About this episode

Jonah Platt shares his transformative experience joining a Muslim-Jewish delegation to Auschwitz, reflecting on the emotional weight of the visit and the connections made between the two communities.

Is it possible to build a bridge between Muslims and Jews? In this eye-opening monologue, Jonah Platt shares his transformative experience joining a Muslim-Jewish delegation to the annual March of the Living. Jonah visited Auschwitz and Birkenau for the first time, and traveled through Europe with 20 moderate Muslims committed to building bridges with the Jewish world.  Jonah reflects on the emotional weight of walking through the Nazi death camps on Yom HaShoah (Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day), the visceral reality of seeing Auschwitz in person, and the profound sense of Jewish belonging he felt standing on sacred ground. From a 21-year-old Sufi Sheikh who offered spiritual wisdom, to a brave French Moroccan student who endured antisemitic hate without ever denying her solidarity with the Jewish people, Jonah’s encounters shattered stereotypes, and revealed just how much more unites us than divides us.  Watch the original monologue on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxMJmjzjF-o More Ways To Connect with Being Jewish: Support the podcast directly by becoming a member of the Kehillah. To contact us & all things BJJP: www.BeingJewishPodcast.com Watch…

People in this episode

Host: Jonah Platt

Topics covered

• Muslim-Jewish relations
• Holocaust remembrance
• cultural exchange
• identity
• bridging divides

Keywords

• Auschwitz
• Birkenau
• Yom HaShoah
• Muslim-Jewish delegation
• cultural understanding
• antisemitism
• solidarity

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Auschwitz, Birkenau

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