In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview celebrated author, professor and activist, Naomi Klein. She joined us to discuss a wide range of topics, including her own Jewish identity, the development of her political consciousness, the weaponizations of antisemitism in pursuit of Palestinian erasure and ways forward for liberationist movements in an ever-worsening political and ecological reality.
In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview healer, author, visual artist and activist, Wendy Elisheva Somerson, also known as Wes. They joined us to discuss their upcoming book, "An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing", a fascinating exploration of the connections between liberationist political activism, somatic healing and Jewish identity.
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Arielle Angel - Jewish Heretics Podcast #13
In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Arielle Angel, editor-in-chief at Jewish Currents Magazine. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including what it’s like to wrangle multiple perspectives at one of America’s most important Jewish/left institutions during a time of unprecedented Israeli violence and how to catch people when they leave Zionism.
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Sol Brager - Jewish Heretics Podcast #12
In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Solomon J. Brager, the author of Heavyweight [William Morrow 2024] and other comics, a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artists Fellow, a member of the Pinko magazine editorial collective and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents magazine.
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Molly Crabapple - Jewish Heretics Podcast #11
In this instalment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated artist, animator, writer and journalist Molly Crabapple. In a wide-ranging discussion, we touch on such topics as her long career as a visual artist, her unique relationship to language and her recent work researching and writing about the Jewish Labour Bund."