Vlad Khaykin is the Head of North American Advocacy for the Simon Wiesenthal Center (and a former ADL veteran). He approaches antisemitism the way a scientist approaches a virus: studying its architecture, its mutations, and why it keeps infecting new hosts across centuries.

This is an episode where you'll learn a tremendous amount about antisemitism's latest "mutation" - Anti-Zionism. Anti-Zionism isn't an abstract debate — it's an ideology with a body count, and millions of living Jews can tell you exactly what it looks like when it wins. Vlad also makes the case that internalized antisemitism is one of the most pressing problems facing the Jews today.

Connect with Vlad Khaykin on LinkedIn or Instagram @vkhaykin , and learn about the instrumental work of Simon Wiesenthal Center at https://wiesenthal.org/

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

03:45 Vlad's path from Soviet refugee to advocacy leader

07:20 What anti-Zionism actually did to Jewish communities

12:15 How the Soviets weaponized antisemitism

18:30 Antisemitism as an explanatory model, not a prejudice

24:10 There is no panacea for antisemitism

31:00 The Zionism terminology wars

36:45 Internalized antisemitism and the doll test parallel

44:20 The cost vs. value of being Jewish

49:30 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination