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The Jewish Diasporist

Ben, Jordan and Zach

Join us as we explore the political, cultural and social implications of life in diaspora. We wander across a variety of topics, grounding a socialist diasporist perspective through conversations with social movement organizers and scholars from around the world. While primarily focused on the Jewish world, we dialogue with people from non-Jewish communities which share the experience of diaspora and exile and situate Jewish communities in their diverse national contexts.Get in touch at

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65:45

Bored of Deputies w/ Daniel Grossman

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/12/20

Ben and Zach speak to Daniel Grossman, a member of Na'amod and fellow (former?) organiser within the British Jewish community, including the Union of Jewish Students and Board of Deputies. Our paths have crossed before...Member of UK Jewish body resigns over failure to call out Israel on Gaza | UK news | The Guardian (That's Dan!)yourparty.jewishdiasporist.comSubscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramBig thank you to Aly Halpert for continuing to allow us to use her music!

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59:08

Jewish Day Schools Reimagined w/ Achvat Olam

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/11/22

Zach speaks to Leah Robbins, one of the organisers behind the Achvat Olam Community Day School, the groundbreaking project to establish the first diasporist Jewish day school in Boston.(apologies for the audio being a bit rusty - Z)Learn more about Achvat OlamSubscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon!Big thank you to Aly Halpert for continuing to allow us to use her music!

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61:04

Live w/ Chaia and Rabbi Chel Mandell

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/09/20

Chaia of Kleztronica and Rabbi Chel Mandell of Santa Cruz CA's Tzimtzum Community the first ever episode of the Jewish Diasporist recorded with a live audience. This episode was recorded live on September 15th.Chaia is an electronic composer working at the intersection of Yiddish culture and electronic club music. She weaves archival Yiddish samples with techno and ambient frameworks, creating hybrid folkloric-electronic compositions that situate ancestral sound within global and liberatory rave

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79:15

Diaspora Studies w/ Naomi Seidman

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/09/13

Naomi Seidman, Director of the University of Toronto's Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies joins us to explore the young academic discipline of Diaspora Studies, its history and contents, and its relationship to other academic fields.Subscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon!Big thank you to Aly Halpert for continuing to allow us to use her music!

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91:31

Ashkenazi Herbal Diasporism w/ Deatra Cohen and Adam...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/07/05

In this episode, we are joined by Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel, authors of "Ashkenazi Herbalism" and recently: "Woven Roots; Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and their Neighbors in Eastern Europe." Their new book expands on their earlier work by foregrounding the ways plant medicine served as a medium for coexistence in a land that's often only remembered as a place of Jewish suffering. Through concrete examples, we explored the implications of diaspora for herbal and medicinal

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77:09

The Jewish Diasporist and Tzimtzum on KSQD w/ Meilin...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/05/27

Rabbi Chel Mandell of the Tzimtzum Community and Jewish educator and Diasporist Podcast Co-Host, Ben Yanowitz were invited on to local Santa Cruz radio station KSQD for an Interview for “Talk of the Bay,” hosted by Meilin Obinata, to explore the complexities of Jewish communal life in Santa Cruz, CA.The Jewish community in Santa Cruz is a microcosm of our diaspora at large. Change is happening and legacy communal institutions are lagging behind at best, and actively hostile at worst. Thankfully

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59:18

Jewish or Zionist Self-Determination? Ben and Zach...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/05/10

We made it to Episode 50! Today, it's just Zach and Ben talking about the recent elections to the World Zionist Congress. They start discussing by how Zionism can (and should) be defined, followed by an overview of the voting process, the participating slates, they pros and cons of voting, and some possible alternatives to Jewish self-determination.Zach's ongoing "Bundism Today" series can be found hereSubscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here,

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79:45

Activist Perspective of Palestine and Belarus with...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/04/19

This week, Ben and Zach are joined by two organizers based in Palestine-Israel whose lives and political journeys inform powerful reflections on displacement, state oppression solidarity, and the possibilities of joint struggle.Kastuś, originally from Minsk, has moved through various diasporic contexts—Belarus, Australia, and now Tel Aviv — shares his path from growing up under authoritarianism to joining the Belarusian uprising in 2020, and working with Kompass Media (Ep. 26) and on his own to

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3:43

Major Announcement on the Future of the Jewish...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/04/16

Becoming Gamers and Deporting Hitler - Let's Play Social Democracy: An Alternate HistoryAfter much consideration, we have decided to relaunch the Jewish Diasporist for its 3rd year as a GAMING CHANNEL! Check out the full Let's Play episode in video on youtube!Play the game here! https://red-autumn.itch.io/social-democracyThank you to Dan Nichols for continuing to allow us to use his Aleinu L'shabeiach.Originally released on Youtube on 1 April 2025 (In reality, Zach and Ben have been busy organizing

