Noam Schuster-Eliassi, Israeli comedian and activist, on the current state of affairs in Israel, and her Iranian-Israeli identity
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🗓️ 25 January 2024
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Summary
From the very beginning of this current stage of the conflict, after the horrific events of October 7th, the first person I turned to for an understanding of what was happening was Noam Shuster-Eliassi. I’d been following her for a long time because of her comedy about Israel and Palestine.
I had so many questions to ask her, and was so incredibly grateful that she took the time to speak to me. There are no easy answers, and I will let the interview speak for itself. I thank you for taking the time to listen.
Related Links
- Noam’s speech from 2015
- Noam’s instagram page
- Standing Together- a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel/Palestine.
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| 0:00.0 | Learn Persian with Chaiang Conversation. |
| 0:02.7 | Growing up, Ironi interview with Noam Schuster Eliosi. So as I'm recording today, it is the 100th day since the October 7th attacks in Israel and the 100th day of the war in Gaza. |
| 0:37.3 | It's been an incredibly hard thing to witness, |
| 0:39.8 | and I found myself really leaning into the words of a comedian I followed for a really long time, |
| 0:45.4 | named Nome Schuster Eliassi. |
| 0:48.0 | Nome is an Israeli comedian and activist, |
| 0:50.5 | and she performs in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. |
| 0:54.0 | She was born to an Iranian-born Jewish mother |
| 0:56.6 | and a Jerusalem-born father whose parents were Holocaust survivors from Romania. Nome went viral |
| 1:03.9 | for a beautiful speech she delivered in 2015, and the speech was widely circulated in the days |
| 1:10.4 | after October 7th as well. |
| 1:12.5 | I want to share that full speech first. |
| 1:15.2 | It's four minutes long so you have context into her and her views |
| 1:18.4 | and then share with you my full interview with Noam. |
| 1:21.6 | I really hope you take time to listen to the full thing. |
| 1:24.8 | You are a traitor for thinking we can have peace with the Palestinians. |
| 1:29.9 | I am ashamed that you are one of my people. These were the final words of one of my relatives |
| 1:35.6 | right before coming here. My parents, when I was little, they decided to make my life very, |
| 1:41.5 | very complicated in the heat of the Oslo agreements when they still |
| 1:45.1 | had hope and they moved to the only intentionally mixed Israeli-Palestinian community |
| 1:50.4 | called the Oasis of Peace. |
| 1:52.5 | I was brought up dreaming, loving, laughing and crying in Hebrew and in Arabic. |
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