Latest Interreligious Podcast Episodes
Deborah Lipstadt on the Abraham Accords’ Impact and the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
People of the Pod - September 14, 2023 21:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsAmbassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, joins us to discuss how she’s settled into her new role and shares insights on the development of the new U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, for which AJC has long advocated. Lipstadt, a renowned...
Sen. Joni Ernst Reflects on the Abraham Accords and the Future of Arab-Israeli Engagement
People of the Pod - September 07, 2023 13:37 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsAs we mark the third anniversary of the Abraham Accords, significant progress has been made in deepening Arab-Israeli engagement. With us this week is Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a founding member of the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus. Ernst joins guest host Benjamin Rogers, AJC’s Director for Middle...
'Golda': Behind the Scenes with Israeli Director Guy Nattiv on the 1973 Yom Kippur War
People of the Pod - August 25, 2023 16:59 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThis week, Academy Award-winning director Guy Nattiv discusses his new film 'Golda,' which follows the journey of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir as she navigates the tense 19 days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Nattiv delves into how Helen Mirren, who portrays Golda Meir, expertly embodied the r...
The Rise of Germany’s Far-Right Party and What It Means for German Jews
People of the Pod - August 17, 2023 20:23 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsPolls in Germany suggest the far-right political party Alternative for Germany, or AfD—with its antisemitic, anti-Muslim, anti-EU, and other extreme views—has support from a fifth of German voters. Hear from Felix Klein, the Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Figh...
AI - Christian Ministry and Theological Education
Interfaith Encounters - August 15, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutesIn recent years, the infusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into various sectors has been transformative, and Christian ministry is no exception. Digital evangelism has been given a new edge with AI-powered chatbots, offering real-time scriptural references, answering theological questions, an...
What the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism Means for Jewish College Students
People of the Pod - August 10, 2023 22:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsIn May, the White House released its U.S. National Strategy for Countering Antisemitism. As students return to campus, hear from two student leaders who are working to share and implement the strategy’s recommendations at their colleges and beyond: Sabrina Soffer, a rising junior at George Washi...
IsraAID CEO on Sharing Israel’s Expertise With the World's Most Vulnerable
People of the Pod - August 04, 2023 15:59 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsTune in for a conversation with Yotam Politzer, CEO of IsraAID, a leading Israeli humanitarian aid organization and longtime partner of AJC, about the group's mission and the impact of sharing Israel's expertise and technology to help millions worldwide after crises hit. Yotam also shares his pe...
From the Black-Jewish Caucus to Shabbat and Sunday Dinners: Connecting Through Food and Allyship
People of the Pod - August 02, 2023 18:12 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsCandace Bazemore and Gabby Leon Spatt, authors of the award-winning children’s book Shabbat and Sunday Dinner, are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to help AJC, the National Urban League, and ADL relaunch the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations. Together with Dov Wi...
Israel’s Reasonableness Law: What it Means for Israel’s Democracy and Security
People of the Pod - July 27, 2023 17:22 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsAJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson breaks down what Israel’s recently-enacted judicial reform means for the future of the only democracy in the Middle East. The Reasonableness Standard Law will limit the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to review the “reasonableness” of...
AI - Two Muslim students on AI and Islamic Teaching
Interfaith Encounters - July 25, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutesArtificial Intelligence (AI), on the other hand, is a cutting-edge technology that has revolutionized various industries and aspects of human life. AI is the simulation of human intelligence in machines, enabling them to perform tasks that typically require human cognitive abilities, such as lea...
Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today
People of the Pod - July 21, 2023 16:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsLast month, we sat down with journalist and author Matti Friedman in a Jerusalem studio to talk about Leonard Cohen, the Israel-Diaspora relationship, and the turning point that was the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Selected by Vanity Fair as one of the best books of 2022, Friedman’s “Who by Fire: Leonar...
Meet 3 Women Who are Driving Change in the Middle East
People of the Pod - July 11, 2023 21:45 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsJoin us for an exclusive conversation featuring three women leading transformation in the Middle East. Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin, Chairperson of the Israeli Export Institute, speaks to promoting Israeli exports and fostering economic growth; Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh, a Senior Envoy at The Jewish Agency fo...
AI - Four University Students from the Jewish Community Reflect
Interfaith Encounters - July 11, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutesArtificial Intelligence (AI) and Judaism may seem like unlikely bedfellows at first glance, but upon closer examination, one can uncover intriguing connections and discussions. One of the fundamental questions surrounding AI and Judaism revolves around the concept of human uniqueness. Judaism ...
'Signed, Sealed, Delivered?': Exploring Israel's Declaration of Independence with People of the Pod and Israel Story
People of the Pod - June 30, 2023 14:24 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsTwo of the Jewish world’s leading podcasts, People of the Pod and Israel Story, are teaming up to bring you inside the making of ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered?’ – the latest series from Israel Story that explores the lives of the signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and their descend...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Conversation with AJC CEO Ted Deutch
People of the Pod - June 29, 2023 20:21 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsSince his election by the Knesset in 2021, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has used his position as a platform to try to mend the social fabric of the Jewish state. At AJC Global Forum 2023 in Tel Aviv, Herzog sat down with AJC CEO Ted Deutch to discuss key issues, including judicial reform, Isra...
