People of the Pod headphones Antisemitism in the Kidlit World; Ben & Jerry's Shameful Surrender 22 Jul 2021
This text discusses two separate topics related to antisemitism: the controversy surrounding the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators' apology ...
22 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Antisemitism in the Kidlit World; Ben & Jerry's Shameful Surrender 22 Jul 2021
In this episode, Jewish Insider Reporter Gabby Deutch discusses the controversy surrounding the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators' apology f...
22 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Antisemitism in the Kidlit World; Ben & Jerry's Shameful Surrender 22 Jul 2021
In this discussion, Jewish Insider Reporter Gabby Deutch explores the issue of antisemitism in the Kidlit (children's literature) world. She highlights how t...
22 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Antisemitism in the Kidlit World; Ben & Jerry's Shameful Surrender 22 Jul 2021
This text discusses two different issues related to antisemitism. Firstly, it mentions the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators apologizing for...
22 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Antisemitism in the Kidlit World; Ben & Jerry's Shameful Surrender 22 Jul 2021
This article discusses two recent instances of antisemitism. Firstly, it mentions the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators, who initially conde...
22 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Hear From the Woman Iran Tried to Kidnap 16 Jul 2021
The podcast discusses the recent attempted kidnapping of Iranian exile Masih Alinejad by Iranian operatives. Alinejad, a human rights activist and journalist...
16 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones Launch of the Senate Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations; The Startup Nation: “Failure is Not an Option” 8 Jul 2021
Three U.S. Senators have announced the launch of the Senate Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, a bipartisan caucus aimed at strengthening Black-Jewish relatio...
8 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones “We Refuse to Choose Among Our Identities”: A Wider Bridge’s Ethan Felson on Antisemitism at the Chicago Dyke March 1 Jul 2021
This article discusses the hostility exhibited by the Chicago Dyke March towards supporters of Israel. In 2017, the march ejected Jewish participants carryin...
1 Jul 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Butcher of Tehran; The Great Debate Over the West Bank 24 Jun 2021
In this episode, Daniel Schwammenthal discusses the implications of Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric known as the Butcher of Tehran, being chosen as Iran's n...
24 Jun 2021
People of the Pod headphones What You Need to Know About Israel’s Diverse New Government; The Mainstreaming of Antisemitism 17 Jun 2021
The Jerusalem Post Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Lahav Harkov discusses the new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and provides insights into the new g...
17 Jun 2021
People of the Pod headphones How Interfaith Relations Helped Drive the Abraham Accords; A View From Campus 10 Jun 2021
The article discusses two sessions from the AJC Virtual Global Forum 2021. The first session, titled "How Interfaith Relations Helped Drive the Abraham Accor...
10 Jun 2021
People of the Pod headphones High Stakes: What’s Next for U.S. Policy on Iran? 27 May 2021
In this discussion, AJC Jerusalem Director Avital Leibovich, AJC Transatlantic Institute Director Daniel Schwammenthal, and AJC Chief Policy and Political Af...
27 May 2021
People of the Pod headphones Talking Israel with Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz and AJC CEO David Harris 20 May 2021
In this podcast episode, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz discusses the violence in Israel and Gaza, as well as Jewish American Heritage Month and hono...
20 May 2021
People of the Pod headphones Israel Under Attack: What You Need to Know 14 May 2021
Israel is currently facing a severe crisis, with thousands of rockets fired from Gaza, causing Israelis to take shelter. The violence is not limited to Gaza,...
14 May 2021
People of the Pod headphones Breaking Down the Facebook Ban and Celebrating American Jewish Heritage Month 6 May 2021
In this podcast episode, the host discusses the recent ruling of The Oversight Board, which includes Emi Palmor, on Facebook's ban of former President Trump....
6 May 2021
People of the Pod headphones What You Should Know About the Iran Nuclear Talks 29 Apr 2021
The article discusses the recent reopening of negotiations between six world powers and Iran regarding the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
29 Apr 2021
People of the Pod headphones “I Will Never Forget That Day”: Poway’s Mayor on the Second Anniversary of the Chabad Shooting 22 Apr 2021
Mayor Steve Vaus reflects on the second anniversary of the Chabad shooting in Poway, California, where a white supremacist attacked a synagogue during Passov...
