A conversation about the importance of folklore in both the Black and Jewish communities, from the golem and Anansi the Spider to Hip Hop and Jewish Jokes.
This week, Natan Guttman covers Bernie Sanders’ failed legislation to condition U.S. military aid to Israel, and shares what he heard from Iowa caucus voters last week, including from a woman wearing not one but two Trump hats.
“I’m all for cessation of hostilities, but I would argue that it has to be tethered to a quid pro quo,” says Middle East Analyst Aaron David Miller.
Dean Obeidallah and Max Brooks discuss how external events force tribal identity and how to deal with it.
Join Dr. Rochelle L. Ford, President of Dillard University in New Orleans, for a conversation about why she made the decision to revitalize the university’s National Center for Black-Jewish Relations which was first founded in 1989 and how the two communities can build relationships to fight hate.
Serious leadership brings complexity and nuance, and demands more information, not less. Our debates must strengthen democracy, not weaken it.
Israel editor Eetta Prince-Gibson weighs in on Israel’s current mood, and the heaviness of feeling stuck in the past.
Uncertainties and perils may turn 2024 into an existential election for American Jews.
“Not all Hitler comparisons are equal,” writes Nathan Guttman in this week’s Jewish Politics and Power newsletter. Guttman looks at the Republican candidates, recent speeches and the political stances on the war in Gaza.
