39 min
How Do You Do Jewish Activism? with Marla Friedson Bad Jew
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- Judaism
Now more than ever before, your people need YOU! Anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rallies have spread like wildfire across the nation. Students get harassed on campus just for being Jews. The few Jews that do join the encampments are tokenized and glorified in hypocritical ways. No matter how much light we shed on the situation, our adversaries come back more aggressively. This is an uphill battle.
Such battles don't stop Marla Friedson, co-host of Schmuckboys, from joining the counterprotests. Marla and her friends regularly post on social media and take to the streets to share their voices proudly. Friedson joins Chaz Volk on Bad Jew to discuss what it takes to effectively and accurately speak on behalf of Israel. Volk takes this opportunity to assess how the international Jewish community is doing when it comes to sharing information as well. Tune in to become inspired to take the streets and speak on behalf of those that can't!
00:00 Introduction
03:12 Judaism as a moral basis for activism
08:39 Unity within activism
09:42 The value of attending rallies
13:21 Avoiding misinformation
18:42 Credibility
20:19 Responsibility in influence
23:44 Accuracy and literacy
26:29 Jewish intimidation and antisemitism
31:22 Zionism
34:12 The undeniable tie of Judaism and Zionism
36:47 Education is key to combating antisemitism
About Marla Friedson:
Marla Friedson is the receptionist at Circle of Confusion, a tv/film production and management company. She is also a freelance producer, having worked on a variety of content from unscripted TV to short films to the US Tennis Open. Marla is the co-host and co-producer of Schmuckboys, a podcast about Jewish dating, Jewish identity and antisemitism. Her and co-host Libby Walker interview Jewish guests from all walks of life and release new episodes every other week through the Jewish Journal Podcast Network. Marla is very involved in Jewish organizations in L.A. serving on the board of AishLIT and working part-time as the Head of Operations for Jews Talk Justice, a Tel Aviv Institute project. She is a vocal activist for the Jewish people, using her social media platform to help educate others.
Connect with Marla Friedson:
IG @marsbars36
Tune into Schmuckboys on your favorite podcast platform
Connect with Bad Jew:
BadJew.co
https://linktr.ee/badjew
BadJewPod@gmail.com
Ig @BadJewPod
TikTok @BadJewPod
Now more than ever before, your people need YOU! Anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rallies have spread like wildfire across the nation. Students get harassed on campus just for being Jews. The few Jews that do join the encampments are tokenized and glorified in hypocritical ways. No matter how much light we shed on the situation, our adversaries come back more aggressively. This is an uphill battle.
Such battles don't stop Marla Friedson, co-host of Schmuckboys, from joining the counterprotests. Marla and her friends regularly post on social media and take to the streets to share their voices proudly. Friedson joins Chaz Volk on Bad Jew to discuss what it takes to effectively and accurately speak on behalf of Israel. Volk takes this opportunity to assess how the international Jewish community is doing when it comes to sharing information as well. Tune in to become inspired to take the streets and speak on behalf of those that can't!
00:00 Introduction
03:12 Judaism as a moral basis for activism
08:39 Unity within activism
09:42 The value of attending rallies
13:21 Avoiding misinformation
18:42 Credibility
20:19 Responsibility in influence
23:44 Accuracy and literacy
26:29 Jewish intimidation and antisemitism
31:22 Zionism
34:12 The undeniable tie of Judaism and Zionism
36:47 Education is key to combating antisemitism
About Marla Friedson:
Marla Friedson is the receptionist at Circle of Confusion, a tv/film production and management company. She is also a freelance producer, having worked on a variety of content from unscripted TV to short films to the US Tennis Open. Marla is the co-host and co-producer of Schmuckboys, a podcast about Jewish dating, Jewish identity and antisemitism. Her and co-host Libby Walker interview Jewish guests from all walks of life and release new episodes every other week through the Jewish Journal Podcast Network. Marla is very involved in Jewish organizations in L.A. serving on the board of AishLIT and working part-time as the Head of Operations for Jews Talk Justice, a Tel Aviv Institute project. She is a vocal activist for the Jewish people, using her social media platform to help educate others.
Connect with Marla Friedson:
IG @marsbars36
Tune into Schmuckboys on your favorite podcast platform
Connect with Bad Jew:
BadJew.co
https://linktr.ee/badjew
BadJewPod@gmail.com
Ig @BadJewPod
TikTok @BadJewPod
39 min