Evolve
Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations
Displaying 6 items of Evolve with the tag "zionism".
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Episode 71: How Two American Jews Navigate Fundamental Disagreement about Israel with Love and Respect: A Conversation with Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sam Sherman
January 30th, 2026 | 55 mins 59 secs
anti-zionism, cross-generational, difficult-conversations, generational-divide, israel-gaza, israel-palestine, jewish-activism, jewish-community, jewish-dialogue, jewish-ethics, jewish-identity, jewish-values, palestinian-rights, progressive-zionism, reconstructionist-judaism, respectful-disagreement, solidarity, spiritual-zionism, west-bank, zionism
This is the kind of conversation about Israel and Palestine you won't hear anywhere else. Rabbi Sid Schwarz, founding rabbi of Congregation Adat Shalom and longtime progressive Zionist, and Sam Sherman, a playwright, actor, and anti-Zionist activist who grew up in Schwarz's congregation, model how to engage in respectful dialogue about Israel and Palestine. Despite their disagreements on the meaning of Zionism, the legitimacy of violence, and the future of the region, both demonstrate deep respect, genuine curiosity, and a commitment to staying in relationship with each other.
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Episode 69: I’m Right, You’re Wrong: What Data Reveals About North American Jewish Opinion on Israel, Zionism and Anti-Zionism
July 24th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 3 mins
american jews, anti-zionism, brandeis university, cognitive testing, intermarriage, israel, jewish community, jewish continuity, jewish demographics, jewish education, jewish identity, jewish inclusion, jewish studies, jewish surveys, jewish values, judaism, matt boxer, reconstructing judaism, social science research, zionism
How do people really feel about Israel? Brandeis University researcher Matthew Boxer learned some surprising things from surveying more than 1,800 North American Jews.
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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 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.
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Episode 43: Reconstructionist Jews and the Struggle Over Israel’s Future
July 20th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 5 mins
israel, jewish, judiasm, politics, protests, zion, zionism
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., Reconstructing Judaism's president & CEO, and Rabbi Maurice Harris, Reconstructing Judaism’s Israel affairs specialist, have each just spent extended stays in Israel, immersed in conversations about its future as well as its relationship with Diaspora Jewry. They make an impassioned, moral defense of sustained engagement with Israel, even as they take a principled opposition to the government's attempts to strip away the country’s democratic character.