{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Thin Veil with Ezra Lipp","title":"Sex, Drugs & Israeli Nationalism: Zionist Indoctrination at Jewish Summer Camp w/ Aaron Kreuter","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/73cad5f8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2849,"description":"In this episode of The Thin Veil, host Ezra Lipp speaks with Canadian anti-Zionist Jewish writer, activist and academic Aaron Kreuter, author of Lake Burntshore, a novel set at a Jewish summer camp that explores Zionism, settler colonialism, Jewish identity, and the complicated relationship between diaspora Jews and Israel.\n\nThe conversation explores the strange and powerful world of North American Jewish sleep-away camp: the sense of living in an alternative society, the wealth and privilege that make that communal utopia possible, and the ways Zionism and Israeli nationalism can become embedded in the fabric of camp life.\n\nKreuter discusses Israeli soldiers serving as staff at North American Jewish summer camps, Israel programs and Birthright, military training programs for Jewish youth, and the broader project of shaping Jewish identity around the State of Israel.\n\nThis conversation also explores the connections Kreuter draws between settler colonialism in Canada and Palestine, and what it means for Jews living in Canada and the United States to reckon with the land beneath their own communities.\n\nFinally, the episode examines the growing divide between Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews after October 7th, the role of anti-Zionist Jewish writers and artists, and whether internal Jewish conversations about Zionism risk becoming a distraction from the urgent reality facing Palestinians.\n\nPlease Support Gaza Food Relief Project\n\nAARON KREUTER\nWEBSITE\nINSTAGRAM\n⭐️PLEASE LEAVE A RATING AND REVIEW OF THE SHOW\n\n❤️ SUPPORT THE SHOW\nLEAVE A ONE-OFF TIP ON KO-FI\nBECOME A REGULAR SUPPORTER ON PATREON\n\n 🇵🇸GET INVOLVED \nJEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE\nCONNECTING GAZA\n\n🎙 LISTEN / WATCH / FOLLOW THE THIN VEIL\nTHE THIN VEIL ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS\nTHE THIN VEIL ON YOUTUBE\nTHE THIN VEIL ON INSTAGRAM\n\n✍️REACH OUT / SEND FEEDBACK\nTHETHINVEILPOD@GMAIL.COM\n\n👋 FOLLOW EZRA\nEZRA ON INSTAGRAM\nEZRA ON FACEBOOK\nEZRA'S WEBSITE\nEZRA ON YOUTUBE\n\n🎵 THEME MUSIC BY MAGIC IN THE OTHER\nMAGIC IN THE OTHER...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fhBUvd45_rNnoJ7g61jw-mCpqqEbrbUP0UY24votLns/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDBm/OTU5ODQ3ODA4OTU0/OTU4MTcxNDM3ZGI1/N2NmNy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}