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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite Our Fears. On this edition of Making Contact, she reflects on her personal journey to embrace her identity as a Jewish woman while fighting for human rights for all.
Listen to stories, history and poetry that explore internalized anti-Semitism and racism, victimization, and privilege, and Jewish politics around Israel and Palestine.
Featured speakers/guests:
Penny Rosenwasser, Author, educator and activist with Middle East Children’s Alliance
Smadar Lavie, a Mizrahi U.S.-Israeli anthropologist, author, and activist
Kate Raphael, writer, feminist and queer activist and radio journalist
Kris Welch, radio producer and host
Poem by Aurora Levins Morales
Credits:
Host: Karen Gordon-Brown
Episode Producer: Lisa Rudman
Making Contact Producers: Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, Jasmin Lopez, RJ Lozada
Sound Engineer: Stephanie Welch
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
