Evolve
Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
Displaying all 6 Episode of Evolve with the tag “antisemitism”.
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Episode 66: Roan Boucher on Anti-Trans Legislation and Christian Nationalism
April 24th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 11 mins
anti-trans, anti-trans legislation, anti-zionism, antisemitism, christian nationalism, evolve, israel, jewish, legislation, nationalism, polic, race, racism, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionist, trans issues, trans rights, transgender, zionism
Activist and organizer Roan Boucher(he/him) details the unprecedented surge in anti-trans legislation across America and its connection to Christian Nationalism.
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Episode 63: Ilana Kaufman on Jews of Color, Racism and Antisemitism
January 30th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 mins
academia, antisemitism, black, black and jewish, diversity, inclusion, jewish, jews of color, judaism, october 7, race, racism, soviet jewry, zionism
In a conversation both deeply personal and grounded in history and sociology, Ilana Kaufman, CEO of the Jews of Color Initiative, shares her mission and why the work has been so challenging in a post-October 7 world.
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Episode 62: Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Rabbi Alex Weissman on Dismantling Racism
January 16th, 2025 | Season 1 | 56 mins 36 secs
10/7, anti-racism, anti-semitism, antisemitism, jewish, judaism, mussar, october 7, rabbi, racism, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionist, rrc
“Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out.” The idea is deceptively simple and strongly rooted in Jewish tradition. To change society, individuals must first address their own attitudes, biases and inner lives. Easy to say, much harder to carry out. Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Rabbi Alex Weissman reflect on why, in an age of skyrocketing antisemitism, it’s as important as ever for Jewish communities to address racism from within.
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Episode 55: Marc Dollinger on Black Power and Jewish Politics Before and After October 7
August 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 4 mins
antisemitism, black lives matter, campus, hamas, israel, jewish, judaism, october 7
In this packed interview, Professor Marc Dollinger addresses the nature of academic freedom, the importance of DEI work in Jewish communities and the lines between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
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Episode 54: Religion Scholar Louis Newman Discusses Shattered Faith, the War in Gaza and Antisemitism on College Campuses
July 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 11 mins
anti-semitism, antisemitism, college campus, gaza, hamas, israel, israel-hamas, jewish, judaism, protest, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionist, war
For a certain generation of Jewish Americans, Israel and the memory of the Holocaust represented twin pillars of civil religion, argues Louis Newman, a scholar of Jewish ethics and religion. While these pillars may have shown cracks for decades, Newman says they came crashing down on Oct. 7,2023. What can we learn from our history? Where do we go from here?
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Episode 27: Beyond Antisemitism
January 31st, 2022 | Season 1 | 55 mins 39 secs
antisemitism, judaism, progressive judaism
Just days before a horrifying hostage standoff at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, we recorded an episode about antisemitism. Rabbi Jacob Staub, Ph.D., the show’s executive producer, joins Bryan Schwartzman as a guest host as they welcome Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D, for a wide-ranging conversation about her recent Evolve essay, "Beyond Antisemitism." Rather than give in to fear, Deborah argues we should lean into Jewish identity, community and coalition-building.