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PeaceCast
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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#377: After the Vote: Unpacking Israel's Election
This is a recording of a New Jewish Narrative webinar from October 29, 2026, as part of our Israeli Election Webinar Series. Israelis went to the polls on…
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#376: Dr. Edward Kessler on Progressive Judaism, Zionism and the State of Israel
Maxxe Albert-Deitch sits down with Dr. Edward Kessler to discuss the Movement for Progressive Judaism's first publication. Titled Progressive Judaism, Zionism…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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#325: Israel's Annexation Revolution: with Shalom Achshav's Lior Amihai
Recording of our August 7, 2024 webinar with Lior Amihai. This conversation was hosted by Madeleine Cereghino. Our Director of Government Relations, Madeleine…
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#324: Policy, PR Stunts, and Protests- Discussing Netanyahu's DC Visit
In this episode of PeaceCast, Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by APN's Director of Government Relations, Madeleine Cereghino, for a discussion of PM Netanyahu's…
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#323: Breaking Down Netanyhu's DC Visit with Rebecca Abou-Chedid
Recording of our July 25, 2024 webinar with Rebecca Abou-Chedid. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind. Hadar Susskind and Rebecca Abou-Chedid analyze…
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#322: New Story Leadership and the Phoenix Plan
Ten brave New Story Leadership alumni - Muslim, Jewish, and Christian - from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, decided to move forward together…
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#321: Looking to the Future- Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah on a Post-October-7th World
Recording of our June 20, 2024 webinar with Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. This conversation was hosted by Hadar Susskind and Maxxe Albert-Deitch. Aziz Abu…
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#320: Harvey Price and the Peace Drums Project
Harvey Price is the founder of the Peace Drums Project, an organization that connects children of multiple faiths by having them play together in a steel drum…
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#319: Reading Between the Headlines with Anat Saragusti
Recording of our May 22, 2024 webinar, with Anat Saragusti. This conversation was hosted by Naomi Paiss. "The media" has come to mean many different things–…
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#318: A Discussion on Middle East Policy & Congress with Senator Chris Van Hollen
Recording of an APN webinar from May 2, 2024. A conversation between APN's President and CEO Hadar Susskind and Senator Chris Van Hollen. We discussed the role…