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Echoes of Jewish History is a leading Jewish history podcast offering rigorous, historically grounded analysis of Jewish identity, Israel, antisemitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust.Hosted by Jewish historian and educator Jimmy Bitton, the podcast traces the continuity of…
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The Arab Case for Israel w/ Hussain Abdul-Hussain (opens the original)
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Hussain Abdul-Hussain, author of The Arab Case for Israel, asks what rejecting Israel has cost the Arab world. and what peace could make possible. The Lebanese-Iraqi journalist joins Jimmy Bitton to examine the Arab-Israeli conflict, Lebanon’s collapse, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood and the plight of Palestinian refugees. Drawing on his journey from Marxist politics to advocating peace with Israel, he challenges familiar assumptions about Palestinian sovereignty and asks what it would take t
How Antisemitism Took Hold on Campus w/ Shai Davidai (opens the original)
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Shai Davidai is a social psychologist at Columbia University and the author of American Intellectual Antisemitism: The Anti-Jewish Movement Tearing Through Our Universities . In this conversation, we examine how antisemitism became embedded in parts of university culture, why October 7 exposed the limits of Jewish inclusion in progressive spaces, and how the language of social justice can sometimes be used to excuse prejudice rather than confront it. Davidai explains how academic frameworks buil
Jews Under Islam: From Dhimmi Status to Zionism w/ Meir Litvak (opens the original)
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Professor Meir Litvak is a historian of Islam, Iran and the modern Middle East. In this conversation, we examine the changing position of Jews under Muslim rule, from the emergence of Islam and the development of dhimmi status to Zionism, Israel’s establishment and the rise of modern antisemitism in the Middle East. Litvak explains how Jewish communities could achieve extraordinary cultural, commercial and political influence while remaining legally subordinate minorities. We discuss Muhammad an
Jabotinsky & Zionism w/ Jared Stone (opens the original)
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Most arguments about Israel begin in 1948. That is exactly why so many of them go wrong. In this episode of Echoes of Jewish History, Jimmy Bitton speaks with author Jared Stone about Jewish peoplehood, Zionism, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the Iron Wall, antisemitism, and the historical context behind the creation of Israel. Stone argues that Jews cannot be understood simply as followers of a religion. Jewish identity is also historical, national, cultural, and civilizational — a form of peoplehood that l
Antisemitism in the Muslim World: The Best Explanation You’ll Ever Hear (opens the original)
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How did modern antisemitism take root in the Muslim world—and why does neither “ancient Islamic hatred” nor “European import” fully explain it? Historian Jimmy Bitton traces the evolution of anti-Jewish ideas across the Middle East, examining how older Islamic prejudices collided with European conspiracy theories, blood libels, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , Nazi propaganda, Arab nationalism, Zionism, and the wars surrounding Israel’s creation. Drawing on the work of historians Esther Web
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