In this four episode podcast, Rory Michelle and Nashira - two committed, passionate American Jews who care deeply about Judaism and productive dialogue - share our learning and unlearning about the Israel-Palestine conflict from a place of humanizing everyone implicated. We explore the perspectives we’ve encountered through organized trips to the area, our own reading, and how that plus our own upbringing has influenced our understanding of the issues. Our goal is to share what we’ve learned, including how to have constructive, generative disagreement with others, using the Mahloket Matters methodology from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies which combines Jewish wisdom and social psychology to generate discussion, critical thinking, personal growth, and the deepening of relationships. Listen if you’ve ever wondered: “How could they possibly think that?!”, sometimes feel that there is no hope for talking with people who think differently, or if you are afraid to talk or even ask about these issues and don’t know where to start. Our intention is to expand the conversation on the Israel-Palestine conflict from two sides to all sides while giving you hope and tools to talk about it productively in your own life.
Transcript of all episodes here.
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Podcast Editing: Alex Kontis at Sonics Podcasts https://www.sonics.io/
Audio Engineering: Conor T. L. Sullivan https://conortlsullivan.com/
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Rory Michelle offers Artist/Educator in Residences (including workshops using the Mahloket Matters Methodology from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies) exploring "how to human" that help individuals and communities blossom and thrive. More here: rorymichelle.com.
Thank you to these amazing Patrons for supporting what Rory Michelle creates!
Danielle Selber
Delen Heisman
Rick Kitei
Irene Tenenbaum and Daniel Verbit
Jerry Shinfeld
Alicia Jo Rabins
Michael Spanier
Julie Meyers
Heidi Tehilla Newman
LeeAnn Suen
Susan Schapiro
Jesse Bernstein
Jim & Sherry Leffert
Nashira Pearl
Join them here: https://www.patreon.com/rorymichellesullivan
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In this four episode podcast, Rory Michelle and Nashira - two committed, passionate American Jews who care deeply about Judaism and productive dialogue - share our learning and unlearning about the Israel-Palestine conflict from a place of humanizing everyone implicated. We explore the perspectives we’ve encountered through organized trips to the area, our own reading, and how that plus our own upbringing has influenced our understanding of the issues. Our goal is to share what we’ve learned, including how to have constructive, generative disagreement with others, using the Mahloket Matters methodology from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies which combines Jewish wisdom and social psychology to generate discussion, critical thinking, personal growth, and the deepening of relationships. Listen if you’ve ever wondered: “How could they possibly think that?!”, sometimes feel that there is no hope for talking with people who think differently, or if you are afraid to talk or even ask about these issues and don’t know where to start. Our intention is to expand the conversation on the Israel-Palestine conflict from two sides to all sides while giving you hope and tools to talk about it productively in your own life.
Transcript of all episodes here.
Credits:
Thanks to:
Podcast Editing: Alex Kontis at Sonics Podcasts https://www.sonics.io/
Audio Engineering: Conor T. L. Sullivan https://conortlsullivan.com/
Recorded using Riverside.fm
Equipment & Studio:
Rory Michelle offers Artist/Educator in Residences (including workshops using the Mahloket Matters Methodology from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies) exploring "how to human" that help individuals and communities blossom and thrive. More here: rorymichelle.com.
Thank you to these amazing Patrons for supporting what Rory Michelle creates!
Danielle Selber
Delen Heisman
Rick Kitei
Irene Tenenbaum and Daniel Verbit
Jerry Shinfeld
Alicia Jo Rabins
Michael Spanier
Julie Meyers
Heidi Tehilla Newman
LeeAnn Suen
Susan Schapiro
Jesse Bernstein
Jim & Sherry Leffert
Nashira Pearl
Join them here: https://www.patreon.com/rorymichellesullivan
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this fourth and final episode, we share a few specific tools from Pardes's Makhloket Matters Fellowship, taught to us by Rachel Dingman, facilitator for Resetting the Table and Senior Director of Jewish Enrichment at BBYO. Using signposts and following meaning questions, we have a different conversation about where we disagree than we would have had without the Makhloket Matters methodology - and we hope that you can apply these tools and skills to have more resilient, compassionate conversations in the midst of conflict as well.
Content warning: Specific acts of violence are named between 35:30-35:52 and 37:06-37:30.
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In this third episode, based on a learning session from Pardes' Makhloket Matters Fellowship, we focus in on two Jewish perspectives on our relationship to the land of Israel-Palestine. Is the land an essential part of who we are as Jews? Or is it simply functional, and we could be happy anywhere we're safe and can study Torah? Turns out (spoiler alert!), both of these perspectives are embodied in our textual tradition and lived experience - and have been for a long time.
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In this second episode, we discuss a term we learned at summer camp that helps us understand what social and cultural psychologists Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham refer to as "Moral Foundations." In other words, what do we value, and how does the value someone is prioritizing impact their perspective? We focus especially on Israel's competing commitments between being a democracy and being a safe haven for the Jewish people.
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In this first episode, we discuss the role of identity in one's perspective on a conflict. Rory Michelle shares some categorizations of different groups among the Israeli and Palestinian people that help expand the conflict from two sides to all sides.
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