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Diaspora Jewish Voice for Peace
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4.4 • 104 Ratings
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From Jewish Voice for Peace, this new monthly podcast explores some of the big concepts animating progressive Jewish life. This season, we are talking about Zionism. We talk to Jewish people who grew up Zionist without even realizing it, Jewish people who learned how to be Jewish through Zionism, Palestinians who are impacted by it, and the ever-growing group of Jewish people who are rejecting Zionism. If you are curious about Jewish life, if you are part of progressive movements, if you are wrestling with Zionism, or if you just don’t quite understand what Zionism is - subscribe.
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How do we get attached?
When did Judaism & Jewishness become intertwined with Zionism? Meet your hosts, Nava EtShalom and Tallie Ben Daniel, as we start to unpack how we get attached.
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What is Zionism, anyway?
Zionism is a nineteenth century ideology that sought to solve nineteenth century problems, but it remains remarkably entrenched in Jewish life in the United States. So what is it?
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Keeping Us From One Another
How does Zionism impact Palestinians?
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We want to hear what you think! What does the word “diaspora” mean to you? Do you think of yourself as living in diaspora? Record your answer - you can use the voice memos on your phone - and email your recording to podcast@jvp.org, and we might include it in a future episode!
We’d like to thank Phyllis Bennis for factchecking this episode.
Music in this episode: "Marty Gots A Plan" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) and "Somewhere To Be" by Otis Galloway (https://filmmusic.io) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Our theme music is "For Our Stories" by decibelists, off their self-titled debut album.
Diaspora Podcast is produced by Tallie Ben Daniel, written and hosted by Tallie Ben Daniel and Nava EtShalom, and edited by Jenny Asarnow. -
A land without a people for a people without a land
This phrase summarizes so much of why we reject Zionism. And it has a surprising history. Join Tallie and Nava as we talk about Christian Zionism and why land matters.
We're still collecting diaspora stories! What does "diaspora" mean to you? Record yourself - you can use the voice memos on your phone - and email podcast@jvp.org, and we might include it in a future episode!
Music in this episode:
"For Our Stories" by decibelists (www.decibelists.com)
"Sneaky Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Flight Pack 1 - 4/6 (Segeln)" by Sascha Ende
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How we changed our minds
Tallie and Nava talk about how we changed our minds about Zionism.
Music in this episode is "All Other Things Considered" by Dresden, The Flamingo. Our theme music is by decibelists. (https://www.decibelists.com/) -
What does diaspora mean to you?
For our last episode of the season, we asked you what you think of diaspora. listeners offer their thoughts on land, spirituality, settler colonialism and food. and Tallie and Nava say good bye for now!
Customer Reviews
Woof I needed this podcast
Meeting me exactly where I am, helping me grow and learn
Important
Very important podcast for everybody, but particularly for Jewish people who have been spoon fed Zionism from a young age. This perspective needs to be amplified.
Eye-Opening, Refreshingly Honest
For those saying that the summary/bio does not match the content in the episodes clearly didn’t give it a real chance, and hence did not understand the point and key learnings behind each segment.
This IS about the Jewish diaspora as much as it is about the Palestinian diaspora. It is about empowering Jewish people to break free from false political ideologies that are forced down their throats since birth. Especially American Jews, as explained by the hosts.
It is to understand how and why anti-Zionism is NOT the same thing as anti-semitism. And Zionism has nothing to do with Judaism as a religion.
It is to ‘unlearn’ so many concepts that we so blindly defend (just because), and to learn much more logical insights and jaw-dropping concepts leading to the ultimate truth.
It is to realize how and why avid Zionism supporters are just ‘pons’, used and brought up as such in order to collectively legitimize a literal genocide and make it out to be some glorious achievement.
Please keep an open mind while listening to all episodes. You may be surprised at how much you happen to be extremely ‘unaware of’.
And a huge THANK YOU to the creators/hosts for putting together such carefully explained and refreshingly honest material.
Looking forward to the next season.