In Search of Anti-Semitism (w/ John Ganz...

<p>Laura K. Field's <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255262/furious-minds?srsltid=AfmBOoo-r7SOZaW2FHnmgy0k1VNHmckDW4PoIz4Xd3C7Yi30f3kf1wnF"><i>Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right</i></a>, published earlier this month, is a book we simply had ... Show More

<p>Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/107982813?utm_campaign=postshare_creator">patreon.com/knowyourenemy.</a></p><p>If there's a Trump-era topic that manages to fascinate without being entirely depressing, it's pro ... Show More

<p>This episode isn't focused on a single topic or text, but rather just wanting to have a wide-ranging conversation with our guest, Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of <i>Jewish Currents</i> and author of the recent book, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775348/be ... Show More

<p>Sam Harris speaks with Bari Weiss about her book "How to Fight anti-Semitism." They discuss the three different strands of anti-Semitism (rightwing, leftwing, and Islamic), the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, the difference between anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, ... Show More

<p>Sam Harris speaks with Rabbi David Wolpe about the global response to the atrocities of October 7th, 2023. They discuss the difference between Israeli and diaspora Jews, the history and logic of antisemitism, the role of conspiracy theories, Great Replacement Theory, reasons f ... Show More

On previous episodes of this podcast we’ve discussed the origins and history of antisemitism. But what does this antisemitic moment tell us about society more generally? If you look back throughout history, the persecution of Jews has often coincided with an even bigger crack-up ... Show More

When Deborah Friedell and Adam Thirlwell met twenty years ago, they started a discussion about Jewish identity they are still puzzling over today. Revisiting Philip Roth’s The Counterlife (1986), an American take on British antisemitism and the escapist allure of aliyah, Adam and ... Show More

<p>In this excellent episode, we bring on Asa Winstanley to discuss his new book <a href= "https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/weaponising-anti-semitism/">Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn</a>.  This conversation is a fantastic work of recent ... Show More

Judith Butler joins Adam Shatz for the first episode of Human Conditions to look at Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1946 book Anti-Semite and Jew, originally published in French as Réflexions Sur La Question Juive. Sartre’s ‘portraits’ of the ‘anti-Semite’ and the ‘Jew’, as he saw them, cause ... Show More

Dr. E. Michael Jones returns to discuss the ADL’s recent attempt to defame him as a racist and anti-Semite. We also talk about how the defamation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by the Jewish Lobby is emblematic of the larger Jewish Question.  Dr. Jones is the editor of Culture Wars mag ... Show More

On today's episode, we try our best to wrap our heads around Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism," published in 1951. We focus primarily on her arguments around the history of Anti-semitism. While we struggle a bit to fully grip the text, we make a good faith eff ... Show More