Treyf Podcast

We spoke with Mark Tseng-Putterman and Tallie Ben Daniel about Jewish Voice for Peace’s new book, ‘On Anti-Semitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice.’ We talked about the Jewish right’s understanding of Anti-Semitism, the Jewish left’s struggle to present a coherent alternative, and whose voices get centred in these conversations. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/06/15/on_anti_semitism/

We spoke with Mira Sucharov (Carleton University Professor and Forward/Haaretz Columnist) about her recent decision to resign her column at the Canadian Jewish News. We talked about her political journey away from Liberal Zionism and the rightward shift of Canada's Institutional Jewish Community. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/06/07/mira_sucharov/

We spoke with acclaimed author, activist, artist, and movement elder Aurora Levins Morales about her new podcast, Letters From Earth. We talked about her ongoing love affair with radio - from the feminist radio shows she produced in the 1970s, her time with the Third World News Bureau, and her contributions to Flashpoints on Pacifica. We ended with a preview of the show, a piece entitled Mothers. As of June 1, you can listen to Letters From Earth at https://soundcloud.com/auroralevinsmorales

On this episode, we focused on the final days of the Canadian Jewish Congress. We spoke with Bernie Farber (former CEO of the CJC) & Dan Freeman-Maloy (Jewish academic, writer, and activist) about the CJC's history, how the Jewish Federations replaced it with CIJA (an Israel advocacy group), and what this means for our present moment. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/05/25/29-the-destruction-of-the-canadian-jewish-congress/

We spoke with Sahar Francis, the director of Addameer, about the hunger strike being undertaken by over a thousand Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. To learn more about the strike and support Addameer's work, visit http://addameer.org Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/05/17/short-palestinian-hunger-strike/

We spoke with Kezia Berelson and Tamara Micner, members of Jewdas and organizers of the most recent BirthWrong trip to Marseilles, France. We talked about the origins of BirthWrong and what it means to organize anti-Zionist trips to Jewish communities around the world. Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/05/17/short-birthwrong/

We're launching a fundraising campaign to cover the costs of the show! If you have $5 to spend, please give it to one the groups we've included in the show notes. But if you have another $5 to spend, consider sending it to us at Patreon.com/treyfpodcast. Show Notes: http://wp.me/p6SqlI-7U ORGANIZATIONS TO DONATE TO: -ADDAMEER - http://www.addameer.org/about/Support-Addameer -SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS - http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/donate -KANEHSATÁ:KE FLOOD DAMAGE RELIEF - https://www.gofundme.com/kanehsatake-flood-damage-relief -BARRIERE LAKE SOLIDARITY - http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/p/t.html -ADALAH - https://donate.adalah.org -THE KARIHWANORON MOHAWK IMMERSION SCHOOL - https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/the-karihwanoron-mohawk-immersion-school -BLACK LIVES MATTER TORONTO FREEDOM SCHOOL - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/blm-to-freedom-school-educational-resources-education#/ -UNIST’OT’EN CAMP - http://unistoten.camp/support-us/donate -THE IMMIGRANT WORKE

We went to Chicago last month for the Jewish Voice for Peace National Members Meeting! We brought a recorder with us and put together an audio collage of our experience. *The music you hear before and after our trip to the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is 'Un Du Akerst', as sung by Isa Kremer. Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/05/03/28-jvps-national-members-meeting/

In this 1993 interview, Leslie Lutsky talks with Les Tager, a founding member of the Toronto-based Jewish Feminist Anti-Fascist League (JFAFL). To skip the part of the show where Sam and David talk about unrelated things, jump straight to 8:03!

We spoke with Leslie Lutsky about his recent decision to end Jewish Digest, a Montreal-based radio show that's been on the air for over 25 years. We'll be releasing archives from the show over the next few months.

We were on this week's episode of Canadaland, talking about the politics of Jewish media with the editor of the Canadian Jewish News. Enjoy!

For our first episode back from the break, we spoke with Rana Salah & Dania, two Muslim activists based in Montreal. We talked about the political context that’s led to an increase in attacks against Muslims in Quebec, culminating in the recent murder of six Muslims by a white supremacist at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec. The names of the men were: Azzeddine Soufiane (57), Khaled Belkacemi (60), Aboubaker Thabti (44), Abdelkrim Hassane (41), Ibrahima Barry (39), and Mamadou Tanou Barry (42). Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/03/24/27-anti-muslim-violence-in-quebec/

We took a trip to New York City! We got to attend the amazing annual Purim Party organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice & the Aftselakhis Spectacle Committee.

We're back from our month off! We spoke with Orit Bashkin, author of 'The New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq,' about the history of Iraq's Jewish left and why certain Jewish histories remain untold.

On this episode we spoke with Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. Over the past 20 years, JVP has grown to become the largest Jewish leftist organization in the US, with over 200,000 supporters and 60 chapters. We talked with Rebecca about the history of the group, how it’s changed, and what today's political climate means for their work. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/01/26/26-jewish-voice-for-peace/

Following up on our last episode, we spoke with Mark Tseng Putterman about his twitter essay on the recent media conversation about Jews and whiteness. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/01/18/short_mtp_on_whiteness/

On this episode we spoke with Karen Brodkin, author of ‘How Jews Became White Folks,’ about the stories white Jews tell about Jewish history and the differences between structural racism & bigotry. We then spoke with Benjamin Balthaser, professor of multiethnic US literature at Indiana University-South Bend, about rural anti-Semitism and the institutions behind it. We ended the show with our usual Shkoyach! segment, highlighting a menorah feud, a pirate radio station, and an essay from 1967. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2017/01/05/25-white-jews-whiteness-and-anti-semitism/

To celebrate the yearly War on Christmas, we re-edited our special episode from last year. Merry Kratzmaych!

We spoke with Daniel Boyarin, author of Unheroic Conduct: the Rise of Heterosexuality and the Invention of the Jewish Man, about his work, the tension of being both a radical leftist and orthodox Jew, and what it was like to go to high school with Bruce Springsteen. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2016/12/22/daniel-boyarin/

On this episode, we took some time to reflect on changes in the Jewish political landscape following the US election. We spoke with Aurora Levins Morales about her recent article in the Nation, mentoring younger Jewish activists, and putting a Trump victory into historical context. We ended the show with our usual Shkoyach segment - David giving theirs to an anti-poverty group and Sam giving his to a Montreal neighbourhood. *EDIT: at the beginning of the show, David mentioned that 70% of Jews voted for Trump. They meant to say that this 70% voted AGAINST Trump. Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2016/12/02/24-aurora-levins-morales/