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PeaceCast
by New Jewish Narrative
PeaceCast is a podcast produced in Washington, DC by New Jewish Narrative (formerly Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu). We engage in nuanced conversations with people working towards peace and progress in Israel and Palestine. Episodes feature experts, activists, advocates and scholars whose work or passion is Israeli-Palestinian peace.Learn more about New Jewish Narrative: https://www.newjewishnarrative.org/
Episodes
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#375: Arab Voter Turnout and Suppression Ahead of Israel's Election
Join us with Dr. Anwar Mhajne for a conversation about Arab voter turnout, the challenges facing Arab voters, and efforts to mobilize participation ahead of the election. Dr. Mhajne is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Stonehill College and a native of Umm...
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#374: Progressive Education Series - Achvat Olam's Approach to Diasporist Learning
Join us for the first episode of the PeaceCast mini-series on progressive Jewish education, exploring the different ways in which progressive communities are approaching Jewish education. In this installment, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Leah Robbins, founder of Achvat Olam: Diaspora...
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#373: Israel's Election - The Stories to Watch
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from September 9, 2026, the second part in our Israeli Election Webinar Series. Join us for the second installment of our Israeli Elections Webinar Series, featuring author and journalist Dina Kraft, for a conversation about what's happening…
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#372: Beyond the Polls - Mapping the Israeli Electorate
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from August 26, 2026, the first part in our Israeli Election Webinar Series. Most of the coverage between now and October 27 and then will center on the politicians, public opinion surveys, and the speculative math behind any future coalition....
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#371: On Courage (Ami Fields-Meyer Discusses His New Book)
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Ami Fields-Meyer, a strong and trusted voice on issues of democracy, authoritarianism, civil and human rights, and political power. Fields-Meyer has been an advisor to political candidates, leaders of top civil rights groups,...
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#370: Building a Shared Society with Mohammad Darawshe
Givat Haviva's Center for a Shared Society aims to build an inclusive, socially cohesive society in Israel by engaging divided communities in collective action towards the advancement of a sustainable, thriving Israeli democracy, and a shared vision of the future. In this episode of PeaceCast,...
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#369: Being Israeli After the Destruction of Gaza
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Ariel Beery, a mission-driven entrepreneur and civil society activist who has spent three decades building institutions at the intersection of Israel, the Jewish world, and global development. He is the editor and publisher of...
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#368: A Political Change, Not a Policy Victory: Changes to US Aid to Israel
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from July 1, 2026. The US-Israel Memorandum of Understanding – $3.8 billion a year in Foreign Military Financing – expires in 2028. Formal talks on a replacement framework have already begun, and Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to shape…
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#367: Construction at E1: What's at Stake and What We Can Do
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from May 28th, 2026, moderated by Noam Shelef. Join New Jewish Narrative for a timely conversation with Hagit Ofran, Israel's foremost expert on settlement activity and Director of Peace Now's Settlement Watch. The Israeli government is...
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#366: Israel's Unsustainable Approach to National Security with Retired Brigadier General Yoni Shimshoni
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Yoni Shimshoni, retired IDF Brigadier General. Some of our listeners may be familiar with Yoni's work as part of Commanders for Israel's Security, a volunteer movement of over 550 retired IDF colonels and generals as well as...
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#365: Life Under Occupation: Resistance, Reality, and Partnership
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from April 28th, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. This conversation features Eid Suleiman Hadaleen, Becca Strober, and Mattan Berner-Kadish. Drawing on lived experience and on-the-ground work, this discussion both centers the realities too...
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#364: Art, Narrative, and Political Change
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on April 7, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. Join New Jewish Narrative for a conversation with Mik Moore and Libby Lenkinski, moderated by Hadar Susskind, to explore how art and culture can shift public narratives, open…
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#363: Understanding Israel's Death Penalty for Arabs Only Bill
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on February 19, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind. The Knesset is currently considering a bill that would create a death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis, but not for Israelis who kill Palestinians. It circumvents...
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#362: The Holy and the Broken - Ittay Flescher on the Pedagogy of Teaching Peace
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Ittay Flescher, who some of our listeners may recognize as the Education Director of Seeds of Peace Jerusalem, others might recognize as the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia, and a deeply...
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#361: From Grief to Partnership
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on February 4th, 2026, hosted by Hadar Susskind. Maoz Inon's parents were killed by Hamas on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died shortly after being beaten in an Israeli prison. But these two individuals did not turn…
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#360: What's Really Happening in the West Bank
This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on January 15th, 2026, hosted by Noam Shelef. In this conversation, Peace Now's Hagit Ofran helps us understand: What to make of the recent headlines about E-1 and how this fits with other changes in the West Bank over the…
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#359: Class of 95: Israel's Poetic Response to the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Barak Sella, editor of Class of 95: A Literary Anthology on the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Class of 95 presents, for the first time in English, Israel's poetic response to this national trauma. Originally...
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#358: Upside-Down Love: Sari Bashi on Love, Hope, and Resilience
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by author, internationally renowned human rights lawyer, and longtime activist Sari Bashi to discuss the new English translation of her book Upside-Down Love, originally published in Hebrew in 2021. Told in alternating chapters by...
