptian-Jewish and Filipina author Sarah Dayan Mueller about her latest book “Home In A Hundred Places.” The book tells the story of her father, who spied for Israel while in...

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66. A New Years Review Of 2021 from 2021-12-31T11:29:32

It’s the last episode of 2021, so it’s also a good time for a new years overview of some of the big trends and stories in the Jewish world. It’s been yet another wild year of news keeping all of us...

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65. Inclusion Struggles? Now There's A Book For That from 2021-12-09T13:30:01

Miriam Steinberg-Egeth and Warren Hoffman are co-editors of a new book titled “Warm and Welcoming,” billed as the first book to address inclusion issues in the Jewish world. So I talk with them abo...

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64. Hanukkah Sucks (with Izzy Wellman) from 2021-11-26T13:30:04

Hannukah is right around the corner, so why not indulge in the now classic Jewish tradition of complaining about how over-commercialized and poorly-commercialized the holiday is? Izzy Wellman, TC J...

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64. Hanukkah Sucks (with Izzy Wellman) from 2021-11-26T13:30:04

Hannukah is right around the corner, so why not indulge in the now classic Jewish tradition of complaining about how over-commercialized and poorly-commercialized the holiday is? Izzy Wellman, TC J...

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63. The Anti-CRT Risk To Holocaust Education from 2021-11-11T18:00:05

Anti-Critical Race Theory has become a rallying cry for Conservatives and self-styled “free-thinkers” across the country, defining school board and governor elections. The anti-CRT efforts have put...

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Yossi Klein Halevi in conversation from 2021-10-21T12:30:10

Yossi Klein Halevi, renowned American-Israeli journalist and author, was recently in Minneapolis to talk about his book, Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor. So TC Jewfolk editor Lonny Goldsmith and...

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61. Addressing Antisemitism On Facebook from 2021-10-07T17:00:17

A former Facebook employee has gotten a lot of press and a senate hearing for revealing tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents about how the company fuels negative well-being in children,...

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60. The U.S. Iron Dome Political Football from 2021-09-23T19:45:46

Progressive House Democrats got $1 billion of aid to Israel for the Iron Dome, a rocket defense system, cut from a high stakes bill meant to prevent both the U.S. government’s shut down and economi...

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59. Looking At The Jews Of Color Initiative Survey from 2021-09-09T19:09:48

Jews of Color have spent years talking about the racism faced in the Jewish community. A new study released last month from the Jews of Color Initiative backs that up, and we take a deep look at wh...

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58. Explaining This Week In Israel from 2021-05-14T15:03:33

This has been a long, hard, awful week in Israel. In this episode, we take a deep dive into how things started, if there's any way out of it, and what comes next.

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57. Defining Antisemitism, Part 2 from 2021-04-29T15:44:51

Are the newly-created Nexus Document and Jerusalem Declaration definitions of antisemitism legitimate alternatives to the IHRA definition? And are the three definitions really that different anyway...

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56. Defining Antisemitism, Part 1 from 2021-04-15T14:30:11

Trying to define antisemitism is all the rage. But trying to find and agree on a definition is creating rage. Part one takes a look at the popular IHRA definition and some of the First Amendment ef...

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55. Fourth Election Done, Fifth On Deck? from 2021-03-26T00:05:04

Israel's fourth election in less than two years is done, but are we any closer to a functional government now, or is a fifth election in less than three years coming up soon? How did we get here an...

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54. The Jewish Megadonor Problem from 2021-03-12T14:12:06

It's great when megadonors support their cause in the Jewish community, but what happens when they suddenly walk away? Also updates on the Gender Equity In Hiring Project's pay equity spreadsheet a...

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53. Israel, Vaccines, and the SNL 'Joke' from 2021-02-25T15:32:56

A joke -- or 'joke' -- from last week's "Saturday Night Live" has riled many. But it serves as an opportunity to take a deeper dive into the vaccine situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territor...

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52. California Ethnic Studies Controversy from 2021-02-16T13:00:16

What is making a new, proposed California ethnic studies curriculum so controversial, and why some new reporting on the issue is only serving to make matters worse.

