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June 15, 2025, 6:08 a.m.
The relationship between Zionism and Judaism has been a subject of intense debate for over a century, shaping political movements, religious beliefs, and global perceptions of Jewish identity. While Judaism is an ancient faith and cultural tradition, Zionism is a modern political ideology that emerged in the late 19th century, advocating for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The intersection of these two concepts has led to deep divisions within Jewish communities, as well as broader geopolitical conflicts.
Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, dating back thousands of years. It is centered around the belief in one God, the teachings of the Torah, and a rich tradition of laws, ethics, and customs. Jewish identity is complex, encompassing religious, ethnic, and cultural elements. Some Jews identify primarily through religious observance, while others see their Jewishness as a cultural or ancestral connection.
Historically, Jewish communities have lived across the world, adapting to different societies while maintaining their distinct traditions. Despite periods of persecution, Jewish identity has remained resilient, evolving through centuries of exile, migration, and cultural exchange.
Zionism emerged in the late 19th century, largely in response to European antisemitism and the desire for Jewish self-determination. The movement was spearheaded by figures like Theodor Herzl, who argued that Jews needed a sovereign state to escape persecution. The idea gained momentum, leading to the eventual establishment of Israel in 1948.
However, Zionism is not a singular ideology—it has taken different forms:
• Political Zionism focused on securing a Jewish state through diplomacy and international agreements.
• Religious Zionism merged Jewish faith with nationalist aspirations, viewing Israel as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
• Revisionist Zionism advocated for a more aggressive expansionist approach, influencing modern Israeli policies.
While many Jews embraced Zionism, others opposed it, arguing that Judaism is a spiritual and ethical tradition, not a political movement. Some religious groups believe that a Jewish state should only be established by divine intervention, not human action.
The Battle Over Jewish Identity: The tension between Zionism and Judaism has led to a battle over what it means to be Jewish. Some argue that Zionism has redefined Jewish identity, making support for Israel a central component of Jewish life. Others believe that Judaism should not be tied to nationalism, emphasizing spiritual and ethical teachings over political allegiance.
Critics of Zionism, including some Jewish groups, argue that the movement has led to militarization, occupation, and human rights violations, particularly against Palestinians. They believe that Jewish identity should be rooted in justice, morality, and coexistence, rather than territorial expansion.
On the other hand, Zionist supporters claim that Israel is essential for Jewish survival, providing a safe haven against antisemitism. They argue that opposition to Zionism often overlaps with antisemitic rhetoric, making it difficult to separate criticism of Israeli policies from attacks on Jewish people.
Modern Implications: Today, the debate over Zionism and Jewish identity continues to shape global politics. In Israel, tensions exist between secular and religious Jews, as well as between Jewish and Palestinian communities. In the diaspora, Jewish communities are divided over Israel’s policies, with some advocating for Palestinian rights and others defending Israeli sovereignty.
The question remains: Is Jewish identity inherently tied to Zionism, or can Judaism exist independently of a nation-state? As discussions evolve, Jewish communities worldwide continue to grapple with the balance between faith, culture, and political ideology.
June 13, 2025, 10:22 p.m.
– Netanyahu Attacks Iran as Peter Thiel is ‘Troubled By Darkness’, Bilderberg 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden
– Rachel Reeves’s Spending Review key points– no help with the cost of living crisis? NHS funding – digitisation. More social housing – homelessness.
– March on the Downs against van dwellers – Council ought to do something. Matthew Strange reports from March on the Downs
– rents are the main problem. Immigration strain on housing. The van dweller dilemma taking over the Downs as tensions rise
– Reform UK urges Bank of England to stop paying interest to lenders…. To save £35bn/p.a. ?! Right taking on some left wing ideas. Nigel Farage
– Steve Hall on getting rid of interest on government borrowing, and the disempowering of government by private money making interests.
– Hannah Borno reports live from Stockholm, where Bilderberg Meeting is taking place. China haunts Bilderberg talks as usual suspects plot world domination…
– The corporate, political and tech bigwigs meeting in Sweden are worried about an ‘authoritarian axis’ – maybe AI drones will fix things?
– Bilderberg steering grouper Peter Thiel has a deeply troubled mind – as Dan Dicks discovers as he tracks him down the street asking about Palantir and other death machines he’s funding.
