The Key to Being Jewish & Israeli-American activist Noa Tishby

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Jonah sits down with Israeli powerhouse Noa Tishby — author of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth, former Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism, producer of HBO’s In Treatment, and one of the most influential voices in modern Jewish advocacy. From the get-go, they explore a hard truth: Ending antisemitism is not a tangible goal to achieve, but a context in which we live.

Together, Jonah and Noa dive deep into:

🇮🇱 Noa’s unique journey from Israeli stardom to Hollywood success
🕍 The key differences between Israeli and American Jewish identity
📕Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew, the book she co-wrote with NFL star Emmanuel Acho
🔥 Noa’s take on the Iran threat, Gaza war, and what's happening in Judea & Samaria
📺 Behind-the-scenes on how she brought Peabody-winning series In Treatment to HBO
📸 The story behind her viral celebrity Hanukkah videos with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis, Gal Gadot, Tiffany Haddish, Van Jones, and Cindy Crawford
🎓Anti-Jew bigotry, Nova survivors, and having an impact on college campuses
📺 Plus: Noa’s must-watch TV picks, personal stories, laughs, and more

This is a no holds barred, no B.S. conversation – the Jewish advocacy crossover episode you’ve been waiting for!

Host & Production Team

Host: Jonah Platt; Produced by Rainbow Creative (Executive Producer: Matthew Jones; Story Producer: Sean Leviashvili; Editors: Patrick Edwards & Nathan Wheatley); Consulting Producer: Bethany Mandel; Research Associate: Samantha Greenwald; Executive Assistant: Josie Rothschild; Creative Associate: Rachel Stern; Social Media Manager: Yuval Yosha; Graphic Designer Noah Bell; Interns: Sasha Nelson & Emma Webb

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0:00.0	Shalom, Kavarim, Banot, and welcome to another very special episode of the world's number one Jewish podcast.
0:08.1	I have to ask for a small favor.
0:10.4	As an independent show, we don't have a massive marketing machine behind us.
0:14.6	Our growth is purely organic, fueled by dedicated viewers and listeners like you.
0:19.5	So if you would be so kind, please take 30 seconds,
0:24.0	head over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find this show, and leave me a five-star rating and a short
0:30.0	written review. I love seeing all of your thoughtful and generous feedback. Some of it has even
0:35.0	made it onto the show and may again. And as of this recording,
0:38.7	we are just eight ratings away from hitting 500 on Apple. Crossing that threshold would be a huge
0:44.3	milestone for us. It's a small mitzvah on your part, but it really is the fuel that allows us to
0:50.0	keep these amazing conversations going. so thank you in advance.
0:54.8	Unless you don't leave a rating, in which case you're a butt head.
0:58.0	I don't usually go full rabbi mode on these monologues, but today I want to explore
1:02.3	a theme I've been sitting with lately, and I think it's important to understand where this
1:06.1	idea is rooted.
1:07.6	So this time, I'm going to offer you a Bissell Dvartora. Bissell is Yiddish for a little,
1:12.8	and Dvartorah is Hebrew for a word of Torah, an insight derived from Jewish scripture.
1:18.9	Major shoutouts to BJJP Hall of Famer Sarah Hurwitz and my friend Chachy PT for their help with this
1:24.8	one. Okay, three bits of Jewish wisdom for you.
1:28.3	First, in the book of Breschit, or Genesis,
1:31.5	we have one of our most iconic stories
1:33.5	with one of humanity's most iconic lines.
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