Don't Know Much About with Naya Lekht
Don't Know Much About is a show devoted to unpacking contentious topics--to clarify the complex and empower people to understand historical and political events.
Don't Know Much About with Naya Lekht
Surviving Antizionism: Natasha's Story
What if everything you thought you knew about history, education, and Israel was built on a lie? On this episode of Don't Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht sits down with Natasha H. Pein, a Soviet-born survivor of state-sponsored antizionism. Natasha recounts how Soviet antisemitism shaped her fierce commitment to truth, education, and Jewish advocacy. In 2025, she launched PIE4ALL.org, an initiative exposing hate in education from kindergarten to the workplace. Her upcoming book, The Antizionist Playbook: The New Face of an Old Hate, unpacks how modern antizionism masks old Jew-hatred in the language of social justice.
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