– Thiel’s views on the Antichrist and the end of the world. The Wallenbergs – wealthy Swedish family – always part of Bilderberg
– Nazis and Bilderberg – Tony’s book. The Traitors Of Arnhem – Bilderberg origins in British Army WWII treachery where thousands of British paratroopers were sacrificed at Arnhem to help a Nazi victory…
– UK defence ministry ‘currently’ training Israeli army personnel Defence ministry admits it continues to train Israeli personnel despite allegations of war crimes
– The 1936 fire which brought London’s spectacular Crystal Palace to the ground took place during a two-month November/December 1936 trial of the two Baird and Marconi/EMI television systems by the BBC at Alexander Palace on the opposite side of London.
– in January 1937, the BBC decided it would use the Marconi/EMI system into the future, which continued beyond the introduction of BBC2 and 625 lines
– John Logie Baird is reported to have suspected the fire was a deliberate act of sabotage against his work on developing television
– Crystal Palace burns down in 1935 – Logie Baird, inventor of TV, thought it was deliberate to destroy his ideas, so Marconi’s could take precedence
– Israel launches unprovoked war of aggression, attacks Iran’s nuclear sites and military commanders Israel says it has launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Iran, after hitting nuclear and military sites overnight
– David Cameron privately threatened to defund and withdraw from the International Criminal Court if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
– Jeremy Corbyn on the threatening pressure put on him to support Israel. Jeremy Corbyn: I was asked to ‘automatically support’ Israel action
– Netanyahu’s appeal to the Iranian people. Israel’s stated aim is the destruction of Iran’s nuclear weapons – but the real goal is regime change in Tehran
– Report – Knesset was going to vote on dissolving itself – then strikes on Iran – Orthodox Jews not in army. Netanyahu’s government faces possible collapse as opposition moves to dissolve Knesset
– Nigel Farage, GB News, interviews Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to UK, asking how Israel expects to be supported after killing over 50,000 Palestinians and denying them food.
– Nigel Farage says he will reopen Port Talbot steel works. Nigel Farage vows to bring coal mines back to Wales and ‘reindustrialise’ the country
– ADVISORY: Sally, disabled lady, on her ESA benefits being cut. Crips Against Cuts – a genocide against disabled people. Cripps Against Cuts Protest in Bristol
– A Crips Against Cuts Bristol protestor said: “The system is broken, people are dying, people are dead. We stand here today for those who couldn’t. For those who have died. For those who are no longer able to figh
– Our government intentionally kills its own people It’s death by government policy Not by bullets not by bombs by cruelty in a soup by paperwork soaked up in blood
– NATO Summit in Netherlands 24-25 June – mass anti-war demonstration at the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague on June 24-June 25. “NATO is an offensive organization,”
– President of Burkino Faso, Ibrahim Traore, on why press has no African success stories – because then powerful nations can’t come in to ‘help’ and take over Africa’s abundant resources
– Burkina Faso’s junta leader has captured hearts and minds around the world A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso’s military ruler
– Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the clutches of Western imperialism and neo-colonialism
– Todd Rider latest: Nazis developing nuclear weapons 1st during WW2 – So Israel are using Nazi nuclear weapons technology, subs supplied direct from Germany!
– Summer 1945 interrogations of Rudolf Zinsser, a German pilot, revealed electromagnetic effects, and multiple colors from beta decay of the fission products in the mushroom cloud that were not public knowledge at that time
– NOT The BCfm Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling
https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2025/06/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-243/
June 13, 2025, 8:24 p.m.
This week on the show, hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah speak with Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories about international law and ending the genocide in Palestine. They discuss the role of the Palestinian Authority, the impact of the Madleen that tried to break the siege on Gaza and she teases her upcoming report on private sector complicity in the politcal economy of genocide. On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer tells us about Israeli special forces hit by a deadly ambush as a series of Qassam operations called the Stones of David continue.
This episode highlights the interviews and reports from our livestream broadcast of June 12th, 2025.
Sonic Café #439/Navigating the American Healthcare System
June 13, 2025, 8:04 p.m.
