Alana Newhouse, the Editor in Chief of Tablet Magazine, joins Erik and Antonio on this week's episode. Avid listeners will recall that Alana's essays about Brokenism have influenced many heated discussions on Moment of Zen. Here Alana goes deeper into unpacking our present moment, institutionalism vs anti-institutionalism, distrust, Judaism and spirituality, and more.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode preview
(03:00) Insitutionalists vs Anti-Institutionalists or Left vs Right?
(06:25) What is the Borg? What are their values?
(12:00) Skepticism of government
(15:30) Sponsor: Secureframe
(20:00) Untangling particular religious impulses, faith vs practice
(29:56) Misinformation
(31:39) Jewish notion of justice vs Christian notion of justice
(36:08) Who is 'The West' now?
(44:00) Divesting from current American institutions
(51:00) Tech and religion
(58:00) How Antonio got upsold on Judaism
(01:00:00) American Jews a decade ago and now
(01:06:00) Americans need to imagine a new world instead of stagnating
(01:14:00) Saudi Arabia's Realignment
(01:21:00) Revisiting the crux of the divide

WEEKEND READING
Brokenism by Alana Newhouse, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/brokenism-alana-newhouse

Disinformation by Jacob Siegel, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

Us and Them by Liel Liebovitz, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/zionism-liel-leibovitz

The Moses Option by Antonio Garcia Martinez, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/the-moses-option

Walter Mussell Read, The Arc of a Covenant https://www.amazon.com/Arc-Covenant-United-States-Israel/dp/0375414045

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