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Begin with people who face what is difficult without surrendering the possibility of dignity, coexistence, and peace. Then go deeper into harder arguments and necessary disagreements.
Begin with a hopeful voiceA hopeful place to begin
These are not simply important speakers. The person and lead video are chosen to preserve human recognition, constructive agency, and the possibility of peace while facing reality honestly.
Constructive conversationMy Family Doesn't Agree on Israel—What Do I Do?01 · Featured voiceA conversational entry point into contemporary Jewish identity, culture, belonging, advocacy, and the experiences of Jewish guests and allies.
Meet Jonah Platt
Palestinian leadership and peacePalestine needs a transitional period after a peace deal02 · Featured voiceA Palestinian-American voice holding Palestinian freedom, Hamas accountability, Israeli security, nonviolence, and pragmatic coexistence in the same frame.
Meet Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Personal journey toward dialogueArab peace activist on her journey from antisemitism to Judaism03 · Featured voiceA personal bridge from inherited antisemitism toward Jewish encounter, Arab–Israeli dialogue, normalization, and a refusal to treat enmity as destiny.
Meet Rawan OsmanGo deeper
The broader collection includes bridge-builders, explainers, critics, and forceful advocates. These lenses help you choose intentionally without reducing a person to a label.
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Performer, producer, host, and advocate
A conversational entry point into contemporary Jewish identity, culture, belonging, advocacy, and the experiences of Jewish guests and allies.
Palestinian-American writer and peace advocate
A Palestinian-American voice holding Palestinian freedom, Hamas accountability, Israeli security, nonviolence, and pragmatic coexistence in the same frame.
Reconstruction and agencyHow to build a new Gaza▶
Dialogue for changeA voice from Gaza: dialogue for change▶Syrian-born writer and peace activist
A personal bridge from inherited antisemitism toward Jewish encounter, Arab–Israeli dialogue, normalization, and a refusal to treat enmity as destiny.
InterviewAn Arab woman’s journey from antisemitism to Zionism▶
Personal historyFrom a Syrian-Lebanese childhood to Zionism▶Writer and anthropologist
A demanding conceptual voice on the symbolic structures, media systems, and ideologies that can organize anti-Jewish hatred and anti-Zionism.
Long-form conversationIs Anti-Zionism Antisemitism?▶
InterviewWhy Anti-Zionism Is the Newest Hate Movement▶Historian of Israel and the 1948 war
An archival historian whose work complicated older accounts of Israel’s founding and remains central to difficult arguments about 1948 and displacement.
Adversarial interviewHistory, Genocide, and Israel's War on Gaza▶
Extended interview18 Questions on Israel, Gaza, and the Palestinians▶Author, novelist, and scholar
An accessible and rigorous guide to Jewish civilization, cultural memory, and the stories societies tell about living and dead Jews.
Author and former Israeli legislator
A forceful Zionist advocate focused on refugee politics, anti-Zionism, international institutions, and the language Israel uses to explain itself.
Public talkFrom Palestinianism to Arab Zionism▶
Cross-perspective dialogueMiddle East Dialogues with Tarek Masoud▶Journalist and analyst
A historically grounded interpreter of Israeli political psychology, Jewish memory, Zionism, statehood, and assumptions often missing from outside commentary.
EconTalk conversationTerrorism, Israel, and Dreams of Peace▶
Historical analysisWhy Don't Palestinians Have a State?▶Historian of ideology and propaganda
A historian tracing the distinct and interacting histories of right-wing, radical-left, and Islamist antisemitism and hostility toward Israel.
Archival lectureBroadcasting Antisemitism to the Arab World▶
Short lectureThe Genocidal Aspect of Antisemitism▶Creator of TravelingIsrael
A video-first explainer whose accessible presentations introduce broad audiences to Israeli history, geography, travel, and contested public narratives.
Author and reflective interpreter
A deeper-reading voice on Zionism, Israeli society, spiritual change, competing national narratives, and the difficult possibility of relationship.
Listen beyond the expected lines
These speakers differ in tone and function. Some build bridges; others sharpen difficult arguments. Each is included for what they illuminate, not because every clip expresses JAN’s hopeful front-door promise. Identity language appears only where the speaker has used it themselves.
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A history we will open next
Hillel Neuer’s challenge at the United Nations opens a larger explainer we’re planning about Mizrahi Jews, displacement, memory, and the histories too often missing from the Israel conversation.
Watch Hillel NeuerThe first featured layer prioritizes voices and specific lead videos that preserve dignity, constructive agency, coexistence, or a credible path toward peace. Deeper in the collection, JAN also includes important voices whose work may be more combative, categorical, diagnostic, or emotionally demanding. Placement is editorial context, not endorsement or exclusion. Identity labels are used only when they are relevant and responsibly sourced.
