Treyf Podcast
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Treyf Podcast
Treyf is an anarchist Jewish podcast recorded in occupied Tio'tia:ke (Montreal), Kanien’kehá:ka territory. The show features discussions about radical leftist politics and history, highlighting perspectives often excluded from mainstream Jewish spaces.
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99 episodes
50 Irena Klepfisz
On this episode, we spoke with Irena Klepfisz. Irena is a writer, a poet, an activist, a lesbian feminist, a teacher, a researcher, and a movement eld...
49 The General Jewish Labour Bund Pt 3
The final episode in our series on the Jewish Labour Bund! We first spoke with David Slucki about the ways the organization was reimagined after the H...
In the Streets: 1492 Land Back Lane
For this instalment of In the Streets, we spoke with Skyler Williams, spokesperson for 1492 Land Back Lane, an ongoing land reclamation effort on Six...
48 The General Jewish Labour Bund Pt 2
The second episode of our series on the Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist movement founded in the late 1890s.
On this episod...
47 Ashanti Alston
Ashanti Alston is an anarchist, a prison abolitionist, and a former member of the Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army. He was a political pris...
46 The General Jewish Labour Bund Pt 1
The first episode of our series on the Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist movement founded in the late 1890s! We spoke to Elissa Bemporad...
In the Streets: #FreeThemAllCaravan
On April 19th, car caravans visited prisons & migrant detention centres in cities across so-called Canada. The caravans made noise and held signs in s...
In the Streets: Shut Down Canada
For this instalment of In the Streets, we spoke with Jennifer Wickham, media coordinator for the Gidimt'en Camp on Wet’suwet’en territory. We spoke ab...
Short: Diaspora Podcast
We spoke with Tallie Ben Daniel and Nava EtShalom about their new show, Diaspora Podcast from Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). We discussed the origins o...
The War On Christmas
To celebrate the yearly #WaronChristmas, we are rebroadcasting our special episode from a few years ago.
“Inspired by the confluence of...
45 Fascism and the Far-Right Pt 3
For this episode, we explored the relationship between fascism and colonialism. We talked with Christian Davis about Germany's colonial genocide in Na...
44 Fascism and the Far-Right Pt 2
We're back from our summer break! For part two of our series on fascism and the far-right, we spoke with Diana Garvin about her research into Italian...
Rimonim Liturgy Project
We spoke with Aurora Levins Morales about the Rimonim Liturgy Project, you can learn more & support at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rimonim-lit...
In the Streets: Free the Hamilton Pride Defenders!
For the first instalment of In the Streets, we talked with an anonymous queer anarchist who's affiliated with The Tower, an anarchist social space in...
43 David Gilbert
We went on a trip to Buffalo, NY last month to speak with anti-imperialist political prisoner David Gilbert. We talked about his Jewish upbringing, wh...
From the Archives: Anarchist Purim Party (Jewish Digest, 1991)
Happy Purim! We wanted to share this excerpt from a 1991 episode of Jewish Digest, set at an anarchist Purim party in occupied Tio'tia:ke (Montréal)....
42 Fascism and the Far-Right Pt 1
On this episode, we had two conversations about the history of Fascism. We first spoke with Gord Hill about the history of Anti-Fascist movements and...
41 Immigration, Exclusion, and False Apologies
On this episode, we focused on the anti-Jewish immigration laws of the 1920s and 1930s & how they relate to the present.
We spoke with Sy...
40 Resisting Colonialism In Palestine
On this episode, we spoke with Aya Alghazzawi - a Palestinian student and activist in Gaza, as well as Ali Abunimah - co-founder and Director of the E...
39 Beyond The Pale
On this episode, we spoke with Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark, the former hosts of Beyond the Pale, a leftist Jewish radio show that broa...
38 A Resurgence of Leftist Jewish Media
On this episode, we took a look at a new generation of leftist Jewish media projects. We spoke with Ben Ratskoff (editor of Protocols) and Jacob Plitm...
Electronic Intifada Podcast: The Nakba at 70
Our upcoming episode on The Great March of Return has taken longer than expected so we're sharing a behind-the-scenes update along with a condensed ve...
37 Letters From Listeners
On this episode, we marked three years since starting the show & read letters from listeners!
Show Notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/20...
36 Understanding Antisemitism
On this episode, we spoke with Leo Ferguson and Aurora Levins Morales about the new resource, ‘Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to our Movement...
35 The First Intifada, 30 Years Later
On this episode, we took a look back at the First Intifada following its 30th anniversary. We spoke with Mezna Qato (Palestinian activist & academic) ...
Short: Tom Pessah
We spoke with Tom Pessah, an activist & academic based in Tel Aviv. We talked about his work with Amram, a group working to expose the truth about Isr...
Short: Métis in Space
As we enter sci-fi blockbuster season, we reached out to Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel, hosts of the Métis in Space podcast. We talked about the colon...
Short: Bernie Farber
We spoke with Bernie Farber (former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress) about his recent role in helping uncover the truth about Ayman Elkasrawy, a T...
34 What the Hell is Going On in Québec?
On this episode, we take a step back and give some context to the continuing rise of Islamophobia in Québec.
We first spoke with Alex, a...
Short: Eli Valley
We spoke with Eli Valley about his new book, Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel. We talked about why he left the Forward, what happe...
Short: Laura Whitehorn
We spoke with Laura Whitehorn, former political prisoner & tireless revolutionary activist and organizer, about her decades of participation in moveme...
Short: Radiant Others
We spoke with musician Dan Blacksberg about his new podcast, Radiant Others, an extended interview show with Klezmer musicians. We spoke with Dan abou...
33 Treyf Mailbag
On this episode we introduce a new rolling segment, the Treyf Mailbag! We check in about how we're feeling about the show and then read several letter...
From The Archives: The Christie Pits Riot (Radio 613, 2008)
We were in Toronto last week for the 84th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot, a piece of Jewish anti-fascist history that felt more significant thi...
Short: Years of Radical Dreaming Calendar
We were on the road this week so we recorded this short in Toronto! We caught up with Ariana Katz and Jessica Rosenberg about the Years of Radical Dre...
From the Archives: Ella Shohat (Jewish Digest, 2004)
In this 2004 recording, Leslie Lutsky interviews Ella Shohat, internationally renowned Mizrahi academic, and Professor of Cultural Studies at NYU. The...
32 The Jewish Federations' Racism Problem
On this episode, we spoke with Lesley Williams (member of JVP's Network Against Islamophobia) about the campaign to stop Chicago's Jewish United Fund...
Short: Rebecca Pierce
On this short, we spoke with Rebecca Pierce - writer, filmmaker, editor of the Unruly blog, and core member of the Jews of Color, Sephardi, and Mizrah...
31 Dean Spade
We spoke with Dean Spade (trans activist, professor and author) about growing up Jewish in the rural south, resisting the cooptation of our identities...