Israel-Palestine — Jewish Diasporism: Judaism Unbound Episode 474 - Alissa Wise, Andrue Kahn
Alissa Wise is the founder and lead organizer of Rabbis for Ceasefire. Andrue Kahn is the executive director of The American Council for Judaism. They join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about the role of rabbis in this heightened political moment, the work of their two organizations, and the growing movement of Jews creating communities grounded in Jewish diasporism.
[2] Learn more about Alissa Wise here, and the organization Rabbis for Ceasefire at Rabbis4Ceasefire.com. Learn more about Andrue Kahn here, and the organization American Council for Judaism via ACJNA.org.
[3] Kahn referenced two recent books exploring the history of American Jewish criticism of Zionism. Check out Our Palestine Question, by Geoffrey Levin, via this link, and Marjorie Feld’s The Threshold of Dissent via this link.
[4] Lex, along with Wise, describe the ways in which many Jewish organizations have become friendly to CUFI (Christians United for Israel), despite CUFI’s right-wing (and according to many, antisemitic) orientation. Learn more about CUFI via this 2024 piece by recent Judaism Unbound guest Jay Michaelson.
[5] For the full text of 1885’s Pittsburgh Platform, which Kahn referenced, click here.
[6] Explore the Talmud passage that includes Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh (all Jews are responsible-for/intermixed-with one another) — a famous quote discussed in this episode — via Shevuot 39a.