22 Apr 2021
People of the Pod headphones Yossi Klein Halevi on The Third Era of Jewish History 15 Apr 2021
Author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi discusses the significance of the Israeli calendar in remembering the fallen on Yom HaZikaron and celebrating indepe...
15 Apr 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Art of Inventing Hope: Elie Wiesel’s Masterclass for Humanity 8 Apr 2021
Journalist Howard Reich, the son of Holocaust survivors, never spoke to his parents about their experiences during the Holocaust until his mother started rel...
8 Apr 2021
People of the Pod headphones What We Can All Learn from Rabbi Heschel on Confronting Injustice 1 Apr 2021
This episode features Martin Doblmeier, the director of "Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story," discussing Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's sig...
1 Apr 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Israeli Election: What Just Happened and What Comes Next 26 Mar 2021
In this podcast episode, Allison Kaplan Sommer, a journalist for Haaretz, discusses the recent Israeli election and highlights two key figures: Mansour Abbas...
26 Mar 2021
People of the Pod headphones This Is Why Israel is Having Its Fourth Election in Two Years 18 Mar 2021
In an interview with Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel's senior political analyst, the reasons behind Israel's fourth election in two years are explored....
18 Mar 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Nazi Hunter: Eli Rosenbaum on Tracking Down the World’s Most Wanted Criminals 12 Mar 2021
In this interview, Eli Rosenbaum, the Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy at the Department of Justice, discusses his role as a Nazi hun...
12 Mar 2021
People of the Pod headphones Non-Orthodox Conversion in Israel: Dividing or Uniting the Jewish World? 5 Mar 2021
The Israeli Supreme Court recently made a ruling on non-Orthodox conversions, which has implications for the Israel-Diaspora relationship. Laura Shaw Frank, ...
5 Mar 2021
People of the Pod headphones Soraya Nadia McDonald on Being Black and Jewish; NBC’s No Good, Very Bad Week 25 Feb 2021
In this episode, journalist Soraya Nadia McDonald discusses her personal experience of being Black and Jewish, particularly in light of antisemitic remarks m...
25 Feb 2021
People of the Pod headphones Israel and the International Criminal Court; The Power of Music 19 Feb 2021
In a recent development, the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has declared its jurisdiction in the West Bank and Gaza, thereby potentially ena...
19 Feb 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Real Danger of QAnon; Telling the Jewish Story in Arabic 11 Feb 2021
In this episode, Joel Finkelstein and Pamela Paresky discuss the dangers of the antisemitic conspiracy theory movement QAnon and the need to take steps to st...
11 Feb 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Problem with California’s Ethnic Studies; Mayors United Against Antisemitism 4 Feb 2021
The controversy surrounding the curriculum for teaching ethnic studies in California public schools is coming to a head as a final vote in March approaches. ...
4 Feb 2021
People of the Pod headphones International Holocaust Remembrance Day with Mandy Gonzalez; Israel’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout and the Palestinians 29 Jan 2021
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Museum of Jewish Heritage held a virtual event featuring a reading of diary excerpts from young writ...
29 Jan 2021
People of the Pod headphones The Biden Administration Gets Underway and Post-Inauguration Reflections 22 Jan 2021
In this episode, AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer, Jason Isaacson, discusses President Biden's inaugural address and what we can expect from th...
22 Jan 2021
People of the Pod headphones Inside America’s Far Right; Congressman Ritchie Torres 14 Jan 2021
In this episode, the director of The Atlantic's documentary "White Noise," Daniel Lombroso, reflects on his four years spent with leaders of white supremacis...
14 Jan 2021
People of the Pod headphones A Special Conversation with Congressman Ritchie Torres 13 Jan 2021
In a special conversation, freshman Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) reflects on the events of January 6 at the United States Capitol. He discusses the pres...
13 Jan 2021
People of the Pod headphones Ambassador Daniel Shapiro on Biden's Foreign Policy; Responding to the Attack on the Capitol 7 Jan 2021
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro, who worked with President-elect Joe Biden in the Obama administration, discusses what we can expect from the...
