Philip Graubart: Judaism Unbound Episode 283 - Planet of the Jews
Philip Graubart, author of Planet of the Jews and Women and God (and many other books), joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about those two books. Each of them, in different ways, provides commentary on what it is to be an American Jew, and what Judaism could look like in various alternate universes.
[1] Purchase either of Graubart’s two books via these links: Planet of the Jews, Women and God. Purchase any of Graubart’s other books by clicking here.
[2] Graubart shouts out to a couple great organizations with a focus on Jewish literature. Learn more about the Jewish Book Council via www.jewishbookcouncil.org and learn more about the Yiddish Book Center via www.yiddishbookcenter.org (or via a past Judaism Unbound interview with the YBC’s founder, Aaron Lansky - Episode 203: Yiddish in America.
[3] Graubart, in conversation with Dan in this episode, mentions the books Xenocide and Speaker of the Dead, by Orson Scott Card. Learn more about Card here.
[4] For three essays exploring dyanics around sexual assault, and sexual harrassment, in Jewish communal institutions, see these pieces: “How Jewish Academia Created a #MeToo Disaster,” by Lila Corwin Berman, Kate Rosenblatt, and Ronit Stahl, “Birthright Israel and #MeToo,” by Sarah Seltzer, or “How Jewish Youth Groups Are Breeding A Toxic Sexual Culture For Teens,” by Shira Wolkenfeld.