With the benefit of 24 hours to process, here is my initial off-the-cuff of the pick by Kamala Harris of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate.

#76 - *Insert Walz Pun Here* - Initial OK Take On The VP Pick

Holy Land, Holy People
Our Connection to Israel Is Sacred
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, August 6, 2024

The chronology of events leading up to our people’s first entry into the Land teaches us that to maintain our connection with this sacred land, we must guard not only its borders, but our own sacred heritage.

Torah Studies 5784 - 13 - Devarim (Holy Land, Holy People)

‘Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time’ BART VAN ES

'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today’s toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH 

 How have those who arrived on Britain’s shores shaped its history?

Refugees seeking to reach Britain today often face perilous journeys, impossible bureaucracy and acidic public opinion. But this hasn’t always been the way. For most of our history, Great Britain cherished its outward image as a safe haven for those displaced by religious persecution, political violence or economic crisis – an island of stability in the midst of a violent world.

In This Land of Promise, migration scholar Matthew Lockwood overturns many popular modern-day misconceptions about Britain’s history of immigration. Exiles and refugees have been not only a constant presence in Britain across the centuries but also intrinsic to shaping Britain as it is today. This is a profoundly moving and illuminating history, told through the people who lived it: Frederick Douglass and the formerly enslaved men who followed in his footsteps, fleeing America on the hopes of kinder cultures. Little girls like Liesl Ornstein, who discovered they were Jewish only when Hitler took Austria, who were sent to England and told to call themselves ‘Elizabeth’. Sun Yat-sen, who found sanctuary in London – a brief abduction aside – before becoming the father of modern China. Freddie Mercury, who at every turn tried to shake Zanzibar from his bones.

Almost every time, we see when we look back, Britain has not been an island refuge from the world, but an island refuge for the world. Not a country burdened by refugees, but instead transformed and strengthened by them.

This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain, By Matthew Lockwood, Read by Mark Meadows

'One of the funniest books I have ever read' HADLEY FREEMAN

‘A masterpiece’ SATHNAM SANGHERA

'The read of the summer' THE SUNDAY TIMES

'Brilliant … funny and moving' ADAM KAY 

 A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny.

On the surface, David Baddiel’s childhood was fairly standard: a lower-middle-class Jewish family living in an ordinary house in Dollis Hill, north-west London. But David came to realise that his mother was in fact not ordinary at all. Having escaped extermination by fleeing Nazi Germany as a child, she was desperate to make her life count, which took the form of a passionate, decades-long affair with a golfing memorabilia salesman. David’s detailing of the affair – including a hilarious focus on how his mother turned their household over to golf memorabilia, and an eye-popping cache of her erotic writings – leads to the inescapable conclusion that Sarah Baddiel was a cross between Jack Niklaus and Erica Jong.

Meanwhile, as Baddiel investigates his family’s past, his father’s memories are fading

My Family: The Memoir, By David Baddiel, Read by David Baddiel

Could students of postcolonial studies benefit from examining the Zionist movement as an example of both settler-colonialism & national liberation?

Yehuda HaKohen is joined by Professor Derek Penslar for a conversation about the unique relationship between Ashkenazi Jews, Orientalism, anti-Semitism, Zionism, colonialism & postcolonialism.

The two also discuss aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the distinction between the Zionist movement and the ancient Jewish concept of "Shivat Tzion" (the "Return to Zion") expressed through various liberation movements throughout the centuries.

The Next Stage

TNS 125: The Jewish Relationship to Colonialism & Postcolonialism (with Derek Penslar)

G-d Isn’t an Accountant
Why One Mitzvah Is Better than a Thousand Sins
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Accepting bribes is an objective ethical no-no. G-d, too, takes no bribes, the verse tells us. But some form of bribes He does take: the power of teshuvah, repairing our relationship with Him, will always be accepted on High.

