Exploring recent incidents and debates surrounding anti-Semitism, including congressional hearings, FBI statistics, and differing viewpoints on the weaponization of the perception of anti-Semitism. Rabbi Jill Jacobs from Trua shares insights on promoting human rights and navigating polarized views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Since October 7 there has been a lot of debate over what is and isn’t antisemitic. Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Harvard law professor Noah Feldman explain why the definition is so important.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.
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