Evolve
Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
Displaying 3 items of Evolve with the tag "protest".
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Episode 60: Former Rep. Andy Levin on Courage, the Election, AIPAC and Gaza
November 26th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 17 mins
2024, aipac, congress, courage, election, elections, gaza, israel, jew, jewish, judaism, palestine, politics, protest, reconstructionist judaism, redistricting, timothy snyder, two state solution, war
Former Congressman Andy Levin sits for a truly wide-ranging interview about the election, his concerns about the incoming Trump administration, Israel and so much more.
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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 53: Rabbi Katie Mizrahi on being a Zionist and calling for a ceasefire, working for Palestinian rights and the anti-Israel upsurge on college campuses
May 30th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 17 mins
anti-zionism, ceasefire, college, college campuses, hamas, israel, palestine, protest, war, zionism
Rabbi Katie Mizrahi is a Zionist who was beyond devastated by Hamas’ mass killings, rape and kidnapping on October 7th. She explains why she is opposed to how Israel has conducted its war and why she has joined calls for a bilateral ceasefire.