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A 17-year-old high school student from New York, Claire Ambinder Kanner, talks about being young and Jewish in America and what she expects the future will bring for her generation of Jews in America. Claire is a Solomon Fellow and is an editor of the Solomon Journal at the Tikvah Fund. She writes about politics, history, economics, business & technology in her Substack, Claire’s Substack https://substack.com/@claireambinderkanner. She will launch a digital magazine, MeritocracyToday.com, at the end of this summer. AnnouncementOn June 11, Phyllis Zimbler Miller, co-founder of Never Again Is Now Podcast, passed away. Phyllis hosted more than 200 episodes with me, in which we reached over 150,00 listeners. She leaves a big void in her family, as my co-host in this show and as a writer about the Holocaust and other subjects. We will continue this podcast as a part of her legacy. My condolences and thoughts go out to her husband, her children and to her wider family.Evelyn MarkusCo-founder and host of Never Again Is Now Podcast

Antisemitism is growing in the progressive movement and in the America First movement. David L. Bernstein talks about the roots of these two developments and how they are related to each other. David L. Bernstein is the founder of the North American Values Institute (NAVI.org). He wrote the book “Woke Antisemitism: How a progressive ideology harms Jews”.

Azi Sims is from an important family in Iran. She grew up there and then moved to the UAE, Bahrain, the UK and California. She discusses the Iranian people’s views of theregime, of Israel and Jews, and her observations of antisemitism in Bahrain after the Abraham Accords.

Antizionism is spreading like wildfire. On May 17, Stop Antizionism organizes a world symposium with Ben Shapiro as the keynote speaker www.stopaz.org/symposium .Co-founder Naya Lekht tells us about the symposium and the need for the organization Stop Antizionism www.stopaz.org .

Qatar has developed close relations with Western media, education systems and important think tanks. Jordan Cope, Director of Policy Education at StandWithUs (www.standwithus.com) has done extensive research on influence campaigns of Qatar and its ties with terrorist groups. He shares his knowledge in this episode.

The organization StandWithUs just brought together more than 1000 pro-Israel participants in an international conference in Las Vegas, among them 600 high school and college students and many exceptional speakers. David Smokler presented at the conference. He talks about the growing anti-Zionist indoctrination in K-12 schools. He is the Executive Director of the K-12 Fairness Center for StandWithUs, an international nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and combats antisemitism. See also www.Standwithus.com.

The novel of Australian author Linda Margolin Royal,"The Star on the Grave", is now launched in the United States. The book is based on the true story of the "Japanese Schindler"-- the Japanese diplomat who rescued many Jews in Lithuania against the orders of hisgovernment. In this interview we also discuss the aftermath of the terror attack last December at Bondi Beach, Sydney, where Jews were celebrating Hannukah.

Since October 7, Jewish healthcare workers and patients are experiencing antisemitism at healthcare institutions. Peggy Shapiro reflects on this with us in this episode. She is the Executive Director at the Center for Combating Antisemitism, where she develops and organizes training programs for healthcare and other professional sectors to reduce antisemitism in organizations. She also tells us about the conference ‘Combating Antisemitism in Healthcare’ in Las Vegas on March 15-16, in collaboration with Stand With Us, with many prominent speakers from the healthcare sector. https://whova.com/portal/registration/6Fu540cgyHXsQdJGYbDB/eshwts2g

Award-winning Israeli documentary maker Duki Dror discusses his new important documentary ‘Unraveling UNRWA’. The documentary recounts the history of the United Nations organization for Palestinian refugees and how it perpetuates the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Diversity officers have denied for a long time that manyJews feel vulnerable. This is starting to change now in some companies. Dr. Saba Soomekh works hard on it. She is the Director of Training and Education at the American Jewish Committee. She tells us about her training programs about antisemitism for companies. As she happens to be of Persian-Jewish descent, we also ask her some questions about the current developments in Iran.