In this episode, Zach spoke to Steve Ogin, one of the lead organizers of the Yiddish cultural movement in the United Kingdom.

We'd like to apolgize for the delays in our regular biweekly publishing schedule. We have been working hard, and have had difficulties editing at the rate we'd like. Nevertheless, we have several though provoking episodes recorded for the coming weeks so stay tuned!

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Ben and Zach speak to Joe, a member of the Jewish Voice for Solidarity group, which is based in Prague, Czech Republic, Alongside their various local actvities, they recently drafted and presented an interesting document, a satire playing on the Israeli Declaration of Independence, which all Jewish Diasporists will find an interesting read.

Perhaps this humourous spirit, or the fact that we recorded the intro on the 4th of July, led us to engage in a little tomfoolery during the intro...

Joe's article "There is No Jewish State"

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This is a re-release of our conversation with artist and former University of Oregon Hillel organiser Alana Green, conducted in November 2023.

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(Note: This Interview was recorded before 6/7, when the University of California (UC) found an Orange County Judge to declare a restraining order on the UAW in order to suspend the legal strike action.)

Over the past months, encampments were set up to demand fiscal transparency and divestment from Israel’s militarism. Although this mass movement has commonly been accused of spreading antisemitism, Jews have disproportionately taken part in this movement to hold their universities’ administrations accountable.

At the campuses of the University of California, this movement has taken a unique turn as academic workers, organized through UAW 4811, launched a strike to challenge the unfair labor practices imposed to repress the student movement.

In this episode, Ben interviewed Rebecca Gross and Max Sàrosi. Max and Rebecca both have been key organizers of Jews Against White Supremacy (JAWS) on the campus, and Rebecca is also a leader of the union on campus.

While locally focused, this conversation explores JAWS as an organization that has been part of the wider movement at UCSC, and places the specific dynamics of the movement at UCSC within its context as part of the UC Divest coalition. We hope this conversation will help listeners better understand the character of this locale within the historic movement.

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Note: This episode was recorded on May 14, 2024, prior to the arrests made at the UC Berkeley "Hind's House" encampment.

For this episode, we interviewed Zalman Tzipporah, a Bundist student and organizer, who has been attending University at Berkeley CA, but in past months has been completing a Semester in Berlin. In our conversation we explored Zalman's road to Bundism and how these ideas have shaped his experience in these distinct geographies; from Yiddishism to their practice of hereness in there collegial homes of Berkeley and Berlin.

We initially met Zalman through our shared participation in the effort to rebuild the International Jewish Labour Bund, but he also joined Zach in Krakow to help organize a Jewish Bloc for the city's May Day Demonstration. This was the first organized Jewish bloc at a demonstration in Poland in generations.

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Learn more about the Yiddish program that has been foundational to Zalman's Bundism.

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In this episode we spoke to Levi Zapata, Katie Kaestner-Frenchman and Lìdice, three organizers of Colectivo Sirpad (סרפד), a Queer Anti-Zionist and Diasporist group in Spain. In our conversation we delved in to the rich Jewish history of the country and explored how Jews have contributed to and pushed against the formation of Spanish national culture. By diving into the history and present of Sepharad our guests offer a unique look into the way diaspora cultures constitute and subverts contemporary understandings of national identity.

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Esteemed Professor Avi Shlaim joins Zach to speak about the study of history and Arab-Jewish identity!

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew

simonandschuster.com/books/Three-Worlds/Avi-Shlaim/9780861544639

Recent interviews by Prof. Shlaim:

youtube.com/watch?v=lfDhaWlqXf8&pp=ygUUYXZpIHNobGFpbSBhcmFiIGpld3M%3D

youtube.com/watch?v=gvhL2Sy5FEQ&pp=ygUUYXZpIHNobGFpbSBhcmFiIGpld3M%3D

youtube.com/watch?v=krOE1QOWziA&pp=ygUUYXZpIHNobGFpbSBhcmFiIGpld3M%3D

youtube.com/watch?v=nUjdDYoTZG0&pp=ygUUYXZpIHNobGFpbSBhcmFiIGpld3M%3D

youtube.com/watch?v=OdWOpHMKelM

Hadar Cohen's cited article:

972mag.com/arab-jew-mizrahim-zionism-israel/

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Zach and Jordan (a first time combo!) speak to Zandi and Julia, two activists from South African Jews for a Free Palestine, about what their group can offer to our present moment, locally and globally. We also touch on the connections between Jewishness in a particular context between racism and settler-colonialism, providing context and frameworks for wider perspectives from Jews of colour.

Some of the Articles cited from in this episode:

newint.org/2024/africas-pandoras-box

kh-uia.org.il/about-us/governors/martin-moshal/

sajr.co.za/moshal-puts-money-on-better-sa-leadership/

dailyinvestor.com/south-africa/32930/anc-da-and-effs-biggest-funders-revealed/

Ben White, Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide

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