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51. Representation In The Biden Admin (with Alex Zeldin) from 2021-01-28T15:31:45

The Forward's Alex Zeldin (@jewishwonk) joins this week to discuss the nuance and complexity of a Twitter thread that pointed out the minyan (and then some) of Jewish members of President Joe Biden...

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50. The Canary In The Coal Mine from 2021-01-14T19:33:01

It's been a week since the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week, but many in the Jewish community saw it coming for the last several years. Why wasn't it taken more seriously?

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49. Why Are The Jews Tired?: A Year In Review from 2020-12-30T14:00:10

Why exactly are the Jews so tired? Our year-end wrap-up episode reminds us of all the things that took place this year -- (many you may have forgotten ACTUALLY happened this year) -- and a couple o...

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48. Voting In Israel, Take 4 from 2020-12-24T14:00:11

The Jews Are Tired of Israeli elections, but here we go again: Israel's fourth election in two years and the crumbling of the unity government. How did we get here, and more importantly, where do w...

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47. The Supreme Court Weighs In On Religious Gatherings from 2020-12-04T17:28:18

Could the Supreme Court's ruling regarding New York's pandemic restrictions on synagogues change anything in Minnesota? Plus: What does the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist mean for...

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46. The Jewy Georgia Run-off from 2020-11-12T17:00:50

Two senate runoffs loom in Georgia with one Jewish candidate and another a preacher at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s old church, who has made statements that some on the right are calling controversial...

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45. The Jewish Vote from 2020-10-29T20:53:45

With Election Day a few days away, can the Jewish vote sway the election? Plus what are the Jewish priorities when it comes to voting?

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44. Live with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz from 2020-10-16T21:00:12

A special live J•Cation podcast with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, with all of the Jewfolk podcast hosts. The Governor talks legislative gridlock, Holocaust studies in our schools, and what's at stake o...

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43. Russell Star-Lack On Housing&Racism from 2020-10-01T11:30:03

Russell Star-Lack's undergraduate thesis on Carleton College takes a deep-dive into the housing inequalities that aided in the Jewish community leaving North Minneapolis for St. Louis Park while th...

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42. Context For The UAE, Bahrain Agreements from 2020-09-17T14:46:29

What does Israel normalizing relations with the Arab nations of Bahrain and the UAE mean: Is there substance or is it just for show? And what does it mean for the annexation of Palestinian territor...

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41. Are Jews Shifting On BLM? from 2020-09-03T05:20:22

A diverse group of Jewish organizations signed on to an ad supporting Black Lives Matter; so what type of shift does this mean after years of uncomfortableness with it? How do the different parts o...

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40. Inside The Twin Cities Jewish Population Study from 2020-08-19T22:28:03

We know that the Jewish community in the Twin Cities has increased since 2004; but what does that mean? Marisa Gage, the research manager at the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, walks us through what...

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39. The Seth Rogen Nonsense from 2020-08-06T11:05:15

This week, Lev talks about Seth Rogen's appearance on Marc Maron's podcast, why all the blowback is nonsense, and what things the Jewish community *should* be talking about instead.

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38. Behind 'Jewish Girl Problems' with Aly Silverberg from 2020-07-22T22:13:51

How do you create a niche meme Instagram account? This week we take a detour into Jewish humor as Lev sits down with Aly Silverberg, the creator of the brilliant Jewish Girl Problems.

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37. Annexation from 2020-07-09T11:55:06

Annexation is still just talk. But for how long? Now that we're past July 1, IF annexation is the big move, what's the hold-up?

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36. 1 on 1 with JTA's Ron Kampeas from 2020-06-25T00:17:09

Legendary Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington Bureau Chief Ron Kampeas on some hot-button issues, including for the controversy with the Conference of Presidents, shenanigans between organizations...

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35. Jewish Engagement and a Juneteenth Shabbat from 2020-06-18T00:53:50

Has a pre-COVID study on young Jewish adults produced any new results, or are we still treading water with that population? Also, why there is a push for Juneteenth to be recognized as a holiday in...

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34. George Soros: The Boogeyman of the Right from 2020-06-11T01:13:17

How did "Soros-funded" become an excuse for people not to engage in the real issues plaguing the country?

