Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election?

Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political narratives of Mizrahi Jews—whose families came to Israel from across the Middle East and North Africa—and how those narratives continue to shape Israeli politics. They unpack the factors of historical discrimination by an Ashkenazi elite, questions of economic opportunity, dignity and belonging of the Mizrahi community, and the Mizrahi devotion to maintaining the Jewish character of the state of Israel.

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In this episode: 

-Historical roots of the Mizrahi and Ashkenazi divide

-Cultural and religious differences in their countries of origin

-Do Mizrahis still resent how they were treated by Ashkenazis during immigration?

-Israelis political realignment in 1977 and Mizrahi powerful support for Likud

-The rise of Mizrahi political movements like Shas

-How Mizrahi voters think about the “deep state” in Israel

-Contemporary Mizrahi identity and integration into Israeli society and politics

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This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Jon Polin to answer questions from young Jewish adults and teenagers about how to reconcile personal Zionism with those who commit violence against Palestinians in the name of Zionism. They also discuss the pressures and  social costs faced by American young people who stand up for Israel and how to handle some of those tough conversations.

Learn more about Jon’s new project, Foundry 515 here.

Beyond Dispute by Daniel Taub

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl 

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You can access the full episode here, where Dan and Jon answer listener questions about:

- The social cost for American teens and young adults who stand up for Israel

- How to find Jewish joy outside of religious observance

- What the hostage crisis broke in Israeli society

- Did Hersh have an impact on his captors?

- How Jon, Rachel and others are finding a new “why” after Hersh’s tragic death

- Why Jon chose to make Aliyah

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Why have the classical liberal ideas that helped emancipate the Jews become so vulnerable?

Dan is joined by Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch to ask why classical liberalism, which is the political tradition that embraces equality, individual rights and restraints on government, has become so vulnerable. They discuss how the terms liberal, progressive and socialist got confused, and why they think the DSA agenda will fail. Goldberg also explains the economic and cultural forces he sees fueling populism on the left and right, whether America’s liberal tradition is strong enough to withstand them, and what its erosion could mean for Jews.

Suicide of the West by Jonah Goldberg

The Remnant podcast

Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Z Muller

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In this episode: 

- What is classical liberalism?

- How liberalism paved the way for Jewish emancipation starting in the 17th century

- How the terms socialism, capitalism, free market, liberal and progressive got jumbled

- Why young Americans are rejecting liberalism and the status quo

- How economic and technological change fuel discontent and dislocation

- What pop culture reveals about the rise of populism

- Can classical liberalism make a comeback?

- Could the proposals of Mamdani and the DSA actually damage American cities?

- Why Jews are caught between the illiberal left and right

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What will it take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities?

Dan is joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whose 2023 questioning of three Ivy League university presidents became a defining moment in the debate over antisemitism on college campuses. Drawing from her new book, Poisoned Ivies, Stefanik argues that the crisis reflects decades of systemic ideological bias, failed leadership and money from Arab countries buying academic influence. They discuss what it will take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities, and whether government intervention risks creating new problems of its own.

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Get your tickets to a live taping of Call me Back at the Streicker Center on October 22.

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In this episode: 

- The congressional hearing that changed everything

- Why did it take October 7 for Washington to act?

- Her proof that Students for Justice in Palestine organization is  tied to Hamas

- Could government intervention make universities worse?

- The universities that handled post October 7 protests right and how they did it

- Should Jewish students give up on attending Ivy League schools?

- Could federal funding cuts hurt American competitiveness?

- How can elite universities overcome campus antisemitism?

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This is a sneak peek from the members-only edition of Inside Call Me Back. Dan is joined by Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal to answer listener questions about the growing number of highly educated Israelis leaving the country, why Nadav believes it's not just military conflicts driving them away, and the deeper issues facing Israeli society.

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You can access the full episode here, where Dan and Nadav answer listener questions about:

- Would a new Israeli government actually be able to create significant systemic change?

- How the past 3 years have dramatically changed attitudes and capabilities of the IDF

- Can Israel’s moderate right reshape the election?

- What do each of Israel’s Arab parties stand for and which might succeed?

- Why a popular Jewish Knesset member is joining an Arab party and why that’s significant

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