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
Why Gen Z Shrugs at Making the "Case" for Israel
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On this special episode of Don’t Know Much About, Dr. Naya Lekht is joined by two of her former students, Shaya and Misha Keyvanfar. Shaya is a junior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Global Studies, while Misha is a senior in high school. Naya sits down with them to get a sense of how college and high school students today think about power, capitalism, Israel, and why traditional Jewish advocacy strategies, known as Hasbara, have largely failed.
Why doesn’t “rah-rah” Zionism work? Why does focusing on proving Israel’s legitimacy fall flat? Could it be that knowing all the facts about Israel’s history actually traps us in a kind of perpetual trial? These are just some of the questions explored as Naya takes the pulse of Generation Z on all things Jewish.
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