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33. A Jewish Perspective on Protesting from 2020-06-03T21:10:49

As protests are taking place nationwide in response to the killings of unarmed black people by law enforcement, we talk about a Jewish perspective on protest and rioting -- including somethings in ...

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32. Catching Up On Israeli Politics from 2020-05-27T22:54:33

Catching up on the shenanigans in Israeli politics: How did PM Benjamin Netanyahu win -- despite being under indictment -- and what may come next.

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31. Campfire Conversation from 2020-05-20T13:00:07

In case you missed the live video, catch up on our Campfire Conversation with the directors of Camp Butwin, Camp Olami, Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, Camp TEKO, Herzl Camp and OSRUI that was recorded on...

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30. Deconstructing De Blasio's Tweets from 2020-05-06T14:27:26

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took heat for a tweet calling out "the Jewish community," but of course things on Twitter are never that clear cut. How do we do a better job of understanding -- and paying...

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29. Alan Abbey from 2020-04-29T11:47:09

As coronavirus hits all aspects of life, how is Jewish media fairing? Recently retired journalist Alan Abbey talks about what's wrong with Jewish journalism, is it still necessary, and how media ou...

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28. Online Jewish Accessibility from 2020-04-15T12:00:07

As Jewish organizations have made a full transition to virtual space (for the time being), this week we talk to Allison Darcy, who wrote a JTA op-ed about online Jewish accessibility and staying co...

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27. Olga Khazan&Being "Weird" from 2020-04-08T15:55:16

We're taking a break from COVID-19 with Olga Khazan, a staff writer for The Atlantic. Khazan goes in-depth on her new book "Weird: The Power Of Being An Outsider In An Insider World." Khazan talks ...

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26. Adam Schwartz of Heritage Judaica-Twin Cities from 2020-03-31T21:02:45

Adam Schwartz, the creator of Heritage Judaica-Twin Cities talks about trying to help people who never expected to host a Passover seder get the items they need.

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25. Staying Sane With Anna Harwood-Gross from 2020-03-24T15:02:43

How are we finding balance between working from home and taking care of ourselves (and possibly others) as we're shut-in? We talk with psychologist Anna Harwood-Gross, research director at Israel's...

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24. All You Need To Know About Coronavirus from 2020-03-18T16:01:55

We’re setting aside the Jewish focus this week to give an overview on the general need-to-knows about the coronavirus: What it is, is it like the flu, are we all overreacting, what’s up with the te...

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23. Coronovirus&The Jewish Community from 2020-03-11T17:01:19

Israel is on lockdown and like most communities around the world, the Jewish community is not being spared. We're all in this together; but how is the coronavirus affecting Jewish communities aroun...

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22. Aftermaths of Elections&AIPAC from 2020-03-05T16:28:58

What's the state of play in Israel Election 3.0 (and are we heading for 4.0)? And the AIPAC Policy Conference wrapped up, but the lead-up to it wasn't without several controversies; who's to blame ...

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21. Russian Interference, Past&Present from 2020-02-25T23:12:19

This week, Sam Sokol joins the podcast to talk about his new book "Putin's Hybrid War and the Jews: Antisemitism, Propaganda, and the Displacement of Ukrainian Jewry," and how it parallels with pas...

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20. The Jewish Vote in the Presidential Race from 2020-02-21T17:58:59

Why has the Jewish vote has been reliably Democratic? Plus, why is having a Jewish frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in Sen. Bernie Sanders causing angst among many American Jews?

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19. Apologies, Extremism, and Yiddish from 2020-02-11T22:09:23

Yad Vashem is forced to apologize for a film that offered a revisionist take on the Soviet role in the Holocaust, online anti-Semitism is running rampant amidst the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, and ...

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18. Why The Peace Plan is DOA from 2020-02-05T17:39:08

Can there be peace between Israelis and Palestinians? If there will be, it won't be because of the peace plan that Trump and Netanyahu rolled out last week. Hear the analysis of why, and what comes...

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17. Your Vote Matters! from 2020-01-28T23:33:35

What could your vote mean? We explain what's happening in the ongoing World Zionist Congress elections (which go through March 11), and talk to Eric Leiderman about why he's running on the Mercaz s...

