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Many of us have watched college campuses around the country erupt in protests, with tent camps being set up on greenspaces calling for universities to disclose and divest from companies that do business in Israel. But when do the chants, signs and graffiti cross the line from first-amendment-protected free speech to something more nefarious? This week, we talk about this with Professor Jane Kirtle...

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 for the Jews, and why should anyone care? I talk about that with Serge, the founder of Babka Social, a new Jewish social media platform. To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/ Sa...

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 been changing. So I talk with Dr. Samantha Pickette, author of “Peak TV’s Unapologetic Jewish Woman,” all about that. To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/ Say hello! Lev@tcjewf...

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 reform, and how the long-time-coming crisis is really the Occupation finally and fully biting Israel in the ass. To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/ Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.co...

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 these tools. So it’s time for a reality check on how these AI chatbots can affect the Jews. To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/ Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com Cincy Jewfolk: htt...

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 future of queer Jews in Modern Orthodoxy — so I talk with Rachael Fried, the executive director at JQY, an organization in New York City that supports LGBTQ youth and young adults from Orthodox homes. To hel...

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 does that history affect Jews today? That’s what I talk about with UW Professor Sasha Senderovich. To help Ukraine: https://tcjewfolk.com/resources-to-help-ukraine/ Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com Cincy Jew...

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 wonderful and frustrating time for Jews. So I have a chaotic chat about it with some of my coworkers here at Jewfolk. To donate: https://tcjewfolk.com/donate/ Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com To subscribe: h...

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 how things came to be this way. So I talk to sociologist Matty Lichtenstein about her research on hasidic yeshiva advocacy. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com To subscribe: https://tcjewfolk.com/#subscribe_for...

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 feared. In this one, I’ll talk about what it does represent, for Israel, but mostly, for American and Diaspora Jews. This episode is also known as: I can't believe I'm talking so much for so long I'm very...

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 of Israeli politicians in line for power. So let’s dig into what happened, how to understand it, and what might come next. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com To subscribe: https://tcjewfolk.com/#subscribe_form...

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 having a great time right now, dealing with burnout, equity, and leadership issues. So I take a deep dive on this with consultant Angie Lieber. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com Get tickets to FolkFest '22: http:/...

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 notorious antisemite Henry Ford. How are these things all connected? By a failure of Jewish leadership on internet policy. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com Get tickets to FolkFest '22: http://tcjewfolk.com/folkfest...

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 I speak with Manny Vogel, who grew up attending a hasidic yeshiva in New York City, about his experience and thoughts on the issue. Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel: https://jewishunpacked.com/introduci...

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 Diary of Anne Frank. So I talk with Laney Hawes, a parent at that school district, about how that movement is affecting her district. Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel: https://jewishunpacked.com/introduci...

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 refugees in Poland, about how the refugee situation has evolved, and the pride of Ukrainian Jewry. Mariia Hershova's Ukraine resources to learn about Ukrainian Jewry and to help Ukraine: https://docs.go...

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 isn’t all that much to say about this anymore, and why Israeli elections will probably keep rolling in at high speed. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com https://jewfolk-inc.creator-spring.com/ https://tcjewfol...

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 State Of The Union with three of my coworkers at Jewfolk, Inc, as we evaluate these United States of America on the Fourth of July. Say hello! Lev@tcjewfolk.com https://jewfolk-inc.creator-spring.com/ htt...