Best Protocol Zion Podcasts (2025)

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Hymn of the Majestic 49:43

5M ago49:43

49:43

This illuminated lecture features Alan Niku as he seeks to answer these questions: How did Jews in Persia participate in Sufism before and after the appearance of Kabbalah? Is Sufism a fundamentally Islamic form of mysticism? And what Sufi influences are still tangible in the practices of Persian Jews today? This episode was recorded as a live pres…

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Podcast Dive IN to Conspiracy Ep 3: Unmasking Propaganda: The “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” vs. “Mein Kampf 43:49

8M ago43:49

43:49

Both The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion and Mein Kampf have been used to fuel anti-Semitic ideologies, despite being very different texts. The Protocols is a completely fabricated document, falsely portraying a Jewish conspiracy for global domination. Meanwhile, Mein Kampf, authored by Adolf Hitler, offers a chilling, real blueprint for ge…

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Podcast Dive IN to Conspiracy Ep 2: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 8:42

8M ago8:42

8:42

This document outlines a series of conspiratorial strategies for Jews to seize control of governments and economies, including manipulating the press, controlling financial institutions, and exploiting societal divisions. These "protocols" are completely fabricated and have no basis in reality. However, they have been widely disseminated and used t…

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Podcast: The Irony Behind Netflix’s Latest Docuseries: 50 Cent Tackles Allegations Against Diddy 10:35

8M ago10:35

10:35

Rapper 50 Cent is producing a documentary for Netflix about allegations of sexual assault against fellow rapper Diddy. The documentary is controversial due to the long-standing feud between the two musicians, raising questions about whether it is a genuine attempt to expose misconduct or simply a personal vendetta. Critics are concerned that the do…

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Nuclear Poker, or How Russia’s Foreign Minister Turned Diplomacy into a Dark Comedy 8:47

8M ago8:47

8:47

"Nuclear Poker, or How Russia’s Foreign Minister Turned Diplomacy into a Dark Comedy," satirically criticizes the recent speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the UN General Assembly. The author employs a humorous, almost theatrical tone to critique Lavrov's use of nuclear threats as a diplomatic tactic, framing it as a repetitive, ov…

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Podcast: A Strike and a Miss: Israel’s Power Play in Yemen—Is This the New Battlefield for Electricity? 9:24

8M ago9:24

9:24

The article discusses Israel’s recent attack on a Yemeni power plant. The author argues that the attack was more about a show of force than an effective response to Houthi attacks against Israel. They criticize Israel’s choice of target, suggesting that it will only lead to more instability in the region. The author suggests that the attack is part…

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Lilith 38:48

10M ago38:48

38:48

In this episode, presented in collaboration with The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley, we explore “Lilith,” a short story by Primo Levi, featured in his 1981 collection Moments of Reprieve. Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator of The Magnes Collection and Professor of Music and Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, discusses the ways in …

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Fiction without Romance 40:08

10M ago40:08

40:08

In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE), we explore Fiction without Romance; or the Locket-Watch, a novel which was written by Maria Polack in the East End of London and published in 1830. Dr. Heidi Kaufman, Professor of English at the University of Oregon and Regional Mu…

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The Marvelous Puppet Show 48:20

11M ago48:20

48:20

This illuminated lecture brings together readings from the short play "The Marvelous Puppet Show" by Miguel de Cervantes, published in 1615, with a talk from Dr. Barbara Fuchs, Distinguished Professor of Spanish and English at UCLA and director of Diversifying the Classics. Dr. Fuchs reveals the ways in which Cervantes' uncannily prescient interlud…

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At Newport 32:47

1y ago32:47

32:47

In this episode, presented in collaboration with Hebrew College, we begin by exploring two poems from the second half of the 19th century by prominent American poets. One, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is generally thought to have been written during a visit to Newport in 1852 and was then published in 1854. The o…

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Primary Source: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 38:48

1y ago38:48

38:48

This guest episode from Primary Source, a limited series podcast from the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, explores the notorious and fraudulent antisemitic text most commonly known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, taking a look at its history and its impact on world politics. This episode from our colleagues is a mean…

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The Merchant of Venice: Annotated 43:19

1y ago43:19

43:19

Dr. Jennifer Wells, former Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, takes us through the social, economic, and political landscape of Elizabethan England as Aaron Henne, the writer and director of our latest work, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad, and art…

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The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare in Performance 57:27

1+ y ago57:27

57:27

This illuminated lecture brings together work from Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Visiting Scholar at Portland State University and scholar-in-residence at the Portland Shakespeare Project, with readings of excerpts from Shakespeare's Merchant and other related materials. Dr. Pollack-Pelzner takes up the question: “Why perform The Merchant of Venice?"…

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The Merchant of Venice: Ghetto 31:49

1+ y ago31:49

31:49

In this episode, presented in collaboration with the George Washington University Department of History, we examine the history of the word “ghetto" and look at ways that ideas contained in Shakespeare's play overlap with and deviate from that history. Dr. Daniel Schwartz, Professor of Jewish History at GW, guides us through this exploration, shari…

