{"podcast":{"title":"On the Nose","slug":"on-the-nose-4035786","podcast_index_feed_id":4035786,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/on-the-nose/","website_url":"HTTPS://www.Jewishcurrents.org","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/2a127a56-456e-4230-b90b-d287cbccdb37/rjd_USHJ8yblBQZvj9Vkcq57.jpeg","author":"Jewish Currents","episode_count":149,"summary":"On the Nose is a biweekly podcast by Jewish Currents, a magazine of the Jewish left founded in 1946. The editorial staff discusses the politics, culture, and questions that animate today’s Jewish left.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T00:19:50.375145+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786"},"episode":{"title":"Nadav Lapid Faces “No”","slug":"nadav-lapid-faces-no","published_at":"2026-06-25T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786/nadav-lapid-faces-no","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786","url":"https://jewishcurrents.org/nadav-lapid-faces-no","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/71846b9e-5d2a-40e6-9aa3-8cc18592fe47.mp3","summary":"Over the last couple weeks, there has been an enormous amount written—from The New York Times to Le Monde to Haaretz , among other places—about a controversy centered on Nadav Lapid, an Israeli filmmaker living in France. Lapid has made several critically acclaimed films, including Synonyms , Ahed’s Knee , and, most recently, Yes , and his work has taken home jury prizes at the Berlinale and Cannes. The recent controversy was focused on the FIDMarseille international film festival. There was a planned retrospective of Palestinian films at the festival this year. Meanwhile, Lapid was invited to head the jury. It was also decided that there would be an event honoring him, and that he would teach a master class. When a dozen filmmakers threatened to pull their films from the festival, Lapid withdrew as head of the jury. When that did not quell the protests, he decided to cancel the event and the master class, as well. The response from many in the film world has largely been to rally around Lapid, with two letters published in Le Monde , one of them garnering over 350 signatures of high-profile figures in the industry. The letters allege that Lapid is being boycotted solely because of his identity. One of them declares, “Nothing justifies the silencing of an artist . . . the cultural boycott is an intellectual dead end that we must collectively overcome.” Meanwhile, Film Workers for Palestine, allied with PACBI, which coordinates the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, published a translation of a statement by Palestine Will Save Cinema, pointing to the fact that Nadav Lapid’s latest film, Yes , received support from the Israeli Film Fund, was presented at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as an Israeli co‑production, and competed for the Ophir Awards (akin to Israel’s A…","meta_description":"Over the last couple weeks, there has been an enormous amount written—from The New York Times to Le Monde to Haaretz , among other places—about a controve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2363,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-nose-4035786/episodes/nadav-lapid-faces-no/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786/nadav-lapid-faces-no.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}