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Jewish Heretics Podcast

Welcome to the Jewish Heretics Podcast — the show that delves into the lives of extraordinary individuals.

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Peter Beinart | Jewish Heretics Podcast 18 Jul 02, 2025

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On May 12, 2025, The United Jewish People’s Order presented an Evening with Peter Beinart, at Parkdale Hall in downtown Toronto. The event was an opportunity for representatives from an array of progressive, Jewish organizations to ask Mr. Beinart questions related to his latest book, Being Jewish After The Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.

Samira Mohyeddin | Jewish Heretics Podcast 17 May 31, 2025

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In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview producer, broadcaster and journalist, Samira Mohyeddin. She joins us to discuss her background in theatre, her experiences as a young Iranian expatriot and how they helped shape her politics and the complexities of so-called objective journalism, especially in the face of genocide.

Centre for Jewish Nonviolence | Jewish Heretics Podcast 16 May 01, 2025

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In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Oriel Eisner and Dina Chizhik, activists and organizers with the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence. They joined us to discuss their own activist histories, their incredible solidarity work in the West Bank and elsewhere, the necessity of deferring to Palestinian voices and the current state of the left in Israel/Palestine.

Naomi Klein | Jewish Heretics Podcast 15 Apr 02, 2025

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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.

Wendy Elisheva Somerson | Jewish Heretics Podcast 14 Feb 14, 2025

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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.

Arielle Angel | Jewish Heretics Podcast 13 Jan 09, 2025

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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.

Sol Brager | Jewish Heretics Podcast 12 Nov 12, 2024

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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.

Molly Crabapple | Jewish Heretics Podcast 11 Sep 10, 2024

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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."

UofT Encampment | Jewish Heretics Podcast 10 Aug 08, 2024

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In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview a distinguished panel of Toronto-based movers and shakers from the legal and activist worlds about the University of Toronto student encampment in support of Gaza and the injunction legal case that took place in late June of 2024, leading to the eventual ending of the encampment.

On the panel are Professor Alejandro Paz, lawyers Mae Nam and Karen Spector, Independent Jewish Voices staff member Niall Clapham Ricardo and United Jewish People’s Order Executive Director, Sarena Sairan.

Daniel Kahn | Jewish Heretics Podcast 9 Jun 14, 2024

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In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated singer, songwriter, actor and Yiddishist, Daniel Kahn. In this wide-ranging discussion, we discuss his Jewish upbringing in suburban Michigan; his political activism at a young age; his discovery of Klezmer and Yiddish culture; his career as a songwriter and translator on the vanguard of Jewish music and theatre; and his enduring love for the late, great singer/activist, Adrienne Cooper.

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