Torah Studies 5784 - 14 - Eikev (G-d Isn’t an Accountant)

In this episode, I throw some shade at some of the latest antics from the anti-Israel movement including their attempts to mess with the Democratic National Convention, and at some in the pro-Israel community who have jumped all over a single line in President Biden's convention speech and unfairly written off Democrats as having given in to the antisemitic wing of the horseshoe left. 

The Democratic Convention is a reminder that for the vast majority of Democrats, it’s perfectly possible to both care deeply about Israel’s security and recognize the humanity of Palestinian Arabs and want a better life for them - most of us really don’t have that hard a time wanting both those things at the same time and they shouldn’t be seen as contradictory.

#77 - An Eyeroll At Pro And Anti - Israel Activists Attacking The DNC

Portal to Infinity
To Activate the Magic, You’ve Got to Follow the Recipe
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Many find the high level of detail in Jewish observance frustrating, or even petty; could an infinite G-d really care if I light Shabbat candles a minute later or earlier? Well, actually, the answer is yes: deviating from the recipe will not bake the cake!

Torah Studies 5784 - 15 - Re'eh (Portal to Infinity)

Today's guest is Nick Cave, the music legend who emerged from Australia in the 1980s. Over the years, Cave has written screenplays, soundtracks, and novels, and has collaborated with a diverse range of artists, from Johnny Cash and Kylie Minogue to P.J. Harvey and Neko Case.

Known for his brooding and meditative mystique, he coauthored the bestselling Faith, Hope, and Carnage in 2022, receiving plaudits for openly discussing his struggles with heroin addiction, his lifelong fascination with Jesus Christ, and his artistic development. Since 2018, he's published The Red Hand Files, where he answers readers' questions in a manner that is deeply vulnerable, touching, and insightful. Wild God, his rave-reviewed new album with his longtime band The Bad Seeds, is out on August 30.

Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with Cave about his unshakeable commitment to free speech, how the death of his 15-year-old son affected his art, his abiding interest in ritual and religion, and why he refuses to join artist boycotts of countries such as Israel.

This interview was recorded on location at the storied Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

0:00—Introduction
1:09—Ad: The Dispatch
2:15—The Red Hand Files
8:13—Connecting with audiences after loss
16:20—The Birthday Party's early days in London
20:10—Is Nick Cave a "goth"?
25:19—Ad: Bank On Yourself
27:09—New album, Wild God
29:53—Transcending cynicism and contempt
33:23—AI, pessimism, and losing avenues of meaning
39:35—Religious yearning and doubt
45:32—Defending free thought and expression
48:25—Kanye West's antisemitism and extraordinary creations of gospel music
50:26—Antisemitism, Jews, and Israel
52:47—Roger Waters, Brian Eno, and Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
58:33—Brief stint in Los Angeles
59:50—Loss and creation during COVID-19
1:03:10—Social media and censorship
1:05:10—The freeing effects of aging

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Nick Cave: I See The World As ‘Systemically Beautiful’

For NSP 59 we spoke with Shane Burley about anti-fascism, green anarchism, voting, religion, Israel, and his recent book "Safety Through Solidarity" (co-authored with Ben Lorber) on combatting antisemitism.

Shane Burley is the author of several books on the  far-right and social movements, and has contributed to  places such as NBC News, Jewish Currents, Al Jazeera,  The Baffler, The Daily Beast, Haaretz, In These Times, Yes!  Magazine, Tikkun, and The Oregon Historical Quarter.

Links:
https://burlesshanae.medium.com/
https://patreon.com/shaneburley
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741043/safety-through-solidarity-by-shane-burley/


00:00:00	Introduction
00:05:50	Green Anarchy
00:09:31	Thinking Outside the Possible
00:14:38	What is Fascism?
00:24:44	Countering Fascism
00:30:36	Freedom of Speech
00:37:29	Countering Authoritarianism
00:43:23	Traditions
00:51:51	Fighting Antisemitism
01:04:09	Palestine
01:17:33	Intersectionality
01:25:52	Civic Inequality in Israel
01:37:17	Gaza
01:43:43	The Call to Action
01:49:38	Media Recommendations
01:53:08	Cappuccino
02:00:20	Outro

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