On this episode of On the Nose, Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel, publisher Daniel May, editor-at-large Peter Beinart, and advisory board member Simone Zimmerman answered listener questions about what accountability looks like for US rabbinic leadership, how American Zionists will respond to Israel’s plummeting popularity, and more. For the very first time, this episode of On the Nose was recorded live in front of an audience, which gathered at Littlefield in Brooklyn.

Thanks to the Littlefield staff for hosting and recording the event. Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for editing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”

Media Mentioned and Further Reading

“J Street says Israel should fund its own defense,” Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward

“Democratic Senators Face Pressure on Israel Arms Sales Vote,” Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents

“Democratic Presidential Contenders Are Turning on Israel. Will They Convince Progressives?,” Alex Kane, Jewish Currents

“A Majority of Voters Support Senate Resolutions To Block Bombs and Bulldozers To Israel,” Common Dreams

“The Many Equivocations of Curt Mills,” Will Alden, Jewish Currents

Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple

JFNA Survey of Jewish Life since October 7 – Zionism Findings

“Rhetoric Without Reckoning,” Simone Zimmerman, Jewish Currents

“At Synagogues, Tensions Are Boiling Over,” Eyal Press, The New Yorker

“The Rabbinic Freak-Out About Zohran Mamdani,” On the Nose

“Nostra Aetate” from the Second Vatican Council