#339: A Briefing with Yair Golan
PeaceCast
Recording of a NJN webinar on April 16, 2025 Yair Golan is the leader of The Democrats, a political party formed last year when the Labor and Meretz parties merged. Before entering politics, he had a distinguished military career, retiring as a Major General and serving as Deputy Chief of Staff of the IDF. His actions on the morning of October 7th – in which he rushed on his own accord to the area around Gaza and rescued people from Hamas attacks – have earned him a special status in Israel. This conversation, hosted by NJN President and CEO Hadar Susskind and NJN Co-Chair Nomi...
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#338: Update from Peace Now- with Lior Amihai and Hagit Ofran
PeaceCast
Recording of an NJN webinar on April 3, 2025. The conversation, anchored by NJN President & CEO Hadar Susskind, features Hagit Ofran and Lior Amihai from Peace Now. Our guests are on the ground, leading the push against settlements and the fight for for peace. Lior Amihai is the current Executive Director of Peace Now as well as a previous Executive Director of Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group. He also previously served as co-director of Settlement Watch. Hagit Ofran is the co-director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch program. With two decades of experience tracking...
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#337: Habonim Dror and the Progressive Zionist Future
PeaceCast
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN Board members and Habonim Dror leaders Shaina Wasserman and Judah Altman. The conversation delves into the details of how Habonim Dror and New Jewish Narrative are connected, as well as how dialogue, discussion, and youth involvement help shape our broader community. This episode also includes some details about the World Zionist Congress elections and the shifting nature of progressive Zionism across generational lines. More info about Habonim Dror North America- Learn more about the Hatikvah Slate- Vote in the 2025 WZC...
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#336: Playing Zone Defense
PeaceCast
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN's Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino, for a discussion of President Trump's "flood the zone" tactics, and staying sane in the age of information overload. This episode also covers recent events at USAID and other federal agencies as well as at Columbia University.
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#335: Book Talk- In My Jewish State with Dr. Elana Sztokman
PeaceCast
NJN Deputy Communications Director Maxxe Albert-Deitch and Director of Development Karen Paul spoke with Dr. Elana Sztokman about her new book, In My Jewish State. In this book, Dr. Sztokman uses her professional skills of rhetorical analysis cultivated from years of anthropological research, and unpacks the language and ideas that drive the pro-Israel advocacy movement and are used to justify cruel actions and attitudes. In the process, she makes some drastic personal changes, shifts her own Jewish identity, and advocates for a different vision of what it means to live in a Jewish...
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#334: The World Zionist Congress Elections- What You Need to Know
PeaceCast
Between March 10 and May 4, 2025, American Jews will vote for their delegates to the 39th World Zionist Congress, the “parliament of the Jewish people,” which will convene in Jerusalem in October 2025. Every vote determines how money is spent, how resources are allocated, and contributes to policies in Israeli society and in Jewish communities around the globe. New Jewish Narrative proudly co-leads the Hatikvah Slate, working towards progressive change within the Jewish community here in the U.S. This discussion answered questions ranging from "what is the World Zionist Congress in the...
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#333: New Year, New Congress, New Administration: What To Expect
PeaceCast
Recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar with NJN President and CEO Hadar Susskind, Director of Government Relations Madeleine Cereghino, and Hassan El-Tayyab of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FNCL). We dug into what the new Congress and administration will mean for New Jewish Narrative, our community, and our work. We spoke about initial signals from incoming government officials, what projects we’re already gearing up for, and generally put together a picture of what to expect from both Congress and the incoming administration. Hassan El-Tayyab is an author,...
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#332: War and Annexation: How the Israeli Government Changed the West Bank During the First Year of War
PeaceCast
Recording of our November 20, 2024 webinar with Yonatan Mizrachi from Shalom Achshav's Settlement Watch team. This webinar was co-produced with our colleagues at Shalom Achshav, Canadian Friends of Peace Now, and La Paix Maintenant. The conversation was anchored by Hadar Susskind. Yonatan Mizrachi, a leading expert from the Settlement Watch team, presents new insights from Shalom Achshav's latest annual report, "War and Annexation: How the Israeli Government Changed the West Bank During the First Year of War." In the wake of a year-long war in Gaza and nearly two years under a far-right,...
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#331: What's Next? Our Post-Election Breakdown
PeaceCast
Recording of our November 14, 2024 webinar. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind. Along with special guest Allison McManus, we discussed what a second Trump administration may hold for Israel-Palestine peacebuilding work. We covered Trump's recent appointee nominations, the effects of potential policies on our agenda, as well as how the US-Israel relationship could shift with Trump back in the White House. Allison McManus is a managing director for the National Security and International Policy department at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, she was the managing...
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#330: Tablets Shattered: Book Talk with Joshua Leifer
PeaceCast
Recording of our October 29th, 2024 webinar with Joshua Leifer. This conversation was hosted by Maxxe Albert-Deitch and Karen Paul. We spoke with Joshua Leifer about Tablets Shattered, his lively and personal history of the fractured American Jewish present. Formed in the middle decades of the twentieth century, the settled-upon pillars of American Jewish self-definition (Americanism, Zionism, and liberalism) have begun to collapse. The binding trauma of Holocaust memory grows ever-more attenuated; soon there will be no living survivors. After two millennia of Jewish life...
info_outlineAfter 18 years at APN, our VP for Public Affairs Ori Nir has retired. He is widely known as a go-to expert on issues of Middle East peace and conflict, as well as for his voice and empathetic perspective. In this episode, hosted by Maxxe Albert-Deitch, Ori looks back on his career and the general state and trajectory of the peace movement.
We’re sending Ori off b'hatzlacha, bil tawfiq, and good luck for the next stage of his journey.
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