On this episode, we spoke with Leo Ferguson and Aurora Levins Morales about the new resource, ‘Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to our Movement,’ released by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. We talked about the several-year process behind the resource, the monopoly the Jewish Right has had over this conversation, and why it’s taken the Jewish left so long to offer this analysis.
Show Notes:
Continue reading “36 Understanding Antisemitism”
On this episode, we took a look back at the First Intifada following its 30th anniversary. We spoke with Mezna Qato about the history of the First Intifada, it’s legacy, and how it can help us better understand our present moment.
Show Notes: Continue reading “35 The First Intifada, 30 Years Later”
A brief update on what’s going on behind the scenes at Treyf HQ + remembering the attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, one year later.
We spoke with Tom Pessah, an activist & academic based in Tel Aviv. We talked about his work with Amram, a group working to expose the truth about Israel’s mass kidnapping of Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan children in the 1950s. We spoke about the racism that led to these kidnappings, and his investigation into JIMENA, the largest group representing Mizrahi Jews in the US.
Show Notes:
Forward – What Happened to the Yemenite Children? We’re Still Waiting On an Answer
Jewschool – Jews of the Middle East or Ashkenazi Donors?
972 Mag – The Tragedy of the Lost Yemenite Children: In the Footsteps of the Adoptees
