Negative portrayals of Jews in theater shows and tv shows, or in movies, can lead to antisemitism. Positiveportrayals can help decrease antisemitism. We speak with Estee Stimler, playwright, lyricist, and producer in London. Estee also serves on the board of Stand With Us UK, an organization that supports Zionists and Zionism on campus.
More and more Americans at the Left and the Right areturning against Jews and Israel. Yet America was founded on pro-Jewish principles. Michael Finch is a poet and essayist and the President of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He talks about America’s historical and cultural roots and the promise of freedom of religion and prosperity. He published a new book with remarkable essays ‘A Time to Stand. The Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty’.
What do the media in the Middle East say about Israel,October 7, Gaza, and Jews now that several Arab and other Muslim countries are engaged in the international peace initiative for Israel and Gaza? Yigal Carmon, co-founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), reports. We recommend to follow the Arab media and media elsewhere in the world in translation at www.MEMRI.org
With online messaging against antisemitism, we often reach only the echo chamber. But with a billboard we reach everybody who drives through that street. Archie Gottesman tells us about the billboard campaigns of herorganization JewBelong, and how these campaigns raise the number of people who speak up against antisemitism.
We discuss the ties with radicalism of Zohram Mamdani with Dalia Ziada. She is an Egyptian political analyst specializing in the Middle East, and Islamist radicalism in the West. She is coordinator and research fellow at ISGAP, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy in Washington, DC. She had a leading role in the Arab Spring revolutions and spoke up bravely against Hamas after October 7, 2023, when she was still living in Egypt.
Israeli historian, tour guide and IDF paratrooper veteranUri Goldflam is an expert in Israeli history. After October 7, he became a speaker in the diaspora, fighting the lies about Israel’s alleged genocide, colonialism, starvation policy, and apartheid. He provides talking points foreveryone to help dispel these lies How To Talk AboutThe Conflict - Travel Trailer Israel
Pro-Palestinian activists put pressure on the entertainment industry to boycott Israel. Some working in the industry yield, others don’t. We discuss this with Lana Melman, a leading expert fighting the cultural boycott campaign. She wrote the book “ARTISTS UNDER FIRE: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel.”
ZAKA commander Simcha Greiniman shares his experiences of October 7, 2023, and of the weeks afterwards. Greiniman arrived on the scene torecover the dead and the body parts. He saw traces of cruelty he had never witnessed before in his 20+ years of doing this sacred work. ZAKA is the organizationof volunteers who search, rescue, and recover after accidents and disasters. We warn our listeners for potentially disturbing content of this interview. Youcan donate to ZAKA at: zakaworld.org
At the two-year anniversary of the onslaught in Israel onOctober 7, 2023, Shelly Timar shares her heartbreaking experiences of that day and the days afterwards. So that we will never forget. Shelly lives in Israel and has close connections with Kfar Aza, one of the kibbutzim that were attacked by the terrorists.
Defender of Israel Micha Danzig debunks the allegation that Zionism is “White colonialism”. He has served in the Israeli Army and is a former police officer with the NYPD. He has published articles in the Jewish Journal, The Algemeiner, The Forward, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), and appeared on numerous local and national news shows on topics related to antisemitism, theArab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East.
Author Sarah Hurwitz discusses her new book: As A Jew.Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us. It describes the hatred American Jews currently find themselves in and the internaland external forces that prevent them from understanding it.
Brandy Shufutinsky, Director of the Program on Education and National Security at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses how teachers in America are trained to deny the history of the Jewish people in theLand of Israel, and to picture Arab Palestinians as the indigenous people instead.
Educator and ISGAP research fellow Naya Lekht exposes the “Woke Right” in growing parts of the Conservatives in the U.S. Anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, scapegoating of the Jews, Holocaust denial and putting Israel ontrial are moving from the fringe towards the center of U.S. Conservatives.
Thane Rosenbaum, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, and CBS News Radio’s legal analyst, describes the legal definition of ‘genocide’ and argues that Israel’s actions in Gaza donot meet the criteria. His new book is titled “Beyond Proportionality: Israel’s Just War in Gaza.”
Australian author Linda Margolin Royal wrote the novel"The Star on the Grave" based on the true story of the "JapaneseSchindler"-- the Japanese diplomat who rescued many Jews in Lithuaniaagainst the orders of his government. (Her father was one of these Jews.) Inthis interview she exposes that bookstores in Australia have becomeincreasingly unwilling to promote and sell the book, as well as books by otherJewish authors, after pushback following October 7th.
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Author and communication expert Gary Wexler exposes the years-long coordinated communication war against Israel and Zionism and how Israel and the American Jewish organizations fail to have a coordinated response. A revolution is needed from the grassroots level.
Günther Jikeli, Associate Professor at Indiana UniversityBloomington at the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism,discusses the shocking results of his recent study about antisemitism oncampus. Anti-Israel activism and antisemitism on campus are correlated, theprotests are organized by groups affiliated with Palestinian terrorism, and therhetoric is influenced by Hamas and Iran. The research report is here: https://works.hcommons.org/records/sb3aw-kdk02
Mayor of Beverly Hills, California, Sharona Nazariandiscusses her city’s policy and activities against antisemitism. She has now launched the year-long campaign Never Again Is Now. In October, 2025, the citywill unveil the world’s first monument of the attacks on Israeli civilians of October 7, 2023.
An Iranian-Jewish grassroots community leader in LosAngeles, Sharon Nik, speaks about the antisemitism in Iran and warns us for being naïve about antisemitism today in America. She urges everybody to speakup now.
Strategic advisor Toba Hellerstein shares research-driven insights on how (not) to counter the current anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli narratives. She is the founder and CEO of Attune Now and helps governments, non-profits and institutions with shaping strategies for public perception. Her latest research report can be found here: Report: Perceptions of Jews & Israel | Attune Now!