Diaspora
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsFrom Jewish Voice for Peace, this podcast explores the Jewish relationship to 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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Episodes
What does diaspora mean to you?
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBMusic in this episode is by Kevin Macleod. Our theme music is by decibelists. You can find Amy Kaplan's Our American Israel here. May her memory be a blessing. You can find Nava's chapbook, "Fortunately," here. You can join JVP for just $18 a year, and do so here: jvp.org/join Thank you. We love you.
How we changed our minds
July 16, 2020 22:12 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBTallie and Nava talk about how we changed our minds about Zionism. Credit for the phrase "hope is a discipline" goes to Mariame Kaba, an organizer, educator and curator who founded Project NIA in Chicago. You can follow her on twitter @prisonculture or at her website (http://mariamekaba.com) You can (and should!) read "Zionism from the Standpoint of its Jewish Victims" by Ella Shohat here: (https://palestinecollective.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/sephardim-in-israel_-zionism-from-the-standp...
A land without a people for a people without a land
March 12, 2020 17:23 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBFor more on the Jewish National Fund and pine trees in Palestine, click here. For more on Christian Zionism, check out More Desired than our Owne Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism by Robert O. Smith. For more on Zionism and Jewish masculinity, we recommend Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of Heterosexuality and the Invention of the Jewish Man by Daniel Boyarin
Keeping Us From One Another
February 06, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBTallie and Nava hear from Dr. Sherene Seikaly about the impact of Zionism on Palestinians, and then from Maisa Marror and Nadya Tannous from the Palestinian Youth Movement. We discuss three key dates in Palestinian history: 1948, 1967, and 1993. Follow and suppport the Palestinian Youth Movement: https://www.pymusa.com/ Dr. Seikaly's book can be found here. For more on the closing of Osirin, see B'Tselem's report here. We’d like to thank Phyllis Bennis for factchecking this episode. And...
What is Zionism, anyway?
January 09, 2020 09:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBTallie and Nava discuss what Zionism is - a form of Jewish nationalism. At [2:40] we hear from Dr. Rachel Feldman, who is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. She explains what Zionism meant for Jewish people in Europe, and some of the ways it became a central ideology for Jewish people in the United States. At [7:40] we also hear from Dr. Sherene Seikaly, who is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She explains how Zion...
How do we get attached?
December 05, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBNava and Tallie start off the episode chatting about how Zionism got tangled up with Judaism and Jewishness. At [6:10], we hear from four JVP organizers about what Zionism meant to them growing up. We'd like to thank Rabbi Alissa Wise, Samantha Brotman, Alana Krivo-Kaufman, and Maya Edery for sharing your stories with us. Our theme music is "For Our Stories" by Decibelists, off the album Decibelists (we mistakenly say that the album is called "Galapagos" in the episode!). Diaspora podcast ...
Coming Soon: Diaspora Podcast from Jewish Voice for Peace
May 13, 2019 22:41 - 51 seconds - 400 KBDiaspora is a brand new podcast from Jewish Voice for Peace. On our first season, we are talking about Zionism. Join Tallie Ben Daniel and Nava EtShalom, two Jews who have been working for Palestinian rights, as they talk to a lot of Jewish people who grew up Zionist without even realizing it, Jewish people who learned how to be Jewish through Zionism, 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 ...