NEVER AGAIN IS NOW Podcast

Imagine you're a teen and you face antisemitism or Israel-hate at at your high school? Do you do nothing? Or do you speak up and encourage other teens to do the same?

Have you ever been confronted by antisemitic flyers, banners or graffiti and not reported it, figuring why would reporting matter? Listen to these co-founders of the Austin, Texas grassroots organization ATXKind -- https://www.atxkind.org -- explain why it is so important to report all antisemitic incidents.

How can American Muslims combat the dominance in their communities of theocratic Islam -- the same Islamism that spreads antisemitism? And how can Jewish communities help with this? American Muslim reform leader Zudhi Jasser answers these questions in this interview.  He co-founded the Muslim Reform Movement with the goal of defeating Islamism. In addition, he wrote the book "A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith." His Muslim reform movement organizations include: https://aifdemocracy.org/ -- https://muslimreformmovement.org/ -- https://claritycoalition.org/

What does the Islamic religion say about Jews and how does this affect peace prospects with Israel? Ofir Winter, author of the book PEACE IN THE NAME OF ALLAH: ISLAMIC DISCOURSES ON TREATIES WITH ISRAEL, discusses this topic. He draws on his experience as a senior researcher at the Institute for National Securities Studies in Israel and a lecturer at the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. He is also the co-author of the book ZIONISM IN ARAB DISCOURSES.

Raheel Raza is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author as well as an activist for Muslim reform. She is the president of Muslims Facing Tomorrow and the co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement and of the Clarity Coalition. All three organizations stand for advancing Western values of liberty in Muslim communities and defeating Islamism. She also chairs the steering committee of the non-profit Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism -- https://stopglobalantisemitism.com -- and she regularly speaks up against antisemitism in various media outlets. Raheel Raza is recipient of Canada’s Sesquicentennial commemorative medal for "exceptional contributions to Canada," the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for service to Canada, and the Museum of Tolerance Medal of Valor.

Dexter Van Zile is an investigative journalist based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has researched and written extensively about Christian anti-Zionism. Since March of 2022 he has bee the managing editor of the website and online newsletter Focus on Western Islamism (FWI) established by the Middle East Forum -- https://www.meforum.org/ He also recommended https://islamism.news/    

FWI educates its readers about the threat posed by Islamism (and the efforts to counter it) in Western democracies. FWI serves as a hub for counter-Islamist research and analysis and seeks to give voice to anti-Islamist Muslims.

Winston Marshall is a British musician, songwriter, and podcaster. He was the former banjoist and lead guitarist of the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. With Mumford & Sons he has won multiple awards, including a Grammy. He has been credited as the father of the nu-folk scene in Britain. He left the band after he started to openly express his opinion about current affairs in society. In his podcast Marshall Matters -- for the renowned British political magazine The Spectator -- he explores "the taboo and totemic issues within the creative industries in a series of interviews with artists, musicians, actors, comedians, and more." See https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/marshall-matters/

Brooke Ruttenberg is a senior at Windward School, a private high school in Los Angeles. She has been volunteering for several years at the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles. When she noticed a lack of education on antisemitism at her school, she decided to write a middle school curriculum herself --see https://sites.google.com/windwardschool.org/history-into-action/home

Nicholas Melvoin is the vice president of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District – LAUSD – and he represents District 4.    First elected in 2017, his work is focused on increasing parent and community engagement, transparency and accountability; directing more resources to schools; protecting the most vulnerable students; and bringing a new spirit of partnership and collaboration to LA’s public schools.   Prior to his election, he worked as a teacher, public interest attorney, nonprofit director, and an active board member of a number of community and political organizations. He has also worked in the Obama White House and the US Attorney’s office.   He is a graduate of Harvard College, NYU School of Law, and Loyola Marymount University’s School of Education.

Verena Meier is a doctoral student at the research center on antigypsyism at the University of Heidelberg with research focusing on historical antigypsyism and antisemitism, National Socialism, minority history as well as the history of ideas. She has worked for the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, the Topography of Terror and the Saxony-Anhalt State archives, and volunteered for the Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem. Learn more at www.sintiundroma.org/en/