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Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht

Don"t Know Much About is a show devoted to unpacking contentious topics--to clarify the complex and empower people to understand historical and political events.

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61:12

Inside the Anti-Israel Cult: Michael's Story

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2026/01/04

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Michael. His story is gripping, urgent, and, quite frankly, one that must be told. Michael was born in the United States to a Coptic Christian family, but he struggled deeply with questions of identity and belonging. Feeling isolated, he found himself drawn to the Palestinian antizionist movement, where he remained for nearly twenty years. Over time, that involvement came at an immense personal cost. Michael describes rea...

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12:52

Beware Those Who Condemn Antisemitism: The...

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2025/12/27

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht leads a critical conversation on how public condemnation of antisemitism often functions as cover for antizionism, the latest mutation of Jew-hatred. Drawing on her framework of the three eras of anti-Jewish movements, anti-Judaism, antisemitism, and antizionism, Naya argues that antizionism must be understood not as a break from the past, but as its continuation. Each era, she explains, developed its own language, tropes, and libels to...

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59:26

When the State Took the Classroom: The Story Behind...

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2025/12/24

At the crossroads of expanding teachers’ unions, the infiltration of anti-American curricula, and the silencing of dissenting scientists and doctors lies a story that now feels distant but urgent: the closure of schools during COVID. On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Naya Lekht is joined by filmmaker Natalya Murakhver, whose recent film, 15 DAYS: The Real Story of the Pandemic School Closures, was viewed more than one million times during an exclusive month-long run on X and is now sc...

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83:23

Illegal on Paper, Ignored in Practice: Jews and the...

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2025/12/23

As anti-Jewish violence continues to rise, Jews are increasingly forced to confront a troubling question: how effective are existing laws at protecting them when the community seeks protection and finds few willing to provide it? Against this backdrop, Dr. Naya Lekht is joined by Sarah Ettedgui, a senior corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyer based in Montréal, Québec. Their conversation took place just one day after the terrorist attack targeting Jews at a Chanukah celebration in Sydney, ...

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44:45

Heroes, Villains, and Speaking for a Nation with...

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2025/12/18

In this episode, I sit down with Eylon Levy, former spokesman for the State of Israel, to ask, what is the role of a government spokesman, and does every country have one? We begin by examining the function of state advocacy, public diplomacy, and crisis communication, separating myth from reality in how nations speak for themselves on the world stage. From there, the conversation widens to the deeper challenge facing Israel today. We argue that advocacy cannot remain reactive or limited to f...

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89:42

Born in the West: The Hidden Origins of Today’s...

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2025/12/01

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht is joined by Samuel J. Hyde, a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post. Born in South Africa, Sam recounts his firsthand encounters with what he calls institutional antizionism. It may sound unbelievable, but in South Africa, Hamas maintains official representation: an actual brick-and-mortar office in Cape Town. Sam explains how Hamas, along with other Third World “liberation” terroris...

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76:28

Antisemitism Was Illegal and Poland Purged Its Jews:...

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2025/11/26

Top-down history often fails to capture the lived experience of individuals, and Naya has long been committed to telling history through personal stories. On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Leyb Ejdelman, who shares his powerful story of growing up in post-Holocaust Poland. Leyb’s life offers a rare window into how two eras of Jew-hatred—antisemitism and antizionism—intersect within a single individual’s experience. Jews who remained in Poland after the Ho...

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68:29

Arrivederci Italy: Monica Osborne on Italy's Jews

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2025/11/12

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, award-winning journalist and storyteller Monica Osborne joins Naya to discuss the difficult decision she’s had to make: leaving Italy amid the alarming rise of antizionism. This conversation was inspired by Monica’s recent piece in the Times of Israel, "Italy's Jews are in Danger," in which she chronicles how quickly Italy has changed and how the normalization of antizionism has placed its Jewish community at risk. On this episode, Monica recounts wha...

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68:29

This Far, No Further: On the Need for Jewish Rebels

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2025/10/29

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Naya speaks with Israeli-American writer and award-winning journalist Benjamin Kerstein about his new book, Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto. The thesis of the book can be summed up in a single declaration: “This far, no further.” It is a call for Jews to stop accepting abuse, to draw firm boundaries, and to look evil directly in the eye, without shame in naming it. This message is especially urgent because, for decades, Jews have been forced into the...

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68:29

The Courage to Name It: Andrew Pessin's Journey...

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2025/10/22

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with philosopher, professor, and author Andrew Pessin, one of the earliest Jewish academics to warn about the rise of antizionism within higher education. Pessin reflects on his own “Herzl moment,” the point at which he recognized that antizionism is not a political critique but a modern guise of Jew-hatred. Drawing from personal experience, including being targeted by students and colleagues for his Zionist identity, h...

