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On the Nose
On the Nose
Jewish Currents

On the Nose is a biweekly podcast by Jewish Currents, a magazine of the Jewish left founded in 1946. The editorial staff... more

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Episodes

The End of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

On April 7th, Larry David’s sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm—which debuted in 2000 and ran on and off for 24 years—concluded... more

23 May 2024 · 52 minutes
On Zionism and Anti-Zionism

The recent wave of anti-Zionist Gaza solidarity protest encampments on college campuses has reignited a longstanding public debate over how... more

16 May 2024 · 50 minutes
Controversy at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Last fall, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco put out an open call for artists to apply for the... more

02 May 2024 · 33 minutes
Chevruta: Understanding Aaron Bushnell’s Sacrifice

Chevruta is a column named for the traditional method of Jewish study, in which a pair of students analyzes a... more

26 Apr 2024 · 38 minutes
Jewish Organizing at Columbia’s Encampment

Last week, the NYPD—called in by Columbia University president Minouche Shafik—arrested 108 Columbia and Barnard students, who had set up... more

25 Apr 2024 · 41 minutes
Unpacking the Campus Antisemitism Narrative

In recent months, a buzzy new pair of articles on the specter of rising “Israel-related” antisemitism have arrived in The... more

11 Apr 2024 · 42 minutes
Campus Politics Takes the Stage in "The Ally"

In The Ally—a new play at the Public Theater by Itamar Moses—an Israeli American adjunct professor is forced to confront... more

28 Mar 2024 · 38 minutes
Language, the Media, and Palestine

In the public sphere, the discursive battle over Israel and Palestine often comes down to language, with one’s willingness to... more

14 Mar 2024 · 34 minutes
Hindu Nationalism’s New Temple

On January 22nd, India’s far-right prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Ram Mandir, a gargantuan new temple dedicated to the... more

22 Feb 2024 · 33 minutes
Israel’s Emerging Religious Left

In recent years, religious Jewish communities around the world have turned increasingly toward the right. In Israel, the overwhelmingly right-wing... more

08 Feb 2024 · 30 minutes
Charging Israel with Genocide

On January 26th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim ruling on South Africa’s charge that Israel is... more

01 Feb 2024 · 38 minutes
Labor’s Palestine Paradox

The US labor movement has had an exciting few years. Labor unions are gaining popularity among the general public as... more

03 Jan 2024 · 39 minutes
Bonus Episode: Mailbag

Many months ago, we solicited questions from you, our listeners, for our first-ever mailbag episode. The result was a wide-ranging... more

28 Dec 2023 · 42 minutes
Hamas: Past, Present, and Future

In this episode, Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart speaks with two political analysts from Gaza living abroad, Khalil Sayegh and... more

21 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Talking to Our Families

In late October, we received a letter: “In almost every conversation I have with young Jews on the left, I... more

08 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
Naomi Klein on Israel’s “Doppelganger Politics”

In her new book, Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, leftist public intellectual Naomi Klein argues that the phenomenon... more

16 Nov 2023 · 52 minutes
Cori Bush’s Ceasefire Plea

Since October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel began its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, almost every member of Congress... more

09 Nov 2023 · 25 minutes
A Surge in American Jewish Left Organizing

In the weeks since October 7th, when Hamas attacked the south of Israel and Israel began bombing Gaza, American Jewish... more

31 Oct 2023 · 41 minutes
The Loneliness of the Israeli Left

Since Hamas’s October 7th attack, Israeli leftists have felt squeezed between a global left response that has sometimes justified or... more

26 Oct 2023 · 37 minutes
"Unsettled" After October 7th

On Saturday, October 7th, Hamas launched a surprise attack across the Gaza border, killing more than 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians,... more

19 Oct 2023 · 51 minutes
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Since October 7th, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel began its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, almost every member of Congress has denounced... more