The Jewish Diasporist – Details, episodes & analysis

Okay, not EXACTLY Paris...

We venture into France for the first time to speak to Mati, one of the organisers of a new diasporist congregation in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, just north of Montmartre.

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Sophie Cardin (MPhil, Oxford) (Mazel Tov!) joins us to talk about her work on Yiddish Political Utopia, especially the work of Kalmen Zingman (1889-1929) author of "In the Future City of Edenia" (1918).

We talk about Zingman and the other utopian writers of his time, what utopia is and the importance of utopian thinking in the present situation (fans of JD35 will love it in particular!)

Zingman in the YIVO encyclopedia

Zingman's funny face

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Zach and Jordan (a first time combo!) speak to Zandi and Julia, two activists from South African Jews for a Free Palestine, about what their group can offer to our present moment, locally and globally. We also touch on the connections between Jewishness in a particular context between racism and settler-colonialism, providing context and frameworks for wider perspectives from Jews of colour.

Some of the Articles cited from in this episode:

newint.org/2024/africas-pandoras-box

kh-uia.org.il/about-us/governors/martin-moshal/

sajr.co.za/moshal-puts-money-on-better-sa-leadership/

dailyinvestor.com/south-africa/32930/anc-da-and-effs-biggest-funders-revealed/

Ben White, Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide

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As of April 1st; the Jewish Diasporist has officially turned 1 year old! In this brief episode, Ben and Zach discuss how their understanding of Diasporism has evolved over the past year, as well as the podcast’s growth. They also hint at the future of the Jewish Diasporist, and the conversations which will happen in this new year.

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In this episode, we are joined by Zevi Slavin, the creater of the YouTube project Seekers of Unity. We talk about the etymology of Chasidism, with its roots in Chesed — loving kindness — and how Zevi’s own journey has brought him to a diasporist understanding of the unity at the heart of both Jewish and non-Jewish mysticism.

Zevi joins Ben and Jordan Yanowitz as they together paint a picture of the role that love, community, and dialogue together play in shaping Jewish life. Chesed and Chasidism are diasporically interfused in this discussion with Seekers of Unity.

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Endless Gratitude to Aly Halpert for allowing us to use her song I'm Not Alone

(Recorded 1/30/2024)

In this episode, we are joined by Rivka, Andrey, Roman and Meir from Kompass Media, a critical Russian-language media and activist collective based in Israel-Palestine!

We talk about the trials of two diasporas, parallels between Palestine and Ukraine, the connection to Eastern European homelands, as well as future of leftist organising - in their local communal context and the general fight against imperialism, nationalism and militarism.

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Thank you to our editor Jacob!

(Interview Recorded January 27th)

After months of genocidal violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza, hope for a better future for the people of Palestine/Israel has never seemed further from reach, but what is the place of diaspora in all this? Friend of the show, Habeeb, once again joins us to explore the impact of the current crisis on Palestinian society, and to put current events in their wider socio-political context.

While some listeners may be bothered by parts of this conversation, we believe that dialogues such as this one, have a crucial place in disentangling Zionism from Jewishness. A world of universal love, justice and equality, will only be possible when we listen to others, and understand how our interests coincide with theirs. Only through mutual understanding can we plot a course toward total human liberation.

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Thank you to Sol Weiss’s and Molly Bajgot for allowing us to use their timely song: Cross the Sea.

https://m.soundcloud.com/sol-yael/cross-the-sea

Ben Rogaly, a Professor of Human Geography at the Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, joins Zach today to speak about urban geography, music, migration and diaspora, as well as the recent and ongoing Jewish left organising in Britain!

Notes:

Prof. Ben Rogaly: profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p28173-ben-rogaly

Moushumi Bhowmik: thetravellingarchive.org

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moushumi_Bhowmik

Ben and Moushumi's article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380261231152039#fn1-00380261231152039

"Workers": creativeinterruptions.net/commissions/workers/

Jewish Solidarity with Palestine Webinar w/ Prof. Rogaly: youtu.be/UCHB4hG-YYs?si=jetQeAKm6iah8qLw

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Endless Gratitude to Joe Dobkin for allowing us to use his song "Falndike Vent":

youtube.com/watch?v=BCBELp1ZG7E

Our next stop in our travels across the diaspora, with its rich Jewish past, present and future, is Vienna! To tell us about it we have Eidel, member of the JÖH (Austrian Union of Jewish Students) board, an editor of it's Noodnik magazine, a Stadttempel synagogue tour guide, and organiser of the Likrat dialogue project.

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Noodnik, the Magazine of the Austrian Union of Jewish Students (noodnik.at)

This is the second part of our collaboration with Jessie and Elana from Making Mensches! This time, we exploree the roots of their politics and development as explicitly anti-Zionist Jewish educators. We wish to connect this to a broader discussion: How should diasporists relate to Zionism? How does it differ from Anti-Zionism?

As mainstream discourse has become hyper-polarised, we are excited to continue and expand this collaboration in the hope of modelling and fostering a culture of critical and constructive dialogue.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to Jessie for editing this episode for us - it would have been very difficult to get out on time otherwise!

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