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How do the various cultures and institutions of Judaism vary from Moscow to the “Red Village” of Azerbaijan to the cities and college campuses of the West Coast of North America? This week, we met with Yana Naftalieva, president of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) to explore the varied textures of Jewish institutions and cultures.

This episode features an extended introduction where we discuss our own experiences engaging with Jewish student life on college campuses. We’re excited to introduce Alana Green, they/them, Jewish educator, leftist, organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace LA, photographer and designer, who is the newest member of our Diasporist collective. We all sat down to reflect on the unique history of WUJS and how it compares to other Jewish university institutions that we have experienced.

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Endless gratitude to Aly Halpert for continuing to let us use her music for our intro and outro, check her out: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ilJZ0nHG41CYddwNuP3f6?si=EH0Uy2JATLK0w-x-IAIIRA