Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 6

On this episode of the Jewish Diaspora Report, Host Mike Jordan explores the controversial banning of the Book "Maus" in Tennessee classrooms.  He discusses his connection to the book and the difficulties of teaching the Holocaust in his own classroom. 

Mike reacts to the studies that show how grossly under-informed students are about the Holocaust.

He also sheds light on the Lesser Known Holocaust of the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews 

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Jewish Diaspora Report - This Week in Diaspora History - Bonus Segment

This mini-episode explores a number of Jewish historical events that happened this week in the diaspora.  This week, we look into the Jews of: 

• Stuttgart, Germany  (1779)
• France (1831)
• British Mandate of Palestine (1934)

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Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 5

In honor of Holocaust Memorial Day, this episode host Mike Jordan describes his 2016 trip to Poland, where he walks in the footsteps of his grandmother, an Auschwitz Survivor. Using his grandmother's testimony, he looks back at how her words impacted being in the same Nazi Death Camp 60 years earlier. 

Mike Jordan also discusses the miraculous event that helped him solve a family mystery. 

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Jewish Diaspora Report - This Week in Diaspora History - Bonus Segment 3

This mini-episode explores a number of Jewish historical events that happened this week in the diaspora.  This week, we look into the Jews of: 

• Brooklyn, New York (1983)
• Jerusalem, Israel (1949)
• Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (1929)
• Egypt (1980)

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Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 4

In this episode host Mike Jordan explores a recent text from his friend who is struggling with the issues of Antisemitism online for the first time. In the shadow of the recent Texas Synagogue Hostage situation, the podcast will look into the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the different ways that they stand up to protect Jewish people around the world.  Who can the Jewish Diaspora turn to in order to feel safe with the growing challenges of antisemitism?

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Jewish Diaspora Report - This Week in Diaspora History - Bonus Segment 2

This mini-episode explores a number of Jewish historical events that happened this week in the diaspora.  This week, we look into the Jews of: 

• Brooklyn, New York (1950)
• Amsterdam (1941)
• Warsaw, Poland (1943)
• France (1790)

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Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 3

This episode explores the  recent "controversial" comments of former Daily Show host Jon Stewart regarding Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling and the goblins who run the underground banks. This episode will uncover how the "Jewish Banker" negative stereotype runs much deeper than the Wizarding World. Let's discuss where the negative beliefs about the greedy Jewish Banker came from, how many of these beliefs stem from historical Jewish figures, and continue to leave a mark on Jewish people in the diaspora and around the world. 

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Jewish Diaspora Report - This Week in Diaspora History - Bonus Segment 1

This mini-episode explores a number of Jewish historical events that happened this week in the diaspora.  This week, we look into the Jews of: 

• Fostat, Egypt (1012)
• Germany (1933)
• Majorca, Spain (1393)
• Sicily and Naples, Italy (1740)

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Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 2

This episode explores the  dilemma surrounding "invisible minorities" as it pertains to the Jewish community within the majority culture.  We will also discuss  "accidental" Racism, and finally, Host Mike Jordan discusses the recent social media post by Khloe Kardashian and the impact it had on the Jewish Community. 

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Jewish Diaspora Report - Episode 1

This episode explores the issues facing Judaism in the diaspora and introduces us to future topics that this podcast will cover. We meet podcast host Mike Jordan for the first time and hear his thoughts on this unique topic in the podcasting world. 

A cornerstone issue facing the Jewish people of the modern era is their ties, or lack thereof, to the Modern State of Israel.  The episode explores briefly how these issues affect the daily lives of Jewish people around the globe. 

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