Jewish Daily Forward Podcast
By Nate Lavey
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Podcast Description
The Forward’s podcasts are the "Reporters' Roundtable," a weekly conversation between Forward staff about the most pressing issues in the Jewish world, hosted by Josh Nathan-Kazis, and "Yid Lit," a biweekly series interviewing acclaimed authors of literary fiction and nonfiction, hosted by Allison Yarrow. The "Reporters’ Roundtable" discusses topics like the growing rent protests in Israel, debate over the call to promote "peoplehood" within the Jewish community and the increasingly significant and yet fraught relationship between the Jewish and Latino communities in America. "Yid Lit" has interviewed more than 30 notable authors including National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss, New Yorker magazine “20 under 40” fiction writers Gary Shteyngart and Nicole Krauss and British writer and Orange Prize winner Linda Grant.
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Reporting Abuse, Are Hasidic Women Liberated? | Staffers discuss an Orthodox group’s controversial position on reporting sex abuse, whether Orthodox women are ‘liberated’ and say goodbye to a podcast regular. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
End of Two-State Solution, Orthodox in the IDF | Forward staffers consider the grim prospects for the two-state solution, integrating the Orthodox into the IDF and the changing relationship between the ultra-Orthodox and the internet. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Liberating Washington's Letter, Recalling Sendak | Staffers talk about Maurice Sendak and the Forward’s campaign to liberate George Washington’s ‘letter to the Jews.’ Plus, a first-hand view of life at Jewish day schools. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Dust-Up on Iran, Hebrew Charter Schools | On the podcast, staffers discuss a dust up between a former Israeli spy chief and the government over Iran, Hebrew-language charter schools and the youth vote in the 2012 election. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Singing New 'Hatikvah,' Kosher Prison Food | This week staffers discuss proposals to change ‘Hatikvah,’ whether Orthodox Jews accused of child sex abuse should get special treatment, and kosher food in prison. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
The Religion of Bruce, Growing Up Patrilineal | This week Forward staffers discuss the devout Jewish followers of the religion of Bruce Springsteen, growing up patrilineal and why Jews don’t like evangelical Christians | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Mystery Shrouds Macy's Titanic Plaque | TITANIC ANNIVERSARY: Macy’s employees contributed to a memorial for their boss, Isidor Straus, and his wife, Ida. What happened to the plaque is now a mystery. | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Making Matzo in a Chametz-Free Zone | From the Kalish archives: In a story that originally aired on WNYC, Jon Kalish takes us inside a Shmura matzo bakery in Boro Park, Brooklyn. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Solving a Titanic Mystery, Surviving Passover Food | Solving a century-old mystery involving the doomed Titanic, and surviving a week of eating Passover food are the topics of this week’s Reporters’ Roundtable. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Matzo Wars, BDS Brooklyn Showdown | Staffers discuss an ongoing battle between American and Israeli matzo manufacturers, a Boycott Israel vote in Brooklyn and personal stories of hiding the afikoman. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Debating Best Jewish Sandwiches | We discuss the new approach in the fight to free Alan Gross, the top Jewish sandwiches and the eastern European liqueur that’s guaranteed to burn all the way down. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
What if Santorum Wins? Mossad Push Back on Iran | Staffers discuss why lawmakers are calling for a one-state solution, whether Republican Jews would get behind Rick Santorum and the Mossad push-back against Bibi. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Boro Park Purim, AIPAC Fallout, Ali Abunimah | Staffers discuss a prominent advocate of the Boycott Israel movement, the fallout from AIPAC and the wild Purim celebrations in Hasidic Boro Park, Brooklyn. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
Weaponizing Lieberman; Keeping Up With the Shalits; Juicing Jews | This week, staffers discuss Israel’s threat to launch Avigdor Lieberman, strife in the Shalit home and will Samson beat doping charges? | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Talking Comics With Diane Noomin | Women’s comics pioneer Diane Noomin talks about Wimmen’s Comix, Twisted Sister and her comic alter ego of several decades — Didi Glitz. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 |
Presidents Conference, Israel Apartheid Week | Staffers discuss the groups behind the Conference of Presidents, Israel Apartheid Week on campus and offer some historical perspective on the ‘war on religion.’ | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17 |
Ira Cohen's Art and Alchemy | In this podcast, friends and colleagues of late artist Ira Cohen remember the self-described “conscience of planet Earth.” | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
The Monster That Ate AIPAC, Jewish Oscar Picks | Staffers discuss Eli Valley’s newest envelope-pushing cartoon, the ongoing saga of Alan Gross and the top Jewish Oscar winners of all time. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan Gross Plot Thickens; Hasidic-Inspired Fashion | Staffers discuss revelations about Alan Gross, the Jewish American aid worker imprisoned in Cuba and why one gorgeous member of the British royal family wears a Hasidic coat. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Child Sex-Abuse Scandal in Australia's Jewish Community Spills Into U.S. | Members of the Australian Jewish community say suspected child m******rs ended up in the United States after community leaders failed to report them to authorities. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
I love the forward podcast!
The round up of the week's stories is like a fresh burst of news and the interviews are always interesting. Everyone from Nazi hunters to Ruth Messinger. I love listening to the podcast while I'm cooking.
great jewish podcast
the forward is the best (maybe the only??) podcast about current jewish events and it's _fantatic_ and always interesting. the elena kagan podcast was especially good. it's so nice to see people tackling jewish news in a really timely and smart way. only 2 complaints: 1. it should be a bit longer, maybe 30 minutes and have a few more segments. it's not quite long enough to settle in and listen. 2. why does it come up like number 47 when you do an itunes search for "jewish"?? i only know about it because one of my friends listens and it's without a doubt the best jewish podcast. they seriously need to check their rss tags / metadata or something. are you listening, forward? other than that great podcast.
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- Category: News & Politics
- Language: English
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