7 Jan 2021
People of the Pod headphones Georgia Runoff Elections and Tackling Hate in America 23 Dec 2020
In this episode, political reporter Greg Bluestein discusses the upcoming runoff elections in Georgia that will determine which party controls the US Senate....
23 Dec 2020
People of the Pod headphones UN Mideast Envoy Nickolay Mladenov; Celebrating Hanukkah 17 Dec 2020
In this podcast episode, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, discusses his work in promoting peace between Israe...
17 Dec 2020
People of the Pod headphones Israeli Political Rumblings; Jersey City Attack: One Year Later 11 Dec 2020
In this episode, Tal Schneider, political correspondent at the Times of Israel, discusses the latest developments in Israeli politics as the country heads to...
11 Dec 2020
People of the Pod headphones Intrigue in Iran and the Stories of Mizrahi Jews 3 Dec 2020
In this discussion, Sima Shine, former head of Mossad's research division and senior researcher at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), t...
3 Dec 2020
People of the Pod headphones Talking Racial Justice with Eric Ward and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl 25 Nov 2020
This episode of a podcast discusses two important conversations on racial justice. First, Eric Ward, Executive Director of the Western States Center, shares ...
25 Nov 2020
People of the Pod headphones Religion and Politics in the 2020 Election with The Atlantic’s Emma Green 19 Nov 2020
In this podcast episode, Emma Green from The Atlantic discusses the intersection of religion and politics in the 2020 election. The importance of the January...
19 Nov 2020
People of the Pod headphones Election 2020 Analysis: Bethany Mandel, Ron Kampeas 13 Nov 2020
In this episode, the hosts analyze the 2020 election results. They first speak with Bethany Mandel, a writer and commentator, about the inaccuracies of pre-e...
13 Nov 2020
People of the Pod headphones Election 2020: A Bipartisan Analysis and a Focus on Florida 6 Nov 2020
In this episode, Ira Sheskin, a professor and editor, discusses the results of the 2020 election, focusing on the Jewish vote in Florida. The episode also in...
6 Nov 2020
People of the Pod headphones Debra Messing; AJC’s Groundbreaking State of Antisemitism in America Report 29 Oct 2020
This episode of a podcast features a conversation with actress Debra Messing about her personal experiences with antisemitism and how it has influenced her. ...
29 Oct 2020
People of the Pod headphones COVID-19 in NY's Ultra-Orthodox Community with Jacob Kornbluh; Iran Sanctions with Mark Dubowitz 22 Oct 2020
This week's episode of the AJC Advocacy Anywhere podcast features discussions on two topics. First, Jacob Kornbluh, a National Politics Reporter for Jewish I...
22 Oct 2020
People of the Pod headphones Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial Content 15 Oct 2020
Facebook has announced that it will ban Holocaust denial content from its platform. This decision comes after mounting pressure from various organizations, i...
15 Oct 2020
People of the Pod headphones Josh Kraft on Together Beat Hate 8 Oct 2020
In this interview, Josh Kraft, a community leader and philanthropist who heads the Kraft family philanthropic efforts, talks about the "[tbh]" initiative. [t...
8 Oct 2020
People of the Pod headphones White Supremacy in America and David Duke 2 Oct 2020
This article discusses two podcasts that explore the history and rise of white supremacy in America. The first podcast, "Motive," delves into the origins of ...
2 Oct 2020
People of the Pod headphones Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 24 Sep 2020
In this article, Abbe Gluck, a former clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, discusses the impact of Ginsburg on herself and gender equality in the United Sta...
24 Sep 2020
People of the Pod headphones Talking Arab-Israeli Peace with Acting Consul General Israel Nitzan 17 Sep 2020
In this interview with Israeli Acting Consul General Israel Nitzan, the historic signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab ...
17 Sep 2020
People of the Pod headphones AJC UAE Office; Reflections on #BlackJewishUnity Week 10 Sep 2020
AJC, an organization that promotes understanding between Arab states and the Jewish people, has announced plans to open its first permanent office in the Uni...
10 Sep 2020
People of the Pod headphones Celebrating #BlackJewishUnity Week with the National Urban League 4 Sep 2020
AJC (American Jewish Committee) and the National Urban League are partnering to designate the week of September 7th as Black-Jewish Unity Week. This initiati...
4 Sep 2020