Sonic Café, yeah some days, it is hard to be human. That’s the amazing Betty LaVette from her 2023 LP LaVette! So ahh welcome to the café, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 439. This time the Sonic Café navigates the American Healthcare System. Listen for the gang from Southpark, as they jump through hoops in an attempt to get there health insurance to pay a claim. Funny stuff, because it’s so close true. Our music mix is from 55 years, and includes great covers, listen for Scary Pockets with Stuck in the Middle with you, the Violent Femmes with Breaking up is Hard to do, and finally Lauren Ruth Ward, with the Divinyls classic, I touch myself. We’ll also toss in some 80’s tunes, with Split Enz and INXS. Also great jazz from Wayne Shorter, and of course many more. Oh and before we forget, a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor. From the maker of Clear Blue, it’s Clear Dad, the first pregnancy test for Dad’s, because for the biggest moment of your life you have to be sure, ahh both of you. So let’s do this thing, from 1968 this is Traffic, and we’re the Sonic Café.
Benjamin Franklin – Ralph Archbold — "Two Visits with Benjamin Franklin Part Two"
June 13, 2025, 5:08 a.m.
This is the second of two archived visits with Benjamin Franklin, as portrayed by Ralph Archbold.
Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a young man and became an inventor, printer, scientist, author, governor, activist in the war for independence from England, an ambassador to France, and the first post master general in the United states, among a multitude of many other accomplishments. Ralph Archbold has portrayed Benjamin Franklin in theater, for conventions, and in the media for over 30 years.
Benjamin Franklin, through the person of Ralph Archbold, met with me in Franklin Court where his home and printshop were located, in Philadelphia. We met on July 18, 1994. We discussed his early life, his inventions and his role in the cessation from England and the formation of the United States. We began our conversation when I first asked him when he first came to Philadelphia.
The book Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Archbold recommend is “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.”
Christopher Black fought for justice
June 12, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Commentary # 1 Christopher Black (1959-2025): Successfully defended his client at the UN Tribunal for Rwanda, and accused the Court of serving Western powers. A memorable and exemplary fighter for justice.
Commentary # 2:
Trump increases tariffs on Canada, Carney & co. increases hostility to China & asks to be part of the Golden Dome. Playing with fire to please oligarchs.
June 12, 2025, 10:24 p.m.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Japan, France 24, and Cuba.
Welfare not Warfare! Stop Golden Dome! Reduce Military Spending! Resist the G7 Summit!
June 12, 2025, 8:48 p.m.
Today on the Global Research News Hour, we are looking at plans by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to boost military spending to 2 percent of the GDP of his country in just a few months, his apparent embrace of the unproven Golden Dome missile defense shield and what stakes await Canadians who want to stop war, not start new ones (especially those of a nuclear nature.) In our first half hour, the scientist Theodore Postol of MIT joins us to explain why the Missile Defense shield today,, like missile defense in the 1980s is more science fiction than science fact and why alternatives would be far more preferable to this insanely expensive strategy. Then in our second half hour, we sit down with Tamara Lorincz of the Canadian Voice Women for Peace to discuss the false vision of a more peaceful world through increasing and expensive military strength and how to refute these claims in Canada. Finally, Alberta organizer Morrigan Johnson representing the Canada-Wide peace and justice network explains what is wrong with the G7 leaders meeting in his province this weekend and about the activities pushing back against an agenda not in the interest of the Canadian or the world’s people.
June 12, 2025, 8:14 p.m.
13 for the road. Wherever you roam the world is your home! New music this hour from the borderlands between Denmark and Germany from Drones & Bellows, Italian Celtic with a Canadian singer from Willos. Livin' High On Highland Life with Barleyjuice and a Cosmic Celtic from The Breath. In, out and all about, it's Celt In A Twist!
World Beat Canada Radio June 14 2025
June 12, 2025, 8:10 p.m.
Fast-tracking the future with a full hour of sizzling new spins, from Italian DJ, Didje Doo, Tunisa remixed from Sinouj, updated Cabo Verdean funana by Grupo Pilon, electro Jamaican roots courtesy Runkus, and chill spy vibes debut from Sonova. All new including a dub tribute to Curtis Mayfield's Superfly. World Beat Canada Radio!
Electronic Intifada Newscast 12 June 2025
June 12, 2025, 6:12 p.m.
Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from June 5th to June 12th, 2025.
If Music Could Talk - June 1 2025
June 12, 2025, 4 a.m.
