Jewish Heretics Podcast

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Jewish Heretics Podcast

Welcome to "Jewish Heretics," the podcast that delves into the lives of extraordinary individuals

  1. JAN 9

    Arielle Angel - Jewish Heretics Podcast #13

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Arielle Angel, editor-in-chief  at Jewish Currents Magazine. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including what it’s like to wrangle multiple perspectives at one of America’s most important Jewish/left institutions during a time of unprecedented Israeli violence and how to catch people when they leave Zionism.

    1 hr

  2. 11/12/2024

    Sol Brager - Jewish Heretics Podcast #12

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Solomon J. Brager, the author of Heavyweight [William Morrow 2024] and other comics, a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artists Fellow, a member of the Pinko magazine editorial collective and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents magazine.

    1h 1m

  3. 09/10/2024

    Molly Crabapple - Jewish Heretics Podcast #11

    In this instalment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated artist, animator, writer and journalist Molly Crabapple. In a wide-ranging discussion, we touch on such topics as her long career as a visual artist, her unique relationship to language and her recent work researching and writing about the Jewish Labour Bund."

    55 min

  4. 08/08/2024

    UofT Encampment - Jewish Heretics Podcast #10

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview a distinguished panel of Toronto-based movers and shakers from the legal and activist worlds about the University of Toronto student encampment in support of Gaza and the injunction legal case that took place in late June of 2024, leading to the eventual ending of the encampment.  On the panel are Professor Alejandro Paz, lawyers Mae Nam and Karen Spector, Independent Jewish Voices staff member Niall Clapham Ricardo and United Jewish People’s Order Executive Director, Sarena Sairan.

    1h 1m

  5. 06/14/2024

    Daniel Kahn - Jewish Heretics Podcast #9

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated singer, songwriter, actor and Yiddishist, Daniel Kahn. In this wide-ranging discussion, we discuss his Jewish upbringing in suburban Michigan; his political activism at a young age; his discovery of Klezmer and Yiddish culture; his career as a songwriter and translator on the vanguard of Jewish music and theatre; and his enduring love for the late, great singer/activist, Adrienne Cooper.

    54 min

  6. 03/26/2024

    Avi Lewis - Jewish Heretics Podcast #8

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview celebrated journalist, filmmaker, professor, activist and Federal NDP candidate, Avi Lewis. We discuss his remarkable family legacy; how his Jewish upbringing has informed his politics and work; and how the horrors of the ongoing genocide in Gaza have created the potential for international solidarity and moral clarity.

    1h 7m

  7. 01/29/2024

    Irena Klepfisz - Jewish Heretics Podcast #7

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview celebrated Jewish, lesbian poet, academic, activist and author Irena Klepfisz, delving into her life-long journeys through language; the legacies of the Holocaust and the Labour Bund; and histories of queer and anti-Zionist activism. Along the way we learn about the challenges (and privileges) of coming out in the early 1970s in New York City; what it means to be an “authentic” Jew; and how children were taught Swedish in the 1940s.   Irena’s latest, award-winning book of poetry, Her Birth and Later Years; Poems new and collected, is now available in paperback, through Wesleyan University Press.

    1h 10m

  8. 12/18/2023

    Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition - Jewish Heretics Podcast #6

    In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview members of the Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition, a loose group of like-minded, Pro-Palestinian, anti-oppression organizations, formed in Toronto in the wake of the Hamas attack on Southern Israel on October 7 and the Israeli invasion of Gaza that followed. We discuss the coalition’s formation, its activities and the emotional toll taken on activists working to prevent genocide and fighting for a just future.

    51 min
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About

Welcome to "Jewish Heretics," the podcast that delves into the lives of extraordinary individuals

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  • Creator
    UJPO / Winchevsky
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © UJPO / Winchevsky
  • Show Website
    Jewish Heretics Podcast

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