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#357: When Doves Try: The History of Israel's Peace Now Movement
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by author and journalist Micah L. Sifry to discuss his new book, When Doves Try: Israel's Peace Now Movement 1978-1983. This book tells the story of how a handful of young Israeli reserve officers helped ignite the country's…
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#356: War Is Stupid with Orli Matlow
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN Director of Programs Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by comedian and podcast host Orli Matlow (host of War Is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War) Read more about War Is Stupid: An Antiwar Podcast About War: https://warisstupid.substack.com/ Listen to War Is…
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#355: Inside the Moment: Gershon Baskin on What's Next for Israel & Gaza
This episode of PeaceCast, cohosted by NJN's President and CEO Hadar Susskind and NJN and T'ruah board member Rabbi Esther Lederman, is a recording of a webinar hosted on November 18th, 2025. In the month since the Trump-brokered ceasefire went into effect, the fighting has mostly stopped and the...
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#354: Making Sense of the Trump Plan with Laura Rozen and Joel Braunold
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from October 1, 2025, hosted by Hadar Susskind. At an unusual press conference at the White House on Monday September 29 — with Prime Minister Netanyahu at his side — President Trump unveiled a plan to end the Gaza War. The document, which was...
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#353: Security Cameras in the West Bank
In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN Director of Prgrams Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Tamar Cohen, the Resource Development Director at Comet-ME. Comet-ME is an Israeli-Palestinian NGO providing off-grid renewable energy, clean water, and wireless internet infrastructure to vulnerable…
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#352: Sanctions to Stop Settler Violence: U.S. Policy and the Path Forward, with Senator Peter Welch
Recording of a conversation between Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and NJN President and CEO Hadar Susskind from September 3, 2025. Senator Welch recently reintroduced the SANCTIONS in the West Bank Act. This important legislation seeks to codify the Biden Administration Executive Order that imposed...
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#351: The Humanitarian Situation in Gaza: An Update
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from August 25th, 2025. Experts share updates on the evolving humanitarian situation in Gaza. Featuring: Dr. Tarek Loubani, a medical doctor and founder of the Glia project, which provides medical aid and services in war-torn regions…
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#350: Linguistic Justice: How Language Shapes Accessibility in East Jerusalem with Lissan
NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined here by Aliza Schoffman Land and Sirin Smoom from Lissan. Lissan, Arabic for language or tongue, advances a vision of a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic Jerusalem by promoting linguistic justice and equal access to basic rights and services for all Jerusalem residents...
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#349: How To Talk To Your Congressperson About Israel and Palestine (with NJN Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino)
In this episode of PeaceCast (recorded on August 1, 2025), Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN's Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino, for a conversation about the mass flood of legislative actions revolving around Israel and Palestine that have hit Washington in the last…
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#348: What's Going On With Syria? (co-produced with J-LINK).
Recording of a webinar hosted by NJN and J-LINK on July 29, 2025. The situation in Syria continues to evolve rapidly, with significant implications for regional stability and international relations. With regional alliances shifting and global attention elsewhere, what is the current state of…
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#347: Opening a New Health Clinic in Gaza
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from July 24th, 2025. Project Rozana, a longtime partner of NJN's that works to promote cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis in healthcare, is working to open a new health care clinic in Gaza – an initiative that NJN is proudly...
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#346: What Happened at the Trump-Netanyahu Meeting?
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from July 8th, 2025. On July 7th, President Trump is met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, DC. In the days leading up to and following the meeting, the rumors (and the Truth Social posts) have been coming fast and furious. Nobody...
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#345: Israel/Palestine and the LGBTQ Community
This is a recording of a NJN webinar from June 18th, 2025. Navigating issues related to Israel/Palestine in the queer community – and in some of the broader progressive spaces – can be challenging. There is a history of using Israel's relatively LGBTQ friendly environment to try to distract from...
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#344: Emergency Briefing: Understanding the Israel-Iran War
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from June 19th, 2025. The Israeli government's decision to begin a bombing campaign in Iran on Thursday marked the beginning of a new chapter in the conflict. All of us are trying to make sense of the military action, the diplomatic fallout…
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#343: The Weaponization of Antisemitism - with Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Kevin Rachlin
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from June 5th, 2025. We are living through a moment in the United States when we see both that antisemitism is rising and that the Trump administration is weaponizing antisemitism to silence its critics and to attack academia. For years, NJN…
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#342: The Perimeter- Breaking the Silence's Gaza Report
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from June 4th, 2025. "The perimeter" is the term used to describe the ever-expanding buffer zone on the Gaza side of the entire Israel-Gaza border from which Palestinians have been forcibly removed since the beginning of the war. As Breaking…
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#341: No Way But Forward - Book Talk with Brian Barber
Brian K Barber's new book, No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip, is a heart-wrenching piece of nonfiction. Barber, a psychologist and researcher, has cultivated real relationships with three families in Gaza since 1995, allowing him to tell their stories with rare...