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16. Skirmishing With Iran from 2020-01-22T15:17:19

The U.S. nearly started a war with Iran three weeks, but we take a look at what's developed since then -- and what it may mean for Israelis and Jews around the world.

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15. Unity&Last Week's Rallies from 2020-01-14T20:38:06

We're back from our break, and catching up on some of the issues around the No Hate. No Fear rallies that took place last week, including some of the issues of representation. Listen

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14. Why TJAT Is Important For Jewish Journalism from 2019-12-26T14:40:34

The Jews Are Tired are done for 2019, and talk about why this podcast was started, the why Jewish Journalism is still relevant as we enter 2020, and why you should support it.

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13. Trump's EO,&What It Really Means from 2019-12-20T06:27:33

This week, we catch up on a couple smaller stories -- another Israeli election and a crushing defeat for Labour in Great Britain. Plus, we take a deep dive into President Trump's Executive Order an...

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12. Election Day In Britain&The Impact on Jews from 2019-12-12T03:19:41

Tomorrow is Election Day in Great Britain, so we take a deep-dive into the Labour Party, and how the anti-Semitism has swelled throughout the last several years.

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11. Jews, Anti-Semitism,&The White House from 2019-12-03T23:17:14

Jews and anti-Semitism are having a moment, and much of it comes back to the White House's senior adviser on issues relating to immigration -- who's a Jewish white supremacist.

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10. Round 3? Round 3 from 2019-11-26T19:06:24

Israel is getting ready to hold it's third election in under a year; how did we get here and what does it all mean?

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LIVE: Shira Hanau and Libby Parker from 2019-11-21T16:00:15

A special LIVE edition of The Jews Are Tired as New York Jewish Week reporter Shira Hanau and Jewfolk, Inc. Executive Director Libby Parker talk Jewish Journalism, anti-Semitism, and reporting on P...

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9. Shira Hanau Talks Jewish Journalism&The Jewish Left from 2019-11-19T19:43:28

New York Jewish Week reporter Shira Hanau talks with us about the state of Jewish Journalism, and the rise of the "Jewish Left."

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8. Bernie&Anti-Semitism, and Gaza Rockets from 2019-11-12T22:22:01

Does Bernie Sanders conflate anti-Semitism here with issues in Israel? Did his piece even address it? Plus, what set off the latest rocket attack from Gaza into Israel?

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7. Rembering Rabin from 2019-11-06T21:12:45

We remember the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 24 years ago, the political storm that led to it, and how it all connects with today's politics.

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6. Antiquities&Anti-Semitism from 2019-10-29T21:30:10

850,000 Jews fled North Africa and the Middle East in the second half of the 20th century. Are the antiquities they left behind still theirs — or the countries’ they fled? Plus, a deeper dive into ...

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5. Counting American Jews&Gantz Gets His Turn from 2019-10-22T21:54:22

A new study by Brandeis University gives a surprising update on how many Jews live in America. Plus, Benny Gantz gets his turn to form a government in Israel after Netanyahu failed. And, news of an...

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4. Impeachment, Judaism&Patriotism from 2019-10-16T00:00:18

This week, Jews are involved in many sides of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, but how does it tie to Judaism and Patriotism in Ukraine? Also, a hostage standoff between Russia and Israel, and feel...

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3. NOW, The Weirdness Starts?! from 2019-10-08T19:42:55

You thought Israeli election politics were strange before? Just wait. But first, how U.S. troops leaving Syria impacts Israel, and a prayer for Yom Kippur.

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2. Bibi's Back? And Anti-Semitism On Campus from 2019-10-01T20:17

Happy New Year! We enter into 5780 with Netanyahu taking the first crack at forming a government, Columbia and the University of Minnesota dealing with the crossroads of anti-Semitism and the First...

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1. Israeli Election Explainer from 2019-09-24T17:29:25

A coherent explainer of Israel's election and what happens next. Plus, are we heading to a reckoning with sexual abuse in the Jewish community? And not everything has to be bageled!

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Coming Soon: The Jews Are Tired from 2019-09-20T03:01:31

A teaser of Jewfolk's newest podcast, The Jews Are Tired, a weekly glance at news around the Jewish world through an analytical, Jewish Journalist lens.

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