Interviews, Talks, Classes
(Not all are recorded)
A History of Palestine and Israel
Mondays, March 16-May 18, 2026
7:00- 8:30 pm
Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR
Syllabus
Registration: $18; no one turned away for lack of funds
For more information:
email: IMJCP25@gmail.com ; Phone: 503 477-7409
Payment /Register https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/T96QXJG378QKE
Sponsored by: Havurah Shalom Israel/Palestine Committee and Some Members of the Jewish Community of Portland Oregon
War on Iran
“Trump's War,” Conversation with Paul George, Mar. 9, 2026
Thinking About Palestine and Israel
After the Destruction of Gaza
at Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR (in person)
5 sessions - Oct. 20 – Nov. 17, 2025
for Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation on Israel/Palestine (via Zoom)
5 sessions - Jan. 7-Feb. 4, 2026
syllabus
Interviews and Talks on
Israel’s War on Gaza, 2023-26
Feb. 24, 2026 - interview with Dave Miller about the film “Holding Liat,” “Think Out Loud,” Oregon Public Radio (with film producer Lance Kramer).
Feb. 20, 2026 - Najati Sidqi’s Memoirs of a Palestinian Communist, Jewish Currents webinar with translator, Margaret Litvin.
Feb. 17, 2026 - The Political Economy and Public Culture of Israel After the Genocide, Al Waleed Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
Feb. 17, 2026 - The Genocide in Gaza and International Solidarity,conversation with Nader Hashemi at Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC.
Jan. 23, 2026 – interview with Peter Beinart about “Holding Liat” (with Yehuda Beinin and Brandon Kramer)
Jan. 20, 2026 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1FM
Jan. 18, 2026 - interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Jan. 15, 2026 – “The U.S. - Israel Alliance,” panel sponsored by the Jewish Palestinian Alliance of Oregon, American Palestinian Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Democratic Socialists of America at Fremont United Methodist Church, Portland, OR (watch the video here)
Jan. 14, 2026 - Conversation with Masha Gessen, Bisan Lecture Series
Nov. 20, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1FM
Oct. 30, 2025 – interview weith Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Oct. 29, 2025 - Panel Discussion on Free Speech and Education, Portland State University aired on KBOO radio 90.7 FM, Nov. 20, 2025
Oct. 21, 2025 – “Zionism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism,” Quaker Sumud group
Oct. 15, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Oct. 15, 2025 - interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman on “The Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, and ‘Holding Liat’”
Oct. 14, 2025 - interview with KOIN TV, Portland on the Gaza deal and Jewish Palestinian Alliance of Oregon
Oct. 6, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Oct. 5, 2025 - interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Sept. 19, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Aug. 17, 2025 - interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Aug. 15, 2025 - interview with Marvin, Veteran’s Voice, KBOO radio, 90.7 (begins about 7-8 minutes into the recording)
Aug. 1, 2025 - interview with Mitchell Plitnick, Cutting Through podcast
July 16, 2025 - interview with Aileen Alfandary, KPFA Evening News, 94.1 FM
May 25, 2025 - interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
May 6, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
May 6, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Apr.8, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Mar. 19, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Feb. 28, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Feb. 11, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio
Feb. 9, 2025 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Jan. 2, 2025 - “Palestine Solidarity in a New Trump Era,” discussion with Paul George, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto, CA
Dec. 5, 2024 - Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Oct. 22, 2024 – Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Oct. 1, 2024 - “Israel Invades Lebanon” interview (begins at 37:05) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Sept. 29, 2024 - “Another War,” interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Sept. 24, 2024 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Sept. 20, 2024 - “Understanding October 7, 2023, and Israel's War on the Gaza Strip,” Jewish Palestinian Alliance of Oregon
Aug. 4, 2024 - “An Eye for an Eye,” interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
July 25, 2024 - interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
July 9, 2024 - “Anti-government protests in Israel; Ceasefire Talk,” interview (begins at 8:35) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
June 12, 2024 - “Benny Gantz Resigns, Truce Deal on the Table,” interview (begins at 8:40) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
June 9, 2024 - “The Samson Option” interview (begins at 0:45) with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
June 4, 2024 - “On the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal,” interview (begins at 35:00) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
May 10, 2024 – “On Israel-US Relations” interview (begins at 34:20) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
April 30, 2024 – “Israeli Politics and Negotiations with Hamas,” interview (begins at 34:15) with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
April 17, 2024 – “Israeli Responses to Iran’s Missile Attack,” interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
April 3, 2024 – “Israeli and Arab Opposition to the Gaza War,” interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Mar. 10, 2024 - “Next Year in Jerusalem” interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Feb. 28, 2924 – “Pressure on the Israeli Government,” interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Jan. 23, 2024 - “Tensions in the Israeli Government Over Gaza War,” interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Dec. 31, 2023 – “War Without End,” interview with Philip Maldari, Sunday Show, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Dec. 20, 2023 – “On Truce Talks,” interview with Brian Edwards-Tiekert, UpFront, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
Nov. 23, 2023 - “Portlanders Call for Ceasefire in Gaza,” interview with Amal Elhelw, KPTV Fox 12 TV (on-air version, shorter)
Nov. 15, 2023 - “War Crimes and Historical Contexts: Understanding the 2023 Hamas-Israel War,” lecture at Stanford University, Abbasi Center for Islamic Studies
Nov. 14, 2023 - Teach-In at De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Oct. 25, 2023 – “Why does the US always side with Israel?” Today Explained (audio only)
Oct. 19, 2023 – Emergency Gaza Webinar, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto, CA
Oct. 18, 2023 - “Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Disentangling News, Rhetoric, and Disinformation” interview, Areva Martin in Real Time, KBLA Radio 1580 AM (at 10:30 min)
Oct. 15, 2023 – “Israel & Gaza,” interview with Philip Maldari Sunday Show KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
A History of Palestine and Israel
class at the Eastside Jewish Commons, Portland, OR
June - July 2025
Get the syllabus here
June 2 - The Crisis of Eastern European Jewry; Early Zionism; Palestine in the Late Ottoman Era; Zionism and the British Empire
June 16 - The Nakba
June 23 – The 1967 War
June 30 - The Occupation, the 1st Intifada, and the Oslo Process
July 7 - A History of Gaza from the Nakba to 2023
Zionism, Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
Class for Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation on Israel/Palestine
March 2025
March 4, 2025 - Zionism
March 11, 2035 - Anti-Zionism
March 18, 2025 - Antisemtisim
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