Hadassah Magazine Presents

About Hadassah Magazine Presents

Tune in as Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein hosts discussions with acclaimed Jewish authors, thinkers, celebrities and culinary stars.

Publisher

Hadassah Magazine

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Apr 2025

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 20 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Jewish Students Face on Campus with Shai Davidai and Izabella Tabarovsky

   Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews scholar Izabella Tabarovsky and activist Shai Davidai about rising anti-Israel sentiment on campuses and how Jewish students can navigate this climate.

2. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Jewish ‘Playmakers’ Behind Barbie, G.I. Joe and Mr. Potato Head

   Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews authors Michael Kimmel and Renée Rosen about Jewish entrepreneurs who created iconic toys like Barbie and G.I. Joe.

3. 

   22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Sephardic and Mizrahi Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience

   Hadassah Magazine Deputy Editor Libby Barnea interviews Esther Chehebar, Sara Levin, and Rozeeta Mavashev about the evolving Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish experience in America.

Inside a recent episode

What Jewish Students Face on Campus with Shai Davidai and Izabella Tabarovsky

Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] To me, that is a problem. There is lack of respect for students. Because if you assign Edward Said's Orientalism, which I think you should, it's an important piece even if you only want to refute it, you should also assign Bernard Luiz's work against Orientalism, which is almost never assigned. You can also assign Occidentalism, which basically flips the argument on its head, which is never assigned. really the problem is that you have professors that are not accountable to anyone other than their peers who through democratic process let these lies spread and really cut away anything that might refute them and so you have a slow process of indoctrination that is getting worse and worse and of course this is i get into this in the book but also if you enter a traditional media and social media it becomes combustible And just briefly, can you clarify for anybody in our audience who doesn't know Edward Said's thinking, what the Orientalism thesis was? […]

Who has been a guest on Hadassah Magazine Presents

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• Izabella Tabarovsky
• Shai Davidai
• Michael Kimmel
• Renée Rosen
• Esther Chehebar

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

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