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Studying Sacred Texts 28:07

2y ago28:07

28:07

In the concluding episode of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and of our third season, we investigate the ways in which students respond to Jewish sacred texts. Throughout the episode, we present readings from the Torah and accompanying responses from students. Dr. …

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The Book of Tahkemoni 39:27

2y ago39:27

39:27

In this fourth of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we explore The Book of Tahkemoni, a collection of tales written in Hebrew in the early 13th century. Authored by Yehuda Alharizi, who was born in Toledo, Spain in the middle of the 12th century, the book uses the s…

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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers 33:57

2y ago33:57

33:57

In this third of our five-episode series in partnership with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, we continue to explore the diverse interests of the NEJS Department by looking at a text from the beginnings of Christian monasticism in the Byzantine period. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers is a colle…

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The Imagined Childhood 31:17

2y ago31:17

31:17

In this second of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore "The Imagined Childhood,” a short story originally published in Hebrew in 1979. Written by the prolific 20th-century Iraqi-born Israeli author Shimon Ballas, the story served as an epilogue to a collection of sh…

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The Chronicles of the Rabbis 35:15

2+ y ago35:15

35:15

In this first of our five-episode series with the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University (NEJS), we explore a satirical text from 1897 titled The Chronicles of the Rabbis: Being an Account of a Banquet Tendered to “Episcopus” by the Rabbis of New York City upon the Anniversary of his 70th Birthday. Written by J.P. Solo…

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The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages 26:59

2+ y ago26:59

26:59

In this special guest episode from the American Academy of Religion, Dr. Geraldine Heng discusses the obstacles in conceptualizing race in premodernity and the evidence for racialized thinking in the European medieval period. Dr. Heng is professor of English and comparative literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and women’s …

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Why I Was a Zionist and Why I Now Am Not 29:18

2+ y ago29:18

29:18

In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Jewish Museum of Maryland, we share selections from a speech by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, which was given at the convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1937. Portions of this speech are featured along with excerpts from his unpublished autobiography in an article from the Muse…

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Years Have Sped By 31:51

2+ y ago31:51

31:51

In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, we investigate the life and work of the poet Chaya Rochel Andres, who emigrated as a young woman in 1921 from Poland to Dallas, Texas, where she spent most of her adult life. Her story serves as an entry point for us to explore some of the so…

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Adapting Exagoge 27:44

3y ago27:44

27:44

The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian is the earliest documented Jewish play, thought to have been written in Alexandria, Egypt in the second century BCE. From the fragments that remain, we know that it tells the biblical Exodus narrative in the style of a Greek tragedy. In 2016, theatre dybbuk combined the extant 269 lines with modern-day stories o…

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Sound in the Silence 31:30

3y ago31:30

31:30

In our seventh episode of the season, we explore Sound in the Silence, a historical education project that uses the group creation of performance to personalize remembrance on-site where history happened. The project has largely centered on spaces connected to the Holocaust, partnering with a variety of organizations working with young people and c…

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The Temple Bombing 32:07

3y ago32:07

32:07

On October 12, 1958, in the midst of the civil rights movement, a bomb was detonated at The Temple – a synagogue in Atlanta, GA. In our sixth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Temple, we explore The Temple Bombing, a play written by Jimmy Maize about the events surrounding that bombing. The play premiered at the Alliance Th…

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The New World 30:30

3y ago30:30

30:30

In our fifth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with Lilith magazine, we explore the Yiddish short story “The New World,” written by Esther Singer Kreitman in the first half of the twentieth century. The English translation by Barbara Harshav, which you can hear excerpts from in the episode, was published in Lilith in 1991. Dr. Anita…

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The St. Thomas Split 35:00

3+ y ago35:00

35:00

In our fourth episode of the season, presented in collaboration with The Mervis Chair, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington, we explore a series of letters which document a moment in the late 1860s when opposing viewpoints caused a split in the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas. Dr. Laura Leibman, Professor of English and Hu…

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Sing This at My Funeral 30:44

3+ y ago30:44

30:44

In this episode, presented in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, we investigate Sing This at My Funeral: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons, written by David Slucki and published in 2019. The title of the book references "Di Shvue" – the anthem of the Jewish Labor Bund. Dr. Slucki, the Loti Smorgon Associ…

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The Book of Job 34:26

3+ y ago34:26

34:26

Episode 2 of Season 2, presented in collaboration with the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), explores The Book of Job, the biblical text which tells the story of a man who experiences great personal loss. The book has served as a source of contemplation about the nature of life and death, as inspiration for the creation of a variety of artistic…

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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 1:04:12

3+ y ago1:04:12

1:04:12

In this episode, the Jam cast talks about the nationwide known political ideology that operates under the name QAnon. We cover every unfalsifiable claim from predictive programming to liberal occultism. Where does this ideology come from? We only kinda know. Tune in to hear our thoughts and opinions on this political polarization. --- Send in a voi…

