Seffi Kogen, the Global Director of Young Leadership for the American Jewish Committee, coordinates the organization’s activities for young post-college American Jews. Kogen discusses the censorious nature of both supporters of the left and the right in current discourse. He is the host of People of the Pod, AJC's weekly podcast, which can be found at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod

Jonathan Sarna, the preeminent scholar of American Jewish History, discusses how ideology has infected the academy and what we can do about it.

Sasha White talks about losing her job over comments she made on Twitter, a younger generation’s commitment to free speech, how she defines her own Jewishness and supporting the free speech movement.

Batya Ungar-Sargon discusses wokeness in media, how problems attributed to racism are often a function of class,  what is and isn't leftism, and how a binary ideology generates opposition to Israel.

Barry Shrage, the legendary CEO of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston’s Jewish Federation, and now Professor at Brandeis, talks with David Bernstein about the current ideological moment, cancel culture, and the need for Jewish leadership. He offers a message of hope that America and American Jews can find their way.

Nadine Strossen is an American civil liberties activist who was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from February 1991 to October 2008. She's currently a professor at New York Law School. Nadine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and argues strenuously for the protection of liberal values. She also offers a spirited defense of the current ACLU.

Numerous LGBTQ+ Jews have been at the frontlines of the battle for free speech. What about their experience reinforces the importance of open discourse? What can the free speech movement learn from the gay rights movement? Moderated by Dr. Pamela Paresky with panelists Jonathan Rauch, Jessica Emami, James Kirchick, and Blake Flayton.

In this edition of SpeechCast, David Bernstein interviews civil libertarian, author, and feminist Wendy Kaminer. David asked Wendy why she chose not to sign the “Jewish Harper’s letter,” even though she agreed with much in it. Listen to her answer. A long-time Board member of the ACLU, Wendy explains why she became a critic of the organization.

JILV Founder David Bernstein interviews Rebecca Roiphe, a Trustee Professor of Law at New York Law School where she studies legal ethics and the history of law. She also happens to be the daughter of famed feminist writer Anne Roiphe. A signatory of the “Jewish Harper’s Letter”, Rebecca and David discuss among other issues the rise of Critical Social Justice and its deleterious effects on academia, public policy, and social discourse.