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What Is Free Speech On Campus?
17 JUN 2024 · Many of us have watched college campuses around the country erupt in protests, with tent camps being set up on greenspaces calling for universities to disclose and divest from companies that do business in Israel. But when do the chants, signs and graffiti cross the line from first-amendment-protected free speech to something more nefarious? This week, we talk about this with Professor Jane Kirtley, a lawyer, and the director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota.
Resources we discussed:Counterman v. Colorado: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/22-138
Books:
Nadine Strossen: Hate: Why We Should Resist it with Free Speech, Not Censorship
Anthony Lewis: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
Nat Hentoff: Free Speech for Me - But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other
Stanley Fish: The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump
Link to a talk from Kirtley from last November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=MFMewKdoB30
96. Babka Social (with Serge from Babka)
20 APR 2023 · This week: The chaos of Elon Musk’s Twitter has chased users and news organizations away, while a new wave of Twitter clones try to recreate the sense of community it has. So what does this mean for the Jews, and why should anyone care? I talk about that with Serge, the founder of Babka Social, a new Jewish social media platform.
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Babka Social: https://babka.social/explore
Babka blog: https://blog.babka.social/
23 kHz project: https://blog.babka.social/2023/02/announcing-23khz/
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/explore
If you want to try out Mastodon: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/what-is-mastodon/ and https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
"Using Mastodon can feel like eating your vegetables": https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/18/mastodon-users-twitter-elon-musk-social-media
"Actual usage of the fediverse continues to increase month by month": https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/lazy-reporters-claiming-fediverse-is-slumping-despite-massive-increase-in-usage/
Hunt for the next Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/23686584/twitter-alternative-social-media-platforms-mastodon-bluesky-activitypub-protocol
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xV0WNmIqMyiIxoMXrrG996J6XK4up2AXDchOY28-VqQ/edit?usp=sharing
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95. TV's Unapologetic Jewish Women (feat. Dr. Samantha Pickette)
7 APR 2023 · This week: Jewish women rarely get a fair shake in pop culture, often showing up as flat stereotypes like the “Jewish American Princess” trope. But over the past decade, especially on TV, that’s been changing. So I talk with Dr. Samantha Pickette, author of “Peak TV’s Unapologetic Jewish Woman,” all about that.
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Buy the book! For 30% off, code: LXFANDF30: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793633156/Peak-TV%E2%80%99s-Unapologetic-Jewish-Woman-Exploring-Jewish-Female-Representation-in-Contemporary-Television-Comedy
Other writings: https://www.heyalma.com/in-hulus-fleishman-is-in-trouble-jewish-women-defy-their-stereotypes/
Bagel Report with Pickette: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unapologetic-bagels-feat-dr-samantha-pickette/id1487559377?i=1000602602260
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ4c83Gskcn-jRSeiKNGujXJWxGbmwEH_Gm2Uyweu44/edit?usp=sharing
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94. Israeli Judicial Reform
23 MAR 2023 · This week: The Israeli president says the country is on the brink of civil war because the current government is trying to make the Israeli Supreme Court powerless. So let’s talk about judicial reform, and how the long-time-coming crisis is really the Occupation finally and fully biting Israel in the ass.
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Big reads on historical context: https://newrepublic.com/article/163005/israel-supreme-court-right-wing-enemy-people
https://www.972mag.com/simcha-rothman-coup-judicial-system/
Moment Magazine: https://momentmag.com/israeli-supreme-court/
https://momentmag.com/deri-israel-supreme-court/
JTA Elon Moreh: https://www.jta.org/archive/israels-supreme-court-rules-elon-moreh-in-samaria-must-be-removed
Christian Science Monitor: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/1116/Why-Israel-s-right-wing-is-gunning-for-nation-s-Supreme-Court
Proposed Constitution: https://en.idi.org.il/articles/47894
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwG9b7qiFlcr5Ujo4dEBw-Y7XttEOWRTw4OCGozyhGs/edit?usp=sharing
93. The Jewish Case Against ChatGPT
2 MAR 2023 · This week: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have become all the rage, bringing an idealistic vision of revolutionizing work and communication. Some say that Jewish organizations should now be using these tools. So it’s time for a reality check on how these AI chatbots can affect the Jews.