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58:06

Armed and Jewish: The Case forJewish Gun Ownership

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/10/15

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Adam L. Fuller, Professor of Political Science at Youngstown State University, to discuss his new book, "The Armed Jew: The Case for Jewish Gun Ownership." While the title might sound like a call for Jews to take up arms, the book is, in fact, a compelling exploration of how a people long defined as “the people of the book” may also need to see themselves as “the people of the sword.” Naya opens the conversation with a c...

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18:53

Reevaluating Jewish Advocacy Against Antizionism

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/10/15

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht asks, Why have so many Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy groups failed to counter the antizionist narrative? While antizionism evolved into a sophisticated campaign of disinformation, Jewish advocacy often treated it as mere misinformation, a problem of mistaken facts rather than deliberate deception. Naya breaks down how this misunderstanding gave rise to “inward advocacy,” three self-defeating modes of response: “looking at the sel...

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68:29

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie? A Schism on the Right

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/10/04

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht is joined by James Lindsay, a leading voice on the rise of the “woke right.” Together, they unpack the origins of this movement, examine who may be driving it, and, most alarmingly, discuss why young American patriots are embracing Marxist frameworks rooted in grievance narratives, leaving them vulnerable to dangerous antisemitic and antizionist ideas. Clarifying the complex. Step into my classroom.

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58:06

Why Gen Z Shrugs at Making the "Case" for Israel

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/09/09

On this special episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht is joined by two of her former students, Shaya and Misha Keyvanfar. Shaya is a junior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Global Studies, while Misha is a senior in high school. Naya sits down with them to get a sense of how college and high school students today think about power, capitalism, Israel, and why traditional Jewish advocacy strategies, known as Hasbara, have largely failed. Why doesn’t “rah-rah” Zionism work? Why does ...

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69:11

When Israel Becomes the Whole Story: The Dilemma of...

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2025/09/02

On this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht speaks with Daniel Levine, Rabbi of Orange County Hillel, Lecturer in Jewish Studies at UC Irvine, and host of the Rabbi Daniel Levine YouTube podcast. Drawing on his knowledge of Jewish history, texts, and working with Jewish college students, Daniel examines the trend within the non-Orthodox Jewish community of centering Israel and Zionism as core to Jewish identity, and why this may be problematic. Moving across the arc of Ameri...

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71:30

We Always Danced Again: Hillel Fuld Urges Jews to...

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2025/08/25

On this episode of Don't Know Much About, blogger, marketer, and journalist Hillel Fuld joins Dr. Naya Lekht to reflect on the unique moment facing the Jewish people in the aftermath of the greatest tragedy since the Holocaust: October 7. Fuld offers a fresh perspective on Jewish history that pushes us to look ahead: Where is this surge in antisemitism leading? Can America withstand the rising tide of anti-Jewish bigotry, or will Jews be forced to leave the United States? Clarifying the...

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52:08

When Diversity is a Fig Leaf: The Case for Bold...

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2025/08/18

On this episode of Don't Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht speaks with Dillon Hosier, Chief Executive Officer of the Israeli-American Civic Action Network (ICAN), about how California lawmakers, legislators, and advocacy groups have been unprepared to address the challenges of Ethnic Studies. Their conversation explores how activist groups have weaponized “diversity” to advance hidden agendas, while also shedding light on the strategies advocacy organizations are using to respond. Clarifying th...

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58:06

America First, Antisemitism Last: The Case for...

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/08/10

On this episode, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Freedom Foundation litigator, Shella Alcabes, to discuss the case for being a proud, unapologetic neoconservative in an era where ‘America First’ too often turns into Jews last. We unpack the rise of antisemitism on the right, the dangers of retreating from global leadership, and why confronting Jew-hatred requires moral clarity, not isolationism. Clarifying the complex. Step into my classroom.

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66:26

Surviving Antizionism: Natasha's Story

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/08/07

What if everything you thought you knew about history, education, and Israel was built on a lie? On this episode of Don't Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Natasha H. Pein, a Soviet-born survivor of state-sponsored antizionism. Natasha recounts how Soviet antisemitism shaped her fierce commitment to truth, education, and Jewish advocacy. In 2025, she launched PIE4ALL.org, an initiative exposing hate in education from kindergarten to the workplace. Her upcoming book, The Antizioni...

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46:59

When the Right Got a Makeover—and a Jewish Problem

Don"t Know Much About with Naya Lekht ·

2025/08/03

In this episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Sharon Nik for a timely conversation about the rise of antisemitism on the political right. Together, they trace the emergence of the "woke right" and explore how cultural cues—including fashion trends—can serve as surprising predictors of political shifts. Sharon also shares her powerful personal journey: fleeing Iran, going to Israel, and eventually immigrating to the United States. Clarifying the complex. Step in...

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