In the second season of her 45-minute weekly podcast, Haredit Meduberet (Spoken Haredi), Esty Shushan speaks freely, candidly, and at eye level about the Haredi world, religion and state, and conflicts and opportunities. Her guests this season include a diverse range of scholars and influencers, activists, and journalists from the Haredi world and beyond, including:
Eli Bitan, a journalist , TV presenter and comedian, spoke about Haredi activism and his life outside the Haredi community. The discussion addressed topics such as the Haredi draft, and how men want to go into the army to feel part of the country, and the gap between the Haredi leadership (94-year old rabbis) and the community, 60% of which are 18-year-old who are exposed to the digital world and social networks. |
The Haredi journalist (Kan Moreshet) and activist Efrat Chocrun, daughter of Rabbi and former MK Haim Amsalem and graduate of the third cohort of our leadership program, speaks about her battle against the exclusion of Haredi women, the representation of women in Haredi media, and how social media is helping to change public opinion.
Eden Abitboul, a Sephardic Jew, poet, filmmaker, and columnist, speaks about his experiences as the son of secular Jews who returned to religious Judaism, and discusses questions of identity, belonging and art and culture in the Haredi world.