Episodes
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AI, and specifically generative artificial intelligence, took the world in a storm. Generative AI for Good is a company that uses these technologies to help solve social problems and better our and everyone’s life. Its founder, Shiran Melamdovsky Somech, talks with Dr. Efrat Sopher about using AI in fighting antisemitism and domestic violence, and discusses fake news, deepfake, biases, privacy, consent, and other moral, ethical, and practical dilemmas arising from using GAI in addressing social problems
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The horrific October 7 Hamas attack struck Israel but also affected Jewish communities around the world. In this episode, we talk with Ernest Herzog, WJC’s Executive Director of Operations. Ernest is also the organization's designated crisis manager and was charged with quickly deploying the entire organization to deal with the aftermath of the attack.
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Join us as we dive into the intersection of Jewish heritage and environmental consciousness. Prof. Alon Tal tells us about the Jewish values influencing Israel's climate change response, while Prof. Lior Herman discusses the sustainability of "Kosher electricity".
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We delve into the challenges and opportunities of preserving Holocaust memory as we get farther from it, and the profound impact of the digital era on how we remember this unique event in history, with Holocaust survivor and activist Ambassador Colette Avital and media relations expert Yaniv Rosenberg.
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One of the main challenges facing Jewish students around the world is actually an age-old problem that rears its head in every generation: Antisemitism. Today we are going to hear from Yana Naftalieva, president of the World Union of Jewish Students, about how Jewish students are targeted what we can do to help them defend themselves. We will also hear from Professor Gerald Steinberg, founding president of NGO Monitor, about the roots of this phenomenon and how the flagrant attacks on Zionism and the Jewish State on campuses are really aimed at Jews.
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Sports reflect human society, and sadly, racism and hate are sadly part of both. In our podcast’s inaugural episode we discuss racism in sports, from Antisemite soccer fans to the Munich Olympics massacre, with sports journalist Jeremy Schaap, who made a film about one of the massacre’s survivors, and Daniel Lörcher, Dortmund’s Special Envoy for Combatting Discrimination
