The Jews Are Tired

Dec 11 2024 101 ep. 25 mins 17

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A weekly digest of the big stories around the Jewish world, through a Jewish Journalist lens.

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Holocaust Education Part I w/ Heather Loeschke & Mike Musil

Dec 11 2024 49 mins

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TJAT Episode 4: Return Of The Jew(s Are Tired)

Dec 04 2024 3 mins

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What Is Free Speech On Campus?

Jun 17 2024 48 mins

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 Profe

96. Babka Social (with Serge from Babka)

Apr 20 2023 51 mins

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

95. TV's Unapologetic Jewish Women (feat. Dr. Samantha Pickette)

Apr 07 2023 56 mins

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-ukr

94. Israeli Judicial Reform

Mar 23 2023 34 mins

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!

93. The Jewish Case Against ChatGPT

Mar 02 2023 28 mins

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! [email protected]

92. Yeshiva University vs. Queer Jews (with Rachael Fried)

Feb 16 2023 46 mins

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 Orth

91. How The Soviet Jew Was Made (with Sasha Senderovich)

Feb 02 2023 56 mins

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@tcjewfo

90. The Great Hannukah/Merry Christmas Shenanigan Bonanza (with Izzy Wellman, Carli Shapiro, and Emma Pelc)

Dec 22 2022 78 mins

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