War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War

Nuance Is Possible? with Alex Willick, New Israel Fund

47 min · 4 mei 2026
aflevering Nuance Is Possible? with Alex Willick, New Israel Fund artwork

Beschrijving

Host Orli Matlow sits down with Alex Willick, who was featured in the recent New Yorker article “At Synagogues, Tensions Are Boiling Over" [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/at-synagogues-tensions-are-boiling-over] by Eyal Press. A director at the New Israel Fund, [https://nif.org/] he was invited to talk to the congregation about a recent trip to The Land, but the invitation was rescinded when he planned on speaking about settler violence in the West Bank. He shares the story that was banned from the bimah, and they discuss just how extreme this Israeli government truly is, its roots in the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, and what our responsibilities are as people who care about human rights.    Read The New Yorker piece here. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/06/at-synagogues-tensions-are-boiling-over] Learn more about the New Israel Fund here. [https://nif.org/] Theme music by This Revolution Production Collective. [https://www.instagram.com/thisrevolutioncollective/] Follow Orli: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/hiremeimfunny/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremeimfunny] Website [https://www.orlimatlow.com/]

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