The Jewish Diasporist

Join us as we explore the political, cultural and social implications of life in diaspora. We wander across a variety of topics, grounding a socialist diasporist perspective through conversations with social movement organizers and scholars from around the world. While primarily focused on the Jewish world, we dialogue with people from non-Jewish communities which share the experience of diaspora and exile and situate Jewish communities in their diverse national contexts. Get in touch at contact@jewishdiasporist.com ! Support us by donating at patreon.com/TheJewishDiasporist YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HamotziNetwork/podcasts Instagra

The Jewish Diasporist is a society podcast hosted by Ben, Jordan and Zach, with 65 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Ben, Jordan and Zach hosts The Jewish Diasporist, a society show with 65 episodes published.

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  Episode #60

  Casa Do Povo w/ Ben Serrousi

  Oct 3, 20261h 30m

  Ben Serrousi is the Artistic Director of Casa Do Povo, an anti-fascist diasporic Jewish Community center in Sao Paolo, Brazil that was envisioned as a living memorial in 1946. Over the decades Casa Do Povo has been home to an experimental “Sholem Aleichem School”, Yiddish Theater Companies and choirs, a publication, in addition to serving as a meeting place for grassroots social movements within and beyond the Jewish community. Through our conversation we discussed the long history of Jews in Brazil and Casa Do Povo’s place within it. We explored themes including: ways to productively relate to legacy left-wing, as well as mainstream, Jewish institutions, the value of physical space in community organizing, cross-cultural diasporic solidarity, and much more. Learn more from Casa Do Povo's website Read Nossa Voz Subscribe to our shared YouTube channel Follow us on Instagram If you like the work we're doing here, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! Thank you to Arto Lindsay for his arrangement of Zog Nit Keynmol in our intro and outro. Check out music produced by Casa Do Povo, including this song, on Soundcloud !

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  Episode #58

  Layers of Diaspora w/ Sydney Levy

  Jun 6, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>In this episode Ben interviews Sydney Levy, a longtime activist and organizer who has worked with JVP, formerly as advocacy director, CJNV (Center for Jewish Nonviolence), JSWANA Bay and others. Throughout the conversation, Sydney speaks about his experiences growing up within the insular Venezuelan Jewish community, before moving to Jerusalem as an "accidental settler" while studying at the Hebrew University and later to the US. </p><p>Sydney leads us toward an understanding of how experiences of diaspora can layer upon one another to create a tapestry of multirootedness, the context-dependent nature of identity labels and their significance in...

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  Episode #57

  The United Jewish People’s Order 100 Years On

  Apr 18, 20261h 18mS0

  <p>In this episode we speak with three organizers of the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) to explore their organization's storied century-long history, and its present work as a community organization committed to developing secular socialist Jewish life in Toronto (and Canada more broadly) through educational, cultural and social events and programs.</p><p>Join UJPO, Naomi Klein and others on June 11th for UJPO's Centennial Celebration (Available virtually and in person)</p><p>Follow the UJPO on instagram!</p><p>Subscribe to our shared YouTube channel</p><p>Follow us on Instagram</p><p>If you like the work...

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  Episode #56

  Miami's Leftist Sephardi Zine w/ Emanuel Ovadia

  Feb 18, 20261h 4mS0

  <p>Ben and Zach are joined by Emanuel Ovadia, creator and editor of Gazoz De Frambuaz, a Ladino-centering zine based in Miami Florida. Gazoz De Frambuaz (Raspberry Soda) serves as a metaphor for the cultural exchange that's served as a a wellspring for Sephardic culture across the region that Sephardic Jews made their home after the Spanish Inquisition: Southwest Asia and North Africa. Our conversation grounds us in the history of the Ladino language, before exploring contemporary Sephardi cultural institutions to situate the contribution of Gazoz De Frambuaz to modern Sephardi culture.</p><p>Follow Gazoz De Frambuaz on Instagram...

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  Episode #55

  Bored of Deputies w/ Daniel Grossman

  Dec 20, 20251h 6mS0

  <p>Ben and Zach speak to Daniel Grossman, a member of Na'amod and fellow (former?) organiser within the British Jewish community, including the Union of Jewish Students and Board of Deputies. Our paths have crossed before...</p><p>Member of UK Jewish body resigns over failure to call out Israel on Gaza | UK news | The Guardian (That's Dan!)</p><p>yourparty.jewishdiasporist.com</p><p>Subscribe to our collaborative YouTube</p><p>Follow us on Instagram</p><p>Big thank you to Aly Halpert for continuing to allow us to use her music!</p>

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