August 10, 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Aug 10 2008

The launch of J Street, a new lobby group formed as a progressive counterweight to AIPAC; a report from the Jewish Cultural Festival in Krakow, Poland; plus we remember Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and activist Adina Back.

Episode segments
  • J Street
    American Politics, Foreign Policy, National Politics, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Jewish
    Jeremy Ben Ami, Executive Director, J Street
    Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Jeremy Ben Ami talks with us about J Street, the newly formed lobby and political action committee that its backers intend to serve as a counterweight to the policies advocated by AIPAC and other right wing "pro-Israel" lobby groups.

  • Krakow's Jewish Cultural Festival
    Arts & Culture
    Festival Director, Janusz Makuch, Jewish community leader Stanislaw Krajewski and American artist Stephanie Rowden and others.
    Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark and Alisa Solomon

    A report from the 18th annual Jewish Cultural Festival that took place this summer in Kazimierz, the once Jewish neighborhood of Krakow, Poland.  Through concerts, theater, workshops, exhibits the festival both celebrates and educates thousands about the Jewish cultural past and its living present.

  • Remembering Mahmoud Darwish
    Obituaries

    We remember the great Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, regarded by many as the heart and voice of his people.  Darwish, 67, died Saturday in Houston after complications from heart surgery.

  • Remembering Adina Back
    Obituaries
    Donna Nevel, community psychologist, educator, activist and co-founder of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.

    We remember Adina Back, public historian, social justice activist, member of the founding board of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, and beloved friend.