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I Sing and I Pray 34:18

3+ y ago34:18

34:18

The second season of The Dybbukast begins with an episode about the life and music of Samy Elmaghribi, presented in collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Montreal. Born Salomon Amzallag to a Jewish family in Morocco in 1922, Samy became a major star in his home country and throughout North Africa performing, composing, and recording both traditio…

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Death 35:18

3+ y ago35:18

35:18

Death is something that we will all go through. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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Squid Game and Informed Consent 56:29

3+ y ago56:29

56:29

Have you watched Squid Game on Netflix? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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Company Towns 38:34

3+ y ago38:34

38:34

Company towns? Billionaires? Mars? Apocolypse??? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/americas-company-towns-then-and-now-180956382/?fbclid=IwAR0J9euAQC3KfXvjEfB-bPBz0Z2iWOmQJhKZmNuZPrdPblqw9sqUykaKoeA https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/housing/company-towns-1890s-to-1935/?fbclid=IwAR3j-Pt97Cak36H8R997AVRZ2aaDlUVus-HLXzqIcEaFmSGMV9yaUo…

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TvT 1:05:58

3+ y ago1:05:58

1:05:58

In this episode, we talk about the differences between transgender and trans race. Resources: https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/atlantis/2018-v39-n2-atlantis04853/1064075ar/ https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/12/comparison-transgender-people-rachel-dolezal?fbclid=IwAR2AD_vHW-MSnebD3W6LIoAMgcrUNvPazl6H9F0jIWpEYNFB9JrTqBZaX7M https:/…

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CRT is Marxism? 48:39

3+ y ago48:39

48:39

CRT is Marxism... LOL get out! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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Abortion 54:36

3+ y ago54:36

54:36

The republicans of Texas have lost their minds. They are trying to control women like they are the property... It is time for the state of Texas to go Blue.... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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The Book of Bovo 1:20:19

4y ago1:20:19

1:20:19

Bovo-Buch is Elia Levita's 16th century Yiddish treatment of the popular Italian chivalric romance Buovo d’Antona. Chivalric romances, popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe, are narratives which celebrate courtly love and manners and most often feature the adventures of heroic knights going on quests. Bovo-Buc…

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Stonewall 33:36

4y ago33:36

33:36

It is time to learn some Gay History! We are talking about Stonewall and the revolution that followed!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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Gatekeeping, Kink, and PRIDE!!! 44:31

4y ago44:31

44:31

Who belongs at Pride? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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In Defense of Women 41:21

4y ago41:21

41:21

Written in Italy in the 16th century by Jewish dramatist Leone De' Sommi Portaleone, who also wrote what is considered to be the oldest extant Hebrew-language play, the poem "In Defense of Women" touches on the role of women in drama and reveals a great deal about the cultural considerations and power dynamics of this time when women were coming to…

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Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives 25:39

4y ago25:39

25:39

In episode seven, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share performed readings from and explore issues intersecting with a piece of writing published in Lilith in 2020 titled “Unetaneh Tokef for Black Lives.” The work takes a liturgical poem which speaks about the nature of existence and is central to the Jewish High Holidays and bu…

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S.H.A.R.T. 38:39

4y ago38:39

38:39

We dive very deep into the things in this episode including rape, racism, and transphobia. Have a seat and get ready for some fire! Thanks for listening!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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Oh the things 30:30

4y ago30:30

30:30

We talk about the happenings going on and other things that pop up! Come stay awhile and listen! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/message

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How to Hide 30:32

4y ago30:32

30:32

In this episode, presented in collaboration with Lilith Magazine, we share excerpts from and explore issues intersecting with a creative non-fiction essay published in Lilith in 1994 titled “How to Hide: Instructions from a Daughter of Survivors.” The work describes how certain perspectives and life behaviors, influenced by their parents' experienc…

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5G and more 32:53

4y ago32:53

32:53

We talked about covid-19, the Texas Rangers, and Greg Abbott. Wow, y'all come stay awhile and listen.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/messageBy JAM

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Beauty Standards 34:10

4y ago34:10

34:10

We do not condone horse fucking!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/messageBy JAM

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A Fine Ford Vehicle 6:15

4y ago6:15

6:15

In Episode 5, we examined Henry Ford’s publication, The International Jew, and its relationship to “The Protocols.” In this bonus episode, we’re sharing a scene that explores elements of Ford’s publication from our latest theatrical work – still in development – breaking protocols. Set in the 1940s, breaking protocols explores the history behind "T…

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Disconnected 32:58

4y ago32:58

32:58

What happens when the internet gets disconnected?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jampodcast3/messageBy JAM

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The Protocols, Henry Ford, and The International Jew 34:03

4y ago34:03

34:03

This special podcast episode, co-produced with The Association for Jewish Studies, explores Henry Ford’s publication of The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, a four volume series containing newspaper articles which were originally published from 1920-1922. These writings were based on – and included elements of – the notorious, fraud…

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