The Keeper - Solidarity Sabbath Season
In 2020, the Lantos Foundation announced a special Solidarity Sabbath season of the The Keeper podcast. In a time of social distancing, we stood virtually with the Jewish community all over the world as we brought listeners an entire season of The Keeper focused exclusively on anti-Semitism. Hosted by Lantos Foundation President Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, The Keeper features in depth conversations about the most pressing matters of justice in our world and welcomes some of the most important human rights leaders of our time as guests in an effort to bring listeners episodes which are entertaining, thought- provoking, meaningful, and inspiring. The Solidarity Sabbath season guests included Holocaust survivors, historians, and those on the frontlines of the modern fight against anti-Semitism.
An Ancient Hatred
Guest : David Nirenberg
We welcome David Nirenberg, Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School, as we take a deeper look at the origins and history of Anti-Semitism. This episode provides context for the opening of our special Solidarity Sabbath season devoted exclusively to the subject of anti-Semitism and how we can combat it.
Highways of Hate
Guest : Yigal Carmon
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) researches the most disturbing examples of extreme anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. MEMRI President Yigal Carmon is increasingly seeing the internet as the major vector of hate speech - raising questions about who should be held responsible for allowing such hate to spread online unchecked.
Special Envoy Elan Carr
A conversation to bring you into the 21st century of anti-Semitism with a conversation with Elan Carr, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Carr speaks about his work in the fight against anti-Semitism – what keeps him up at night, and what encourages him and gives him hope for the future.
a humanitarian with a bucket and a scraper
Guest : Irmela Mensah-Schramm
This episode offers the story of Irmela Mensah-Schramm, a grantee of the Lantos Foundation’s Front Line Fund, who removes every anti-Semitic sticker, poster, or graffiti that she comes across. There is no organization backing her, no funding from any government agency – just a woman with a bucket, a scraper and an inner moral compass that we should all seek to emulate.
Survivors
Guests : Kati Preston & Ervin Rodin
The Holocaust was the most extreme and horrific example of anti-Semitism the world has ever seen. Yet, somehow Jewish survivors of this atrocity were able to emerge from this dark time with their spirits unbroken and with a deep sense of their responsibility to ensure that such horrors never happen again.
