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Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Released Wednesday, 25th March 2020
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Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Ep. 28 The Other Virus: Antisemitism Now w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Wednesday, 25th March 2020
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We live in a time of deep division and confusion. It is naturally breeding a brand conspiratorial politics on both sides of the political aisle, creating a situation ripe for antisemitism. And that is exactly what is happening. Attacks on Haredim in the New York area are skyrocketing, in the past two years there have been four major terror attacks against Jewish communities across the nation, and more political figures have condoned or tacitly supported antisemites or their ideas. And now in a time of coronavirus, conspiracy theories blaming the Jews for the pandemic are rampant. 

How might one counter this reemerging threat, especially gearing up for what will most likely be the most vicious election cycle yet? What is President Trump’s role in this issue – symptom, cause, unrelated? In such a polarized time, how does Ungar-Sargon manage the opinion page of one of the leading Jewish news publications? 

With Batya Ungar-Sargon, the Forward’s opinion editor, we discuss these issues and many more in a fascinating and fun conversation. Ungar-Sargon also holds a PhD in English from University of California, Berkeley. 

*Please note this was recorded before the coronavirus began afflicting places outside of China, and before former VP Joe Biden secured decisive victories in the Democratic primaries.

_________________________________________________Favorite podcasts: “The Daily” + “Criminal” + “The Promised Podcast”

Most insightful person to follow on social media: Jarvis Good

Books that have most shaped Ungar-Sargon's thinking: "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" + "Origins of Totalitarianism" – both by Hannah Arendt

"Middlemarch" – George Eliot

Works of Benny Morris and Norman Rush

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