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EJP piece: https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/a-case-for-jewish-nonprofits-to-use-chatgpt/
ChatGPT goes to law school: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/chatgpt-goes-law-school
Clergy and ChatGPT: https://apnews.com/article/technology-artificial-intelligence-kentucky-religion-65822bf1c46de7630d3441e9ff4ff41a
Bing chatbot going rogue: https://apnews.com/article/technology-science-microsoft-corp-business-software-fb49e5d625bf37be0527e5173116bef3
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/15/23599072/microsoft-ai-bing-personality-conversations-spy-employees-webcams
Jewish education: https://www.lookstein.org/blog/how-jewish-studies-teachers-can-use-chatgpt-part-2/
Time Magazine investigation: https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
Washington Post stories: https://wapo.st/3mdc70E
https://wapo.st/41vQWGW
Plagiarism: https://futurism.com/cnet-ai-plagiarism
https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/lensas-a-i-avatars-the-uncomfortable-places-their-magic-comes-from.html?via=rss_socialflow_facebook
Environmental: https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/11/11/132004/the-computing-power-needed-to-train-ai-is-now-rising-seven-times-faster-than-ever-before/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/239031/training-a-single-ai-model-can-emit-as-much-carbon-as-five-cars-in-their-lifetimes/
AI bias: https://hbr.org/2019/10/what-do-we-do-about-the-biases-in-ai
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QA1MbNJq1xim6BPfgnkrvWEimPg9cdGDY7Rb15vwIFI/edit?usp=sharing
92. Yeshiva University vs. Queer Jews (with Rachael Fried)
16 FEB 2023 · This week: A group of LGBTQ students are suing Yeshiva University, representing a club called the YU Pride Alliance, to get it officially recognized by the school. The court case speaks to the future of queer Jews in Modern Orthodoxy — so I talk with Rachael Fried, the executive director at JQY, an organization in New York City that supports LGBTQ youth and young adults from Orthodox homes.
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JQY: https://www.jqyouth.org/
Yeshiva University FAQs referenced by Fried: https://5townscentral.com/2022/09/01/r-dr-ari-berman-addresses-questions-regarding-yeshiva-university-the-supreme-court/
Overview of legal fight: https://religionnews.com/2022/12/16/ruling-instructs-yeshiva-university-to-recognize-lgbtq-club/
Deep dive on community divisions around YU: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/11/07/yeshiva-university-announces-lgbtq-club-amid-lawsuit
New York Jewish Week reporting: https://www.jta.org/2022/09/14/ny/supreme-court-returns-yus-case-against-gay-pride-club-to-lower-courts-but-signals-its-interest-in-the-issue
https://www.jta.org/2022/09/16/ny/yeshiva-university-suspends-all-student-clubs-as-it-appeals-case-against-lgbtq-alliance
https://www.jta.org/2022/09/20/united-states/jewish-queer-youth-provide-grants-to-y-u-student-clubs-amid-suspension
https://www.jta.org/2022/09/21/ny/lgbtq-alliance-puts-demands-on-hold-after-yeshiva-university-suspends-all-student-clubs
https://www.jta.org/2022/10/24/ny/yeshiva-university-fighting-lgbtq-club-launches-one-of-its-own
https://www.jta.org/2023/01/11/ny/state-lawmakers-challenge-yeshiva-universitys-claims-to-public-funds
Adoptions story referenced by Fried: https://apnews.com/article/religion-lawsuits-tennessee-nashville-58900a55eb9344d4a51143325fa609c3
Transcript for this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ocq695uUUjpS-Y7aBnlzs7sX6Tc5TOHo_vbivOC9YDk/edit?usp=sharing
91. How The Soviet Jew Was Made (with Sasha Senderovich)
2 FEB 2023 · This week: About 100 years ago, in the wake of the Russian Revolution and the pogroms that followed, millions of Jews in Eastern Europe became Soviet Jews. But what really is a Soviet Jew? And how does that history affect Jews today? That’s what I talk about with UW Professor Sasha Senderovich.
