Unsettled

For our first episode, we interviewed three American Jewish activists who recently traveled to the South Hebron Hills to help build the Sumud Freedom Camp. Established by a coalition of Palestinians, Israelis, and Jews from the diaspora, Sumud is an island of resistance, reconstruction, and solidarity within one of the most brutally controlled areas of the West Bank.  This episode is hosted by Ilana Levinson and features Tom Corcoran, Naomi Dann, and Jeremy Swack. Edited by Yoshi Fields and Emily Bell. Original music by Nat Rosenzweig. Photo by Gili Getz, courtesy of Sumud: Freedom Camp

TRANSCRIPT: MAX: Welcome to Unsettled, a new podcast featuring news and views on Israel-Palestine and the Jewish diaspora. We are here to provide a space for the difficult conversations and diverse viewpoints that are all too rare in institutional American Jewish communities. ASAF: My name is Asaf. EMILY: I'm Emily. ILANA: My name is Ilana. MAX: And I'm Max. ASAF: Make sure to check out our first episode, interviewing Jewish activists who helped in May to build a Palestinian resistance camp in the West Bank. EMILY: In future episodes, we’ll bring you interviews, conversations, and stories on topics like: ILANA: Why our Hebrew School teachers lied to us EMILY: How to talk to your family about the occupation ILANA: Our favorite radical rabbis MAX: WTF is indigeneity? ASAF: Ashkenormativity MAX: Intergenerational trauma EMILY: Greenwashing ILANA: Pinkwashing MAX: And big tents. ILANA: Full disclosure: Unsettled was started by members of the anti-occupation movement IfNotNow, but this podcast is not officially affiliated, and any opinion expressed here belongs only to the person expressing it. ASAF: However, as members of IfNotNow, as Jews, and as human beings, we at Unsettled start from a foundational belief in freedom and dignity for all people. If you can get down with that, then this is the podcast for you. EMILY: Go to our website, unsettledpod.com, for show information. Subscribe on iTunes to make sure you never miss an episode of Unsettled.