Interviews, Talks, Classes
(Not all are recorded)
Thinking About Palestine and Israel After the Destruction of Gaza
Class at Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR (in person)
5 sessions - Oct. 20 – Nov. 17
syllabus
Recording of the class will be available when I do it for Reconstructionists Expanding Our Conversation on Israel/Palestine from Jan. 7 to Feb. 4, 2026
Interviews and Talks on
Israel’s War on Gaza, 2023-25
Oct. 21 – “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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