Israel-Palestine in American-Jewish Discourse: Judaism Unbound Episode 466 - Dan and Lex

Written By Lex Rofes

Dan and Lex, co-hosts of Judaism Unbound, explore one of the most contentious topics in Jewish (and broader) life today — Israel-Palestine. They ask how we can build Jewish communities that are able to support one another across difference and serve justice in our world. This episode is the first in an ongoing mini-series of podcasts exploring conversations about Israel-Palestine in American-Jewish life.

[1] It’s not too late to sign up for Vanessa Ochs’s class in the UnYeshiva, entitled Jewish Ritual Lab: Experiments in Jewish Creativity and Invention. Sign up here! The first class took place before this episode was released, but you can still catch the final two if you register! Financial aid is available.

[2] In certain senses, this is a continuation of a previous mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes exploring Israel-Palestine in American-Jewish discourse. For those episodes, see below:

[3] Dan and Lex discuss the organization Breira and the notion of “Ein breira” — that there is “no alternative” to intense violence toward Palestinians. For a piece reflecting critiquing this notion, see Leonard Fein’s “‘There is no alternative’ is no answer,” published in The Forward in 2009.

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