AI - Three High School Students discuss AI and Faith
Interfaith Encounters - June 27, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutesRizwan Khan leads a discussion with two friends, Khosraw Azizi and Maxwell Stephen on their experience with AI. They discuss its effect on the personal lives, their social lives, their school work, and even their professional aspirations. But most of all they wonder if it will erode and even eli...
AI - University Students on AI and their Faith
Interfaith Encounters - June 20, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutesAI is influencing every aspect of life for university students, not least their religious lives. in this episode three current students discuss the impact of AI on religion - both positively and negatively. They wonder if robots can perform worship, whether bad actors will use AI to distort reli...
Two Ukrainian Refugees Reflect on Escaping War, and Life in Israel– Live from AJC Global Forum 2023
People of the Pod - June 15, 2023 14:46 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsMargo Vdovichenko and Diana Buchman, both refugees of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have found new lives in Israel. Margo, a student from Kyiv, now plans to attend medical school, while Diana, a single mother, bravely shielded her sons during their escape from Odessa. Recorded live at AJC Glo...
AI - Dr. Angela Patterson on Gen Z in an AI World
Interfaith Encounters - June 06, 2023 05:05 - 49 minutesDr. Angela Patterson is a media psychologist who specializes in technology’s effects on religious and spiritual development. A career communicator, Angela worked as a newspaper reporter and corporate/nonprofit communications professional for 13 years before earning her doctorate from media psych...
Hakeem Jeffries on Israel, Ghana, and Representing Brooklyn
People of the Pod - June 01, 2023 20:07 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThis week, guest host Julie Fishman Rayman, AJC's Senior Director of Policy and Political Affairs, had the honor of connecting with Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the House Democratic Caucus, after he led a congressional delegation to Israel and Ghana. As we approach the AJC Global Forum 2023 in...
From Roots to Harmony: Nefesh Mountain's Fusion of Jewish American Culture and Bluegrass
People of the Pod - May 30, 2023 13:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsDriven by their message of "radical love," hear how Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg, the husband and wife duo behind the renowned bluegrass band Nefesh Mountain, combat antisemitism within the music industry and beyond. Join us as we delve into their remarkable journey of representing Jewish-Amer...
Sen. Jon Ossoff on Jewish Resilience
People of the Pod - May 18, 2023 19:13 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsSenator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), the first millennial Senator and the first Jewish member of the Senate from Georgia, joins us to honor Jewish American Heritage Month. He shares his family's survival against antisemitism and his efforts to combat it today through his work on the Senate Bipartisan Task...
"Busy in Brooklyn" Food Blogger Chanie Apfelbaum Talks Kosher Cuisine and Jewish Heritage
People of the Pod - May 15, 2023 19:43 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsTo continue our Jewish American Heritage Month celebrations, guest host Laura Shaw Frank, AJC's director of William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life, speaks with Chanie Apfelbaum, author of the popular food blog Busy in Brooklyn. Chanie joins us to discuss her new cookbook, "Totally Kosher," th...
From Israel: AJC’s Avital Leibovich Breaks Down Latest Gaza Escalation
People of the Pod - May 11, 2023 18:29 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsIn a special breaking news edition, Lt. Col. (res.) Avital Leibovich, director of AJC Jerusalem, joins us to break down Israel’s Operation Shield and Arrow and the threat posed by the Iranian-backed terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has fired over 500 rockets towards Israel since Tue...
AJC CEO Ted Deutch on the Importance of Jewish American Heritage Month
People of the Pod - May 04, 2023 21:29 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThis May, AJC is proud to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month and the countless contributions that Jewish Americans have made as patriotic citizens, creative artists, brilliant scientists, and star athletes. To kick things off, we’re joined by AJC CEO Ted Deutch to hear his reflections on h...
How Playing Baseball With Team Israel Transformed Ryan Lavarnway’s Life
People of the Pod - April 27, 2023 20:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsIn celebration of Israel’s 75th birthday, guest host Dov Wilker, AJC’s Atlanta director, sits down with retired Major League Baseball catcher Ryan Lavarnway, who played for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic and the Olympics. Lavarnway reflected on the Jewish pride he felt representing Is...
Julianna Margulies on Holocaust Education and Fighting Antisemitism
People of the Pod - April 21, 2023 19:22 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsEmmy Award-winning actress Julianna Margulies recently partnered with the New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, to help create the Holocaust Educator School Partnership. To date, the partnership has trained two university fellows to teach the history of the Ho...
Vote for The Forgotten Exodus at the Webby Awards
People of the Pod - April 17, 2023 21:10 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThe Forgotten Exodus has been nominated for a Webby Award, also known as “the Internet’s highest honor” — but we need your help to win! Click here to vote for The Forgotten Exodus for “Best Limited Podcast Series.” It takes less than a minute. Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 20, 2023. ...
What to Know About Israel’s Judicial Reforms Effort and Protests
People of the Pod - March 31, 2023 13:59 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsThis week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed pause on a series of contentious judicial reforms that have triggered mass protests, condemnation from wide swaths of Israeli society, and expressions of concern from American leaders and Jewish organizations. Guest host Belle Yoeli, A...
How Jewish Teens Take on Antisemitism in America
People of the Pod - March 23, 2023 20:01 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsJewish teenagers in middle and high schools throughout the United States are experiencing antisemitism in various forms, including in their school premises, in the classroom, and on social media. Abi Streger, a Jewish student from suburban Atlanta, is one of the many teenagers who have faced suc...
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