On this episode we spoke with Karen Brodkin, author of ‘How Jews Became White Folks,’ about the stories white Jews tell about Jewish history and the differences between structural racism & bigotry. We then spoke with Benjamin Balthaser, professor of multiethnic US literature at Indiana University-South Bend, about rural anti-Semitism and the institutions behind it. We ended the show with our usual Shkoyach! segment, highlighting a menorah feud, a pirate radio station, and an essay from 1967.
Show Notes
Intro
Karen Brodkin Interview
Benjamin Balthasar Interview
Jewschool “Lessons on Anti-Semitism From Growing Up in Rural America“
April Rosenblum “The Past didn’t go anywhere”
Shkoyakh
James Baldwin Negroes are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White
The Brooklyn Paper – “Oy vey! Brooklyn menorah stripped of ‘world’s largest’ title
New York Post “Pirate radio stations hijacking the airwaves in Brooklyn”
Forward “Chaos In Brooklyn: Pirate Radio Teaches Torah, Picks Fight With Classical Music Station
