NEVER AGAIN IS NOW Podcast

Australian author Linda Margolin Royal wrote the novel"The Star on the Grave" based on the true story of the "JapaneseSchindler"-- the Japanese diplomat who rescued many Jews in Lithuaniaagainst the orders of his government. (Her father was one of these Jews.) Inthis interview she exposes that bookstores in Australia have becomeincreasingly unwilling to promote and sell the book, as well as books by otherJewish authors, after pushback following October 7th. 

Correction: Sugihara, working in Russia afterWWII, only saw his family once a year for 20 years.

Author and communication expert Gary Wexler exposes the years-long coordinated communication war against Israel and Zionism and how Israel and the American Jewish organizations fail to have a coordinated response. A revolution is needed from the grassroots level.

Günther Jikeli, Associate Professor at Indiana UniversityBloomington at the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism,discusses the shocking results of his recent study about antisemitism oncampus. Anti-Israel activism and antisemitism on campus are correlated, theprotests are organized by groups affiliated with Palestinian terrorism, and therhetoric is influenced by Hamas and Iran. The research report is here: https://works.hcommons.org/records/sb3aw-kdk02

Mayor of Beverly Hills, California, Sharona Nazariandiscusses her city’s policy and activities against antisemitism. She has now launched the year-long campaign Never Again Is Now. In October, 2025, the citywill unveil the world’s first monument of the attacks on Israeli civilians of October 7, 2023.

An Iranian-Jewish grassroots community leader in LosAngeles, Sharon Nik, speaks about the antisemitism in Iran and warns us for being naïve about antisemitism today in America. She urges everybody to speakup now.

Strategic advisor Toba Hellerstein shares research-driven insights on how (not) to counter the current anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli narratives. She is the founder and CEO of Attune Now and helps governments, non-profits and institutions with shaping strategies for public perception. Her latest research report can be found here: Report: Perceptions of Jews & Israel | Attune Now!

Business consultant Claudine Cohen in New York tells us about the Jewish alumni group she recently co-founded next to her busy day job, to change the anti-Zionist conversation on American campuses. For more information, go to the website of Jewish Alumni Strong (formerly Pan-Jac) at https://jewishalumnistrong.org

Andrew Pessin, professor of philosophy at Connecticut College and Campus Bureau Editor of the www.Algemeiner.com, sharply analyzes antisemitism on campuses. It makes him an unpopular guest at parties by his own admission. See www.andrewpessin.com

Eighty years after the end of the Holocaust -- Joanna Sliwa, co-author of the nonfiction book THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS, shares examples of resistance of Jewish women during the Holocaust. She is an historian at the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference).

Christian Zionism is an important pillar of support for Israel. Daniel Hummel, an historian of U.S. religion, explains the reasons for this committed support. He is the director of The Lumen Center for the study of Christianity and a research fellow in the history department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.