Jenni Rudolph, Gen Xia Ye Slosberg: Judaism Unbound Episode 294 - The Jewish-Asian Film Project


LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project, cultivates connection, belonging and visibility for Asian American Jews through authentic multimedia storytelling and intersectional community programming. Jenni Rudolph, LUNAR's Executive Creative Director, and Gen Xia Ye Slosberg, LUNAR's Executive Producer, join Dan and Lex to explore the origin and first season of LUNAR. They also offer a sneak preview of season 2, to be released on October 6th, 2021 (just a few days after this podcast episode's release!).

[1] Watch all released episodes of LUNAR via this link! We’ve also included one of them, below, on this page (one we referenced specifically in the episode, entitled “Jewish Enough. Asian Enough.”).

[2] Learn more about Rudolph and Slosberg by reading their bios, accessible by scrolling to the “Meet the Team” section of this page. For an article about their leadership of Lunar, see “Asian American Jews connect and share in ‘Lunar’ video series,” a piece by Maya Mirsky in J Weekly.

[3] Rudolph mentioned in the episode that she is a songwriter. You can listen to her music via JenniRudolph.com.

[4] Slosberg mentions the Black Jewish Liberation Collective and Jewtina y Co as two organizations doing similar work for other groups of marginalized Jews. Learn more about them by visiting BlackJewishLiberation.org and Jewtina.org.

[5] Our two guests mention that their “Jewish Enough. Asian Enough.” episode was featured in MAM Fest (Mixed Asian Media Festival). Learn more about MAM Fest by clicking here.

[6] Slosberg references our podcast episode last week, featuring Ilana Kaufman and Ari Y. Kelman, and focusing on the study “Beyond the Count: Perspectives and Lived Experiences of Jews of Color.” Listen to the full episode by clicking here: Episode 293: Beyond the Count - Ilana Kaufman, Ari Y. Kelman.

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