The Jewish Diasporist

After the High Holidays, we return with a part 2 about SummerU! Apart from exploring the decision-making processes of the European Union of Jewish Students, we have two more interviews: Simon Golombek from Norway and Olaf Stando, former EUJS Board Member and one of the main organisers of the Never Again Right Now human rights network!

Happy New Year! This is Part 1 of Zach's retrospective on SummerU, the flagship annual retreat of the European Union of Jewish Students that took place from 14-21 August 2023 in Malaga, Spain. With the help of attendees he interviewed - organisers of Jewish student communal life from Spain, Turkey, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia - he explores with Ben how these different stories can relate to...

Fellow Diasporists! Ross Lomazov of Melbourne's Jewish Labor Bund joins us to talk about this last bastion of this great socialist diasporist movement. Through it we discuss the meaning of Bundism today and perspectives on its future within a wider Jewish diasporism. Melbourne Bund: bundist.org Check out Isabel Frey on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6YUKG9pRka2uFJ0QAe7Eac?si=s5Nt9h2dQ2uxH6_5isx8...

The story of the Abayudaya is one few know. Jordan Yanowitz interviews Tzion Kaukira, a Jew from Uganda whom he worked with at a Reform summer camp this past summer. Tzion’s Jewish life offers a unique perspective, approaching important questions of religiosity, communal inclusivity, and Jewish identity across diaspora. Join them as Tzion delves into the history of his community and how this histo...

What does it mean to have a diasporist relationship to the land we live on? Coming to you from Miknaf Ha'aretz's Radical Farm Camp, organised last month Ben spoke to the organisers Sara Moon and Samson Hart! With Zach unavailable, he was joined by a special guest host... Join us to find out who, and stay for a conversation about cultivating a sense of belonging through grounded community. Find out...

Fenya Fischler, Catherine Bailey-Gluckman and David Bernstein from Shabbes 24/7 join us just before the third anniversary of the collective to discuss their work, Jewish life in Belgium, intersections between Jewish Diasporist and Queer identities and much more! Find out more about Shabbes 24/7 here! instagram.com/shabbes247 shabbes247.notion.site/shabbes247/Shabbes-24-7-4f2a1eddce114d64b3e0bd6d16...

How does Jewish spirituality relate to Jewish community organising? This week, Rabbi David J. Cooper, whom Ben met on the CJNV delegation to Israel-Palestine, joins us to discuss his experience as an activist and organiser of the progressive Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay Area of California, and explore the ethical and spiritual values which have been central to his work. We have an e...

From May 13-25th, Jewish Diasporist Co-host, Ben Yanowitz, joined the Center for Jewish Non-violence's (CJNV)'s annual delegation to Palestine/Israel. This episode features a series of shorter interviews and conversations recorded during the delegation. While not about CJNV directly, we sought to share stories from different participants in order to contextualize the crucial networking among diasp...

Josh Burg, a member of INN's Washington D.C. core team and national strategic planning team, joins us to discuss the values of Jewish youth summer camps, as well as the current movement ecosystem of the Jewish left in the United States . ifnotnowmovement.org twitter.com/joshburg PS. Shoutout to everyone at Camp Newman right now!

On this episode we interviewed David Adler, the General Coordinator of the Progressive International to discuss the prospects and pitfalls of Jewish Internationalism within a broader framework of Socialist Internationalist organizing. In this we explore the history and present of mass socialist internationalism to better understand how to organize across borders and facilitate international coordi...

Russia's full-blown invasion of Ukraine began 15 months ago. How do we relate to it as Jewish Diasporists? To help us answer these questions, we spoke to Mariia! Originally from Dnipro, now based in Kraków, Poland, she coordinates young refugee relief efforts with the local Jewish Community Centre and Hillel Poland. Tune in next week for a new episode! Previous Podcasts with Mariia: https://tcjewf...

After spending a week in Poland in honour of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, we sat down with Julia Bard and David Rosenberg from the UK-based Jewish Socialist Group to discuss their organisation and experience, in addition to our shared experience commemorating in Poland. Check out the Jewish Socialist Group: https://www.jewishsocialist.org.uk/ Check out Aly Halpert on Spotify...

In this episode we discuss our experience at the 2023 UJS Conference. Join us for a wild ride!

Our pilot episode. In this first podcast we introduce ourselves, and some of the key themes we will be discussing through this show, We also touch on the organising work from which this podcast is coming.