by Romy Neumark
In this four-part series, Israeli journalist Romy Neumark follows the founder of Harvard Jews for Palestine through the Gaza war. Her family’s story opens a window onto the generational divide within the Jewish American community - and how it’s reshaping views on Israel. Contact us and read more www.myhomefronts.com Editor: Noa Amiel Lavie | Sound Design: Tina Tobey Mack
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November 5, 2025
<p>In this final episode, Violet moves from the protest to the family living room, confronting her father and her longtime Israel-supporting grandmother with her beliefs and activism. Their candid, heartfelt conversations expose the generational divides in how each of them understands Israel and the Zionist idea: divisions that echo the broader fracture reshaping American Jewish life. Can honest dialogue begin to heal the modern Jewish-American family?</p><p><br /></p><p>Further reading</p><ul><li>Robert Mnookin, <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/bibliography/the-jewish-american-paradox-embracing-choice-in-a-changing-world/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Choice in a Changing World</a>. PublicAffairs, 2018.</li></ul><ul><li>Jordan Muchnick & Elaine Kamarck, <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-generation-gap-in-opinions-toward-israel/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“The Generation Gap in Opinions toward Israel.”</a> Brookings Institution, 9 November 2023.</li></ul><ul><li>Ezra Klein,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opinion/antisemitism-american-jews-israel-mamdani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.7_qv.bmHhrZaSbo20&smid=url-share " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> “Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another.”</a> The New York Times Opinion, 20 July 2025.</li><li>NPR News, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/15/nx-s1-5574183/what-does-israel-mean-to-american-jews" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“What Does Israel Mean to American Jews?”.</a> 15 October 2025.</li></ul><li><br /></li><p>Learn more about the show and share your thoughts at our <a href="myhomefronts.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">website</a>: myhomefronts.com </p><p>My Home Fronts is hosted and recorded by Romy Neumark.</p><p>Editing by Noa Amiel Lavie.</p><p>Sound design by Tina Tobey Mack.</p><p>Art work by Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi, courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort Gallery, NYC.</p><p>Our podcast theme is 24inst from mobygratis. Additional tracks are from Epidemic Sound.</p>
October 3, 2025
<p>After months of silence, Violet returns to the microphone. From Harvard’s Gaza solidarity encampment to the fallout of her suspension, we follow her return to campus protests. But after her grandfather’s death, she confronts a stark realization: her call for divestment from Israel is undoing the pro-Israel work her grandparents spent decades advancing.</p><p>Further reading</p><ul><li><strong>Harvard Magazine</strong>, “<a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/05/harvard-encampment-palestine-quiet" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Harvard Encampment Ends / Quiet</a>” (May 2024) — account of the pro-Palestine encampment at Harvard Yard and its evolving dynamics Harvard Magazine</li></ul><ul><li><strong>The New York Times</strong>, “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/nyregion/palestinian-activist-arrest-jewish-community.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Palestinian Activist Arrest & Jewish Community Tensions</a>” (March 11, 2025)</li></ul><ul><li><strong>International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance</strong>, <a href="https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Working Definition of Antisemitism</a></li></ul><ul><li><strong>The Crimson</strong>, <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/10/naftali-bennett-hbs-talk/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Naftali Bennett at Harvard Business School Talk (2025)</a> — “Naftali Bennett HBS Talk”</li><p><br /></p></ul><p>Learn more about the show and share your thoughts at our <a href="myhomefronts.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">website</a>: <a href="http://myhomefronts.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">myhomefronts.com</a> </p><p>My Home Fronts is hosted and recorded by <strong>Romy Neumark</strong>.</p><p>Editing by <strong>Noa Amiel Lavie</strong>.</p><p>Sound design by <strong>Tina Tobey Mack</strong>.</p><p>Art work by <strong>Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi</strong>, courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort Gallery, NYC.</p><p>Our podcast theme is 24inst from mobygratis. Additional tracks are from Epidemic Sound.</p>
September 22, 2025
<p>As <strong>Violet Barron</strong> goes silent, <strong>Romy Neumark</strong> turns to Professors <strong>Derek Penslar</strong> and <strong>Yael Sternhell</strong> to ask why Israel provokes such strong reactions in America. Sternhell places today’s campus protests in the broader history of American social movements, while Penslar traces shifting perceptions of Zionism - from a source of pride to a contested ideology. Together, they reveal how the emotional weight of Israel has evolved across generations of American Jews and continues to shape their views today.</p><p>Further readings</p><ul><li><strong>Yael Sternhell</strong>, <a href="https://www.israeli-sociology.sites.tau.ac.il/_files/ugd/4e278c_29076a6e897c4b108de4eb438993942e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">American Campus Protests Following the October 7 War: Historical and Contemporary Connections </a>(2025), Israeli Sociology 26(1): 93–103. Situates the protests after October 7 within the longer history of American student movements.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Derek J. Penslar</strong>, <a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/zionism/9780813576091/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Zionism: An Emotional State </a>(Key Words in Jewish Studies series; Rutgers University Press, 2023). Explores the emotional forces—pride, fear, solidarity—that have sustained and challenged Zionism over time.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Harvard University</strong>, <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/task-force-on-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias</a> (final report published April 2025). Harvard’s official review of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias on campus, with policy recommendations for change.<a href="https://www.harvard.edu/task-force-on-antisemitism/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> </a></li></ul><ul><li><strong>Pew Research Center</strong>, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/2024/03/21/views-of-the-u-s-role-in-the-israel-hamas-war/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Views of the U.S. Role in the Israel–Hamas War </a>(March 21, 2024)</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Jewish Electorate Institute</strong>, <a href="https://www.jewishelectorateinstitute.org/p6971" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">National survey: U.S. Jewish voters—views on Israel, apartheid, genocide, and right to exist</a> (July 13, 2021)</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Columbia University Office of the President</strong>, <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/our-release-summer-2024-campus-climate-survey-task-force-antisemitism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Our Release of the Summer 2024 Campus Climate Survey from the Task Force on Antisemitism</a> (18 June 2025)</li></ul><p>Learn more about the show and share your thoughts at our <a href="www.myhomefronts.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">website</a>.</p><p>My Home Fronts is hosted and recorded by <strong>Romy Neumark</strong>.</p><p>Editing by <strong>Noa Amiel Lavie</strong>.</p><p>Sound design by <strong>Tina Tobey Mack</strong>.</p><p>Art work by <strong>Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi</strong>, courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort Gallery, NYC.</p><p>Our podcast theme is 24inst from mobygratis. Additional tracks are from Epidemic Sound.</p>
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In this four-part series, Israeli journalist Romy Neumark follows the founder of Harvard Jews for Palestine through the Gaza war. Her family’s story opens a window onto the generational divide within the Jewish American community - and how it’s reshaping views on Israel.
Contact us and read more www.myhomefronts.com
Editor: Noa Amiel Lavie | Sound Design: Tina Tobey Mack
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