If Music Could Talk - June 8 2025
June 12, 2025, 1:31 a.m.
June 12, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy are more then just TV shows....they're music oozing of cheeze too.....The limburger lounge is especially stinky and it's a cost effective trip to hawaii with 50 guitars.....we didn't throw them into the luggage though, which was probably a good thing
Canadian archival films provide insight into work
June 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Canadian archival films provide insight into work, technology, and political prejudices of a century ago.
Between the Lines for June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025, 2:18 p.m.
June 14th Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office; Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law; Trump – GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, lowered elec. bills.
No ICE Raids, No Trump! | Plus: Bob Avakian Responds to the Anti-Revolution Haters
June 11, 2025, 5 a.m.
Rafael Kadaris, the fascist terror of ICE Gestapo. People standing up against ICE, the June 14 protests in DC and everywhere, and the urgent demand: The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go NOW! Interview with Alfonso Morales. Bob Avakian, “How do you deal with the ugly and dangerous attacks against you?” (The Bob Avakian Interviews, 2022) Further reflections on what's behind the unprincipled attacks on Bob Avakian, which have gotten worse. The genocide in Gaza continues...Do Not Be Complicit.
Trump’s Challenge to the Judicial Branch / The Powers of the Judiciary with Vladimir Gagic
June 11, 2025, 4:06 a.m.
Today’s guest, Vladimir Gagic, is an independent nonpartisan political and legal commentator, former lawyer, and social media influencer found online at @ToxikVlad
In the first half of the show, we examine Trump’s challenges to the Judiciary Branch of the government, and ways that Republican leadership are ensuring the strengthening of the Executive Branch. We discuss the protests in Los Angeles and the legal justification for Trump deploying the National Guard.
In the second half of the show, we discuss the justification for the legal attacks on Trump and from Trump and examine the merits of the cases. We also discuss the powers of the judiciary in this country.
Alastair Crooke: Moscow's Silence and Moscow's Threats
June 11, 2025, 12:46 a.m.
Judge Andrew Napolitano welcomes former British diplomat and geopolitical analyst Alastair Crooke to discuss Russia’s response to the recent, June 1,2025, NATO-backed drone attacks on strategic Russian airfields.
But before going to Alastair Crooke, here is a brief comment on the same topic by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. Sachs has worked as an economic adviser to governments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.
Before he retired Alastair Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. Judge Andrew Napolitano served as Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995 and became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title “Judging Freedom”
Judge Napolitano interviewed Alastair Crooke on June 9, 2025. You can watch the video of the conversation for free on YouTube under the title: Alastair Crooke: Moscow's Silence/Moscow's Threats
DATE: June 4 and 9, 2025
LOCATION: INTERNET
Pam Walaski and Crystal Kolden: Dealing With Extreme Temps
June 10, 2025, 8:36 p.m.
As summer season starts to heat up, it’s important to remember that soaring temps endanger the lives of millions. Unfortunately, the federal government is not doing much to help. There are absolutely no federal statutes guaranteeing the rights of workers to legally leave their workplace to prevent heat injury (incidentally, as we discussed in previous episodes of Sea Change Radio, there are no federal laws protecting incarcerated people from extreme temperatures, either). This week on Sea Change Radio we speak with Pam Walaski, the President of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), about the heat-related health workplace guidelines her organization is trying to introduce into OSHA standards. Then we dig into the Sea Change Radio archives to learn more about wildfire prevention and safety from Crystal Kolden, a professor at UC Merced who’s also a former firefighter.
June 10, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
June 10, 2025, 4:37 p.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happ
Roots Of My Heritage With Danny Hensley
June 10, 2025, 4:22 p.m.
Bluegrass Gospel music with Host Danny Hensley. Roots of My Heritage celebrates the music I grew up with and still enjoy to this day. A one hour program that is broadcast live and recorded for distribution for radio stations across the globe through iTunes, RSS.com, Radio4all, Podbean and of course SoundCloud.
Broadcast locally in Powell, Tennessee on 91.7 FM Community Radio and streaming world wide on www.sbbradio.org
Episode 243 June 8, 2025 A cornucopia of fun, vintage music
June 10, 2025, 1:57 p.m.
I found another good pile of old records for Backbeat this week including one from Sister Rosetta Tharpe that doesn't appear on the usual CD compilations, so we'll spin the 78. We've also got a vintage recording from The Tennessee Chocolate Drops that forces us to ponder the question What is country music?