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58:45

Exploring Afro-Igbo-Jewish roots w/ Kofi Robinson

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/02/12

This week Zach and Ben are joined by Kofi, who recently took part in the Black Jewish Liberation Collective’s (BJLC) “Teshuvah Across Waters,” the inaugural cohort of a sustained solidarity and education project in relationship to the Hebrew Ibo community in Nigeria. In our conversation we explored a variety of topics. Kofi's experiences as a Jew by choice, the Afro-Jewish reality of being part of both African and Jewish diasporas, Ibo Jewish communties' relationship to hegemonic Jewishness

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65:46

WUJS Conference: A Diasporist Retrospective

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2025/01/12

The World Union of Jewish Students hosts its annual congress over the new year. Zach retells Ben his experiences from the 2023/24 conference in Prague. They chat about the participants, location, events, conference, and why and how Jewish student diasporists should engage with Jewish student unions at the local, national, regional and global level.Subscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon!Big thank you

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97:11

Grounding our Critique w/ Becca Explains the Occupation

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/12/29

Becca Strober joins Ben & Zach to speak about her educational organizing and activism as an American-Israeli, both online and on the ground. We speak about the Jerusalemite identity, diverse semantic labels, productive engagement with those who disagree with us, and a road forward for Israelis and the movement for Palestinian liberation.Check out Becca's work on Instagram and her podcast!Subscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please

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75:09

Zalman Presents: Cafe Bund & Principles of Organising...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/12/16

Uno Reverse Bundism. Zalman, former guest from episode 23, interviews Zach about Cafe Bund and the principles which guide his local and transnational organizing. Back with Ben next time for a biiiig episode :))Bundist Zine FundraiserInstagram: @cafe.bundSubscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

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80:16

Building the Bund: The Provisional Steering Committee

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/11/30

Ben & Zach are joined by Hallie Appel and Maddan Eisenberg. Together, they discuss their organising efforts as the Provisional Steering Committee of the International Jewish Labor Bund.If you interested in getting involved, click HERESupport the Rayyan FamilySubscribe to our collaborative YouTubeFollow us on InstagramIf you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon!Big thank you to Isabel Frey for her beautiful rendition of Di Shvue!

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65:49

Oy Vey! (Amsterdam): A New Jewish Manifesto

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/11/17

Although recent news has led some to portray Amsterdam (and Diaspora more broadly) as inhospitable for Jewish life, it is home to a thriving Jewish community that has been charting a path toward a diasporist Jewish Future.Ben and Zach are joined by Jelle and Tori, two organizers of Oy Vey, an outward-facing, radically inclusive and unapologetically Jewish hub in Amsterdam. Drawing on hundreds of conversations with community members and Amsterdam's wider Jewish community, they have created A New

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61:24

The Jewish Left in Mexico w/ Tamara Gleason Freidberg

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/11/02

Historian and yiddishist Tamara Gleason Freidberg joins Ben and Zach to talk about the history of the Jews in Mexico, the 1930s and 1940s, the role of the Jewish left in the country, and contemporary politics following the beginning of the presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum - the first female and first Jewish president of Mexico who is continuing the progressive "Fourth Transformation" of the

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Preview: Gathering a Local Lulav: A Diasporist...

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/10/22

Sukkot reminds us of the dwellings our ancestors lived in when they were fleeing Egypt, they are the temporary dwellings of refugees. Yet settlers have bastardized the holiday to be about occupying land, and often use the plants of the Lulav to claim Sukkot as a Zionist Holiday. In this episode, join Ben and Jordan for a walk as they creatively engage with the Holiday's halacha (Jewish Law/Way of Practice) and inspiration in the Torah to adapt the ritual in the spirit of Doikayt (Hereness).Hear the

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75:21

In Pursuit of a Palestinian-Jewish Future w/ Hadar Cohen

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/10/19

So often, Jews and Palestinians are seen as separate, even diametrically opposed communities, yet what happens when we center those who hold both of these identities simultaneously?In this episode, Ben and Jordan are joined by Hadar Cohen, an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic artist and community organizer to discuss the complexities, tensions and possibilities of modern Arab-Jewish life and identity. By tying together personal, spiritual and historical perspectives, Hadar helps us illuminate the

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69:35

Westward to Zion: American Jewish Labor History

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/10/05

In this special crossover episode of The Jewish Diasporist and Labor Jawn, hosts Jordan and Gabe team up to interview Dr. Caroline Luce, a scholar of Jewish labor history in the United States. Together. They explore the rich and complex history of Jews in America, highlighting the intersections of immigration, labor unions, synagogues, mutual aid societies, and colonialism. Tracing the westward migration of American Jews from New York to Los Angeles, this episode provides a deep dive into Jewish

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73:02

Summer Camp Conflict and Care

The Jewish Diasporist ·

2024/09/21

Summer Camp Conflict and Care w/ Dani and EzraIn this episode, Ben and Jordan discussed an institution near and dear to their hearts, URJ Camp Newman, with additional former campers and recent staff members, Dani and Ezra. Throughout the conversation, we explore the way camps serve as a microcosm of the diasporic Jewish world, offering a crucial space for young Jews to develop their identities while also highlighting many of the tensions between the policies of the URJ (Union of Reform Judaism, more

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