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Senderovich's website for speaking info: http://www.sashasenderovich.com
Buy "How The Soviet Jew Was Made": https://www.amazon.com/How-Soviet-Jew-Was-Made/dp/0674238192
Gary Shteyngart's review: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/02/09/beyond-the-pale-how-the-soviet-jew-was-made-senderovich/
Late Stalinism: https://www.amazon.com/Late-Stalinism-Aesthetics-Evgeny-Dobrenko/dp/0300198477
Legacy of Blood: https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Blood-Pogroms-Ritual-Soviets/dp/0190466456?ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_wLYKDQor6hKavfR_QItdQfhrEYx9j8Yq3VV0QHNDcw/edit?usp=sharing
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90. The Great Hannukah/Merry Christmas Shenanigan Bonanza (with Izzy Wellman, Carli Shapiro, and Emma Pelc)
22 DEC 2022 · This week: It’s the last episode of the year, and a sort of follow up to both last year’s Hannukah Sucks episode, and this year’s State of the Union episode. After all, the holiday season can be a wonderful and frustrating time for Jews. So I have a chaotic chat about it with some of my coworkers here at Jewfolk.
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Context on our talk about the University of Minnesota not changing its start date for Rosh Hashanah:
https://tcjewfolk.com/why-the-u-wouldnt-change-its-rosh-hashanah-start-date/
My piece with photos about how I came to appreciate Christianity (referenced in the episode):
https://tcjewfolk.com/christianity-in-israel/
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iUIKG6QgVf0l5UCFXlhfRl3tKtT_yvZYQXp4HYHUVZA/edit?usp=sharing
89. How Yeshiva Schools Avoid Secular Education (with Matty Lichtenstein)
8 DEC 2022 · This week: It’s time to revisit the story of hasidic yeshiva schools in New York City having poor secular education. After all, it’s important not just to understand what is happening, but why and how things came to be this way. So I talk to sociologist Matty Lichtenstein about her research on hasidic yeshiva advocacy.
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Lichtenstein's work: https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mlicht/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lichtenstein-Legitimizing-Tactics-2022.pdf
https://www.jta.org/2022/09/14/opinion/i-studied-how-new-york-citys-hasidic-yeshivas-gained-legitimacy-heres-what-i-learned
https://watson.brown.edu/people/poctdocs/lichtenstein
Yaffed: https://yaffed.org/
The NYT story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Update on NYS education rules: https://www.jta.org/2022/09/12/ny/new-york-finalizes-rules-requiring-private-schools-including-yeshivas-to-prove-they-meet-standards
Orthodox economy: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leticiamiranda/amazon-orthodox-jews
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/nyregion/hasidic-jews-amazon.html
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hpQpXfCzcaL5PscDzKXXFLJ6UFHaPe7Qv6eS51Axedc/edit?usp=sharing
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88. Defend, Defend, Defend! Israeli Elections Part II
27 NOV 2022 · This week: Welcome to part II of coverage of Israel’s recent election. In the last episode, I talked about the rise of bigoted far-right politicians not being the huge watershed moment many of us feared. In this one, I’ll talk about what it does represent, for Israel, but mostly, for American and Diaspora Jews.
This episode is also known as: I can't believe I'm talking so much for so long I'm very very sorry.
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Some extremism: https://www.jta.org/2019/07/17/ny/israel-as-a-halacha-government
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1565084064-israel-s-transportation-minister-smotrich-qualifies-position-on-jewish-law-governing-the-state
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-avigdor-liebermans-worst-outbursts-israels-defence-minister
American Jewish reactions to the elex: https://garyrosenblatt.substack.com/p/israel-overnight-from-a-source-of
https://forward.com/opinion/523500/american-jews-defending-israel-elections-2022/
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-723063
Law of Return: https://www.timesofisrael.com/bid-to-scrap-law-of-return-grandchild-clause-likely-to-fail-but-part-of-wider-fight/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/chief-rabbi-calls-for-government-to-change-immigration-law-to-keep-non-jews-out/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rare-critique-top-us-jewish-leader-warns-against-proposed-limit-on-law-of-return/
Republican pro-Israel-ism: https://www.jta.org/2022/10/24/politics/aipac-jewish-gop-leaders-silent-on-trumps-warning-to-u-s-jews-to-get-their-act-together-on-israel
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-721026
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kfUC8UveqoOeBX1SmbBW-dm8ODDp5u65d4n0LNmp9mg/edit?usp=sharing
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