This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on April 7, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind.

Join New Jewish Narrative for a conversation with Mik Moore and Libby Lenkinski, moderated by Hadar Susskind, to explore how art and culture can shift public narratives, open space for nuance, and help create the conditions for meaningful political change. Together, they'll explore questions like:

• How are artists and performers shaping today's political conversations?
• What role should storytelling and satire play in advocacy and organizing?
• How are cultural narratives around Israel and within the American Jewish community evolving in this moment?

This episode features the audio from a NJN webinar, originally recorded on February 19, 2026, moderated by Hadar Susskind.

The Knesset is currently considering a bill that would create a death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis, but not for Israelis who kill Palestinians. It circumvents basic rights like due process and equal protection, and exemplifies the racist mindset that animates the current Israeli government.

This webinar provides an overview of the bill, the state of play in the battle to stop it from becoming law, and what this struggle can teach us about the fight for our values in Israel's current political climate.

This webinar features Bentzi Sykora, the Policy Director at the Israeli think tank Zulat; Shira Ben Sasson-Furstenberg, the Israel Director of the New Israel Fund; and Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the CEO of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

In this episode of PeaceCast, NJN's Maxxe Albert-Deitch is joined by Ittay Flescher, who some of our listeners may recognize as the Education Director of Seeds of Peace Jerusalem, others might recognize as the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia, and a deeply insightful analyst of Israeli politics. He has been published in Haaretz, The Age, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and last year brought the publication of his first book, The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.

Buy the book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-holy-and-the-broken-a-cry-for-israeli-palestinian-peace-from-a-land-that-must-be-shared-shortlisted-for-the-75th-us-national-jewish-book-award-ittay-flescher?variant=44491257675810

Read more of Ittay's work: https://www.ittay.au/articles

Check out Ittay's US tour dates: https://www.ittay.au/