The Jews Are Tired

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

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DEI & The Jews w/Ginna Green

January 15, 2025 • 39 mins

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Uprise: http://upriseforgood.com/

The Forward's polling: https://forward.com/news/664087/harris-trump-poll-jewish-voters-israel-gaza/

Jews wrestling with DEI: https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-critics-of-dei-debate-the-future-of-us-campus-diversity-programs/

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Israel's Black Panthers And The Nation They Exposed w/Asaf Elia-Shalev

January 8, 2025 • 61 mins

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Asaf Elia-Shalev's work: https://www.jta.org/author/ashalev

The Nightingale of Iran: https://www.nightingaleofiran.com/

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New Year Break/Message

December 31, 2024 • 31 secs

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Pride, Queer Jews, & Israel w/Ethan Felson

December 25, 2024 • 34 mins

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Cincy Jewfolk's reporting: https://cincyjewfolk.com/2024/06/10/pro-palestinian-activists-force-resignations-from-cincinnati-pride/

Ethan Felson's writings warning about Pride 2024: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/03/14/what-will-you-do-to-make-pride-safe-this-year/

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Holocaust Education Part II w/Mira Zelle & Libby Cohen

December 18, 2024 • 66 mins

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2025 Power of Place trip info: https://minndakjcrc.org/event/the-power-of-place-2025-jcrc-educator-european-summer-institute/

2024 Power of Place trip stories:

A Mezuzah Imprint, A Chance Encounter, And A JCRC Holocaust Education Trip In Warsaw

Facing Nazi Atrocities, Teachers Trace Path From Warsaw To Treblinka

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Holocaust Education Part I w/ Heather Loeschke & Mike Musil

December 11, 2024 • 49 mins

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

December 4, 2024 • 3 mins

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What Is Free Speech On Campus?

June 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 Professor Jane Kirtley, a lawyer, and the director of th...

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96. Babka Social (with Serge from Babka)

April 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.

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

April 7, 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.

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94. Israeli Judicial Reform

March 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.

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93. The Jewish Case Against ChatGPT

March 2, 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.

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

February 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 Orthodox homes.

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

February 2, 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.

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

December 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.

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89. How Yeshiva Schools Avoid Secular Education (with Matty Lichtenstein)

December 8, 2022 • 51 mins

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.

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88. Defend, Defend, Defend! Israeli Elections Part II

November 26, 2022 • 26 mins

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 very sorry.

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87. Is Israel Lost To Extremists? Elections Part I

November 10, 2022 • 27 mins

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.

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86. Jewish Professional Troubles (with Angie Lieber)

October 28, 2022 • 38 mins

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.

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85. No Jewish Leadership On Internet Policy

October 13, 2022 • 24 mins

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.

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The Jews Are Tired

Episodes

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New Year Break/Message

Pride, Queer Jews, & Israel w/Ethan Felson

Holocaust Education Part II w/Mira Zelle & Libby Cohen

Holocaust Education Part I w/ Heather Loeschke & Mike Musil

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

What Is Free Speech On Campus?

96. Babka Social (with Serge from Babka)

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

94. Israeli Judicial Reform

93. The Jewish Case Against ChatGPT

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

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

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

89. How Yeshiva Schools Avoid Secular Education (with Matty Lichtenstein)

88. Defend, Defend, Defend! Israeli Elections Part II

87. Is Israel Lost To Extremists? Elections Part I

86. Jewish Professional Troubles (with Angie Lieber)

85. No Jewish Leadership On Internet Policy

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