Should every Jewish person with a social media account be posting in support of Israel and the rise of anti-Jewish racism right now? Should every Jewish person with a social media account be acknowledging Palestinian civilian suffering in equal measure? In this episode, Tami and Dash bring these questions (and more) to "anti-anti-semitsm" advocate and accidental influencer Marnie Perlstein.

Special thanks to Optique Barangaroo for their support:

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Articles adjacent to the issues discussed:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/14-ways-to-fight-university-antisemitism

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/tji-series/how-has-october-7-2023-changed-your-life

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/october-7-can-now-be-seen-as-one-shot-in-a-larger-multi-front-war

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/jewish-voters-favor-kamala-harris-over-donald-trump-68-to-25-poll

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Upon hearing the news of the murder of six Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza on Sept 1st, Jewish communities were thrust into mourning. Since then, it has been very difficult for many to speak about these deaths and it’s a rare gift to be able to communicate articulately while in the depths of grief. With his striking capacity for empathy and hope, TJI’s Jerusalem correspondent Ittay Flescher joined Tami and Dash to describe the despair many in Israel in the Jewish world feel.

‘The Holy and the Broken’ by Ittay Flescher is now available for pre-order at ittay.au It will be out in January 2025 in bookstores across Australia, published by HarperCollins.

Ittay can also be found on social media at @ittay78 and on TJI where he writes a regular column from Jerusalem, imagining a different future for all Israelis and Palestinians.

This episode's closing song by The Bashevis Singers (and thank you to the band for letting us use the song).

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Other articles mentioned:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/is-the-philadelphi-corridor-really-worth-more-than-the-lives-of-the-hostages

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/grief-and-blame-over-hamas-murder-of-six-hostages

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/israelis-stand-together-to-alleviate-starvation-in-gaza

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/we-are-now-all-walking-around-with-an-invisible-tear-in-our-clothes

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The pageantry and ecstatic 'vibe' of last month's Democratic National Convention (DNC), in which Kamala Harris was certified the party's presidential nominee, belied a dark reality: American Jewish voters, once home among Democrats, are now politically homeless. That's the view of Peter Savodnik, a Washington-based journalist and senior editor for The Free Press. Peter reported on the DNC and the Republican National Convention (hello, Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock) and is increasingly troubled by what he sees on the left and the right.

Tami and Dash caught up with Peter to get his take on the DNC, Harris's posture towards Israel and the war in Gaza, and an answer to a question that's been bugging Tami for weeks: what does Julia Louis-Dreyfus smell like?

TJI articles relevant to this week’s episode:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/kamala-harris-declares-for-israel-and-palestinians

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/tim-walzs-record-on-israel-holocaust-education-and-antisemitism

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/which-us-president-will-be-better-for-the-palestinians-neither

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-a-jd-vance-vice-presidency-would-mean-for-american-jews-and-israel

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/brisbane-poet-takes-out-inaugural-jewish-literary-prize

More from Peter Savodnik:

Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair, as well as GQ, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired and other venues—reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, south Asia and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.

You can find his Presidential election coverage and more at The Free Press.

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