The Martyrs that Cured Israel from Fear
How did the young fighters executed during Israel’s anti-colonial struggle against British rule effectively cure the Jewish people of its ancient curse of fear?
Hosted by Lizzy Oziel and Rav Yehuda HaKohen, the Next Stage podcast focuses on identifying the objectives of Jewish liberation after Zionism. Episodes touch on a wide range of issues relevant to Jewish identity, Torah thought, Israeli politics, decolonization and reconciliation work with Palestinians.
How did the young fighters executed during Israel’s anti-colonial struggle against British rule effectively cure the Jewish people of its ancient curse of fear?
Since accomplishing its revolutionary historic role, has Zionism slid back towards an assimilationist impulse aimed at transforming the State of Israel into a ‘normal’ state on the international stage?
Can the Jewish experience be included in campus conversations about systems of oppression?
What can a decolonization process look like for both Diaspora Jews & the Jewish people as a collective?
When seeking to resolve conflicts between Jews & Palestinians or between Israel & the Islamic world, we need to reject any model that calls for separation.
Can ‘Sternism’ as a Jewish liberation tendency be applied to the Jewish people’s current struggles?
Can Israel incorporate the socio-economic features of the Shmita (Sabbatical) & Yovel (Jubilee) years?
Do popular superheroes express deep Jewish values, internal struggles & aspirations for a better world?
It’s now undeniably clear that Netanyahu spent years protecting Israel from Trump’s two-state agenda.
Explore the hidden meaning behind the Greek ‘defilement’ of the Temple oils (and the subsequent armed resistance led by Matityahu and his sons).
The State of Israel has many structures, policies & even foundational ideas in need of repair. But are liberal Western political framings helpful when trying to resolve Israeli society’s contradictions?
Professor Shaul Magid’s new book explores Rav Meir Kahane’s lifelong struggle against the Jewish embrace of bourgeois liberalism and his lasting socio-political impact on the US Jewish community.