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#340: Critical Issues- Trump, Gaza, and Censorship with Dr. Shibley Telhami
This is a recording of an NJN webinar on April 24th, 2025 Drs. Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch, co-chairs of the Middle East Scholar Barometer, say that they have seen a "chilling effect" on the working atmosphere for Middle East scholars. Many US-based academics and scholars already felt an...
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#339: A Briefing with Yair Golan
Recording of a NJN webinar on April 16, 2025 Yair Golan is the leader of The Democrats, a political party formed last year when the Labor and Meretz parties merged. Before entering politics, he had a distinguished military career, retiring as a Major General and serving as Deputy Chief of Staff…
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#338: Update from Peace Now- with Lior Amihai and Hagit Ofran
Recording of an NJN webinar on April 3, 2025. The conversation, anchored by NJN President & CEO Hadar Susskind, features Hagit Ofran and Lior Amihai from Peace Now. Our guests are on the ground, leading the push against settlements and the fight for for peace. Lior Amihai is the current Executive...
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#337: Habonim Dror and the Progressive Zionist Future
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN Board members and Habonim Dror leaders Shaina Wasserman and Judah Altman. The conversation delves into the details of how Habonim Dror and New Jewish Narrative are connected, as well as how dialogue, discussion, and youth...
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#336: Playing Zone Defense
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by NJN's Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino, for a discussion of President Trump's "flood the zone" tactics, and staying sane in the age of information overload. This episode also covers recent events at USAID and…
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#335: Book Talk- In My Jewish State with Dr. Elana Sztokman
NJN Deputy Communications Director Maxxe Albert-Deitch and Director of Development Karen Paul spoke with Dr. Elana Sztokman about her new book, In My Jewish State. In this book, Dr. Sztokman uses her professional skills of rhetorical analysis cultivated from years of anthropological research, and...
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#334: The World Zionist Congress Elections- What You Need to Know
Between March 10 and May 4, 2025, American Jews will vote for their delegates to the 39th World Zionist Congress, the "parliament of the Jewish people," which will convene in Jerusalem in October 2025. Every vote determines how money is spent, how resources are allocated, and contributes to...
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#333: New Year, New Congress, New Administration: What To Expect
Recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar with NJN President and CEO Hadar Susskind, Director of Government Relations Madeleine Cereghino, and Hassan El-Tayyab of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FNCL). We dug into what the new Congress and administration will mean for New Jewish...
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#332: War and Annexation: How the Israeli Government Changed the West Bank During the First Year of War
Recording of our November 20, 2024 webinar with Yonatan Mizrachi from Shalom Achshav's Settlement Watch team. This webinar was co-produced with our colleagues at Shalom Achshav, Canadian Friends of Peace Now, and La Paix Maintenant. The conversation was anchored by Hadar Susskind. Yonatan…
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#331: What's Next? Our Post-Election Breakdown
Recording of our November 14, 2024 webinar. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind. Along with special guest Allison McManus, we discussed what a second Trump administration may hold for Israel-Palestine peacebuilding work. We covered Trump's recent appointee nominations, the effects of...
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#330: Tablets Shattered: Book Talk with Joshua Leifer
Recording of our October 29th, 2024 webinar with Joshua Leifer. This conversation was hosted by Maxxe Albert-Deitch and Karen Paul. We spoke with Joshua Leifer about Tablets Shattered, his lively and personal history of the fractured American Jewish present. Formed in the middle decades of the...
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#329: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran- What's Happening and What We Know
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by APN's President and CEO, Hadar Susskind, for a discussion about recent events in the Middle East, the October 7th anniversary, and the past year of conflict. The discussion covers Israel's recent military incursion into southern…
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#328: Welcome to Hell: Sarit Michaeli on B'Tselem's Most Recent Reports
Recording of our September 24th, 2024 webinar with Sarit Michaeli. This conversation was hosted by Madeleine Cereghino. Gaza and the Occupied Territories in general are at the forefront of conversations around the world– horrific medical scenarios, inhumane treatment of Palestinian civilians, and...
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#327: The Gates of Gaza- A Conversation with Amir Tibon
Recording of our September 16, 2024 webinar with Amir Tibon. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind and Maxxe Albert-Deitch. We spoke with author Amir Tibon about his new book, The Gates of Gaza, as well as his experience as a journalist in Israel over the last 11 months. This webinar was...
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#326: Mediation, Negotiation, and Ultimatums: the Mechanics of a Ceasefire Deal- with Dr. Gershon Baskin
Recording of our August 21, 2024 webinar with Dr. Gershon Baskin. This conversation was hosted by Madeleine Cereghino. It is clear that people around the world– and the mediators sent to the table in Doha– want an agreement to stop the violence in Gaza and to bring the Israeli hostages home. But...
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PeaceCast is a podcast produced in Washington, DC by New Jewish Narrative (formerly Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu). We engage in nuanced conversations with people working towards peace and progress in Israel and Palestine. Episodes feature experts, activists, advocates and scholars whose work or passion is Israeli-Palestinian peace.Learn more about New Jewish Narrative: https://www.newjewishnarrative.org/
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