{"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":"On the Michigan Synagogue Attack","slug":"on-the-michigan-synagogue-attack","published_at":"2026-03-19T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786/on-the-michigan-synagogue-attack","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-nose-4035786","url":"https://jewishcurrents.org/on-the-michigan-synagogue-attack","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fecc07bd-b526-4620-aca0-ad27944a6b9b.mp3","summary":"On March 12th, 41-year-old Ayman Ghazali rammed his car into the front of Temple Israel, a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He engaged in a shootout with synagogue security, injuring one guard before turning the gun on himself. Thankfully, no one else was injured. Earlier in the month, Ghazali’s two brothers, niece, and nephew had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Mashghara, Lebanon. (The Israeli military claimed that one of the brothers was affiliated with Hezbollah, but offered no proof to The New York Times ; Hezbollah denied his affiliation.) After spending years insisting on the absolute intertwinement of Judaism and Zionism, the Anti-Defamation League and other mainstream agents of anti-antisemitism rushed to insist that American Jews must be separated from the actions of the Israeli government. Meanwhile, like many American synagogues, Temple Israel proudly advertised its support for the Jewish state: raising funds, sharing hasbara resources, sponsoring trips, and even featuring an Israeli flag in its logo. This event raises uncomfortable questions about the interrelationship between safety and complicity in the Jewish diaspora: How do we talk about the material relationships between American Jews and the State of Israel in the wake of attacks on Zionist institutions? And how do we on the Jewish left keep pushing for daylight between Judaism and Zionism given the conflation pushed by the anti-antisemitism machine—a conflation that endangers Jews all over the world? On this episode of On the Nose , editor-in-chief Arielle Angel, publisher Daniel May, news director Josh Nathan-Kazis, and advisory board member Simone Zimmerman parse the Michigan attack and the missed opportunity for American Jewish reckoning. Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for editing and to…","meta_description":"On March 12th, 41-year-old Ayman Ghazali rammed his car into the front of Temple Israel, a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He engaged in a shootou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2142,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-nose-4035786/episodes/on-the-michigan-synagogue-attack/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/on-the-michigan-synagogue-attack.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}