The Check-in: Campus Protests, Free Speech and Antisemitism

The Telos Channel

English - May 17, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Society & Culture Arts peacemaking justice story international nonviolence activism stories inspiration beautiful peace education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: The Learning Corps: The Descendants Project

Next Episode: The Check-in: The Ministry of Presence

With the nation embroiled in debates over the campus protest movement, we sat down with a few experts and eye witnesses to discuss: what are our misconceptions about the protests, how can we become better advocates for the flourishing of all (including our local neighbors), and how might we respond to our own communities’ divisions while keeping our focus on what’s happening in the region?

This episode has two parts: In the first, we speak with internationally renowned expert Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. Rabbi Jacobs provides an important perspective on understanding Zionism from the Jewish context, and how to identify and resist antisemitism in our communities. It is a helpful conversation to ground us as we discuss the protests.

The second part is a conversation with Greg Khalil, Sarah Sturm, and Marina Klimchuk, a former Telos team member who’s spent time living in Israel and journalist who reported from the encampments at Columbia and UCLA. We discuss misconceptions of the protests, inclusive and exclusive language, discursive policing, and how we might keep our focus on the very urgent matter of the events in Gaza today.

It’s a long one, but we think you’ll enjoy the extra time to dive into the topics of today’s episode.
--