June 10, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
1. Rise - Headnodic + Jazz Mafia feat. Genra & Ozay Moore
2. Ulmer Scale - The Doppelgangaz
3. Knock It Off Will Ya - Double X Posse
4. Golden Era Shine (Gravy Sparks remix) - The Gemini Twins (Prop Dylan & Mr Noun) feat. Awon
5. Sylver Love Messin Me Up - Tall Black Guy
6. LUV2CU - Davu Flint
7. Hope, Growth and Opportunity - Shaheed & DJ Supreme feat. Slug
8. On The 5th Avenue with Austin & Marlyn - Kaydron
9. Survival of the Fittest instrumental - Havoc
10. 4 Tha Love instrumental - DJ Premier
11. cheap peas - Packed Rich
12. Flow State - Chadio & The Gumshoe Strut
13. Can't Stop Rockin' (Tribute) Fat Laces remix - Jemini The Gifted One
14. Remain Strong - Jinnahcide feat. Masta Ace and Wordsworth
15. Fly Sh*t - Ricks 73 feat. El Da Sensei and Sadat X
16. Plutocracy - Mickey O'Brien feat. Lee Reed
17. Ill Duo - DJ Access & DJ Crypt
18. Be Careful - Dumi Right feat. Speech, YZ, El Da Sensei and Nathaniel Star
19. Fine - KLIM & Keyness
The Scrubbing of the USNS Harvey Milk & more global LGBTQ news!
June 9, 2025, 11:29 p.m.
The U.S. Navy tries to sink Harvey Milk’s memory; queer job rights are threatened by a straight woman’s U.S. Supreme Court win, Puerto Rico’s nonbinary and gender non-conforming people win a birth certificate “X” option, Texas’ “Don’t Say Gay” law will ban Gay-Straight Alliances, author Edmund White’s own story ends, and Missoula adopts the rainbow flag to defy Montana’s Pride ban.
Those stories and more this week when you discover “This Way Out.”
Today's Bluegrass With Host Danny Hensley
June 9, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
This episode of Today's Bluegrass contains all new music most that has come in to the station in the past week or so.
The show can be heard on Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio five times each week. Monday at 9 AM, Tuesday at 12 AM, Thursday and Friday at 11 PM and Saturday at 3 AM - all times Eastern.
Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio can be tuned in locally at 91.7 FM Community Radio and streaming world wide at www.sbbradio.org
We are WSBB - Digital Broadcasting Radio.
Today's Bluegrass With Host Danny Hensley
June 9, 2025, 8:48 p.m.
This episode of Today's Bluegrass contains all new music most that has come in to the station in the past week or so.
The show can be heard on Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio five times each week. Monday at 9 AM, Tuesday at 12 AM, Thursday and Friday at 11 PM and Saturday at 3 AM - all times Eastern.
Southern Branch Bluegrass & Gospel Music Radio can be tuned in locally at 91.7 FM Community Radio and streaming world wide at www.sbbradio.org
We are WSBB - Digital Broadcasting Radio.
Episode 626: Bardstown Bourbon Co and Blackwood
June 9, 2025, 4:35 p.m.
SIPS – We dive into a selection of remarkable bourbons from Bardstown Bourbon Company and Blackwood Distilling! Our hosts will take you through tastings of the Silver Oak Cast Finish and Cathedral French Oak Finish bourbons, along with an array of Blackwood expressions including the Toasted Bourbon and Single Barrel Rye. Expect lively discussions, entertaining banter, and our unique sip ratings as we explore the flavors and nuances of these exquisite spirits. Tune in for a spirited ride, and find out which whiskeys earn the coveted SIPS ratings!
June 8, 2025: Me mueve el tambó
June 9, 2025, 3:10 a.m.
Comrades, get ready for Brivele's Yiddish folk against fascism; the rediscovery of Ibex Band of Ethiopia's Stereo Instrumental Music; champeta from Colombia's Caribbean coast, including new tracks from veteran bands Grupo Son San and Estrellas del Caribe; Bejuco pairs currulao with Afrobeat; another veteran band makes a comeback: Grupo Pilon from Cabo Verde via Luxembourg; zouk and mini jazz from the French Antilles