{"podcast":{"title":"Unpacking Zionism","slug":"unpacking-zionism-6870666","podcast_index_feed_id":6870666,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/unpacking-zionism/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/unpacking-zionism","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/unpacking-zionism/20240601_050659_152e61b19b2bc7129dcf033875b76a03.png","author":"Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism","episode_count":63,"summary":"Produced by the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, this podcast features conversations with scholars, activists, and artists about their insights into Zionism. Unpacking Zionism is a process and a long-term commitment that we at the Institute are making to the Palestinian liberation struggle and the struggles of all people affected by Zionism. To resist the current moment of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, we must understand Zionism. So join us on this journey as we are Unpacking Zionism one episode at a time. Please subscribe to Unpacking Zionism so you never miss new episodes. To learn more about the Institute and to access episode notes and transcripts, visit our website https://criticalzionismstudies.org","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unpacking-zionism-6870666"},"episode":{"title":"From Above: Hillel with Maura Finkelstein","slug":"from-above-hillel-with-maura-finkelstein","published_at":"2025-04-22T18:08:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unpacking-zionism-6870666/from-above-hillel-with-maura-finkelstein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unpacking-zionism-6870666","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/unpacking-zionism/1997527","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/264888/1997527/unpacking-zionism/2025_04_22_18_07_56_8da8acfd-1e27-4d25-811c-2de592e21049.mp3","summary":"This is the second episode in our series From Above , in which we look at Zionist institutions that wield their power to advance fascist repression of anyone who speaks against the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide of Palestinians. My guest today is herself an example of how this repression works. I am joined by writer and scholar Maura Finkelstein to talk about Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. In 2024, Maura was fired from her tenured professorship at Muhlenberg College for a social media post critical of Zionism and Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. We discuss what it means for Israel to be “at the heart of Hillel’s work” as their own website proudly admits, the role that Hillel plays in the repression of students, faculty, and staff, and what campaigns and organizations resist Hillel and its hegemony over Jewish campus life in the United States. Maura Finkelstein is a writer and anthropologist. She is the author of The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai , published by Duke University Press in 2019. In addition to academic writing, her essays have been by Post45, Electric Literature, Allegra Lab, Red Pepper Magazine, The Markaz Review, the Scottish Left Review, Mondoweiss, Middle East Eye, and Al Jazeera. Resources: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45918/Astroturf-Zionism ; https://palestinelegal.org/hillels-actions ; http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/23/how-the-israel-lobby-captured-hillel-international-college-campus/ ; https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the-campus-does-not-exist ; https://drophillel.wordpress.com/history/","meta_description":"This is the second episode in our series From Above , in which we look at Zionist institutions that wield their power to advance fascist repression of any…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2380,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unpacking-zionism-6870666/episodes/from-above-hillel-with-maura-finkelstein/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unpacking-zionism-6870666/from-above-hillel-with-maura-finkelstein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}