Penny Rosenwasser interviews and presentations on radio programs, in videos and other media.
“I found your interview to be powerful and really helpful. You have such a generous and compassionate way of analyzing and explaining things, that people who I usually think of as on the ‘other side’ retain their complexity and humanity.”
—Feedback from Bay Area activist on April 2015 Mitch Jeserich interview on KPFA
“What a clear analysis, and grounded in such a generous heart.”
—Feedback on 2/14/19 interview on KPFA
“It was great information and guidance on how to understand and navigate the issues, I needed that.”
—Feedback on 2/14/19 interview on KPFA
Podcasts, Webinars, Interviews & Articles
- Hear Penny’s October 10, 2023, hour-long interview on KPFA fm with host Mitch Jesurich, including call-ins: The Palestine/Israel Conflict: Processing the Tragedy and Finding Justice
- Hear Penny speak about “Jewish Ancestral Healing” – an audio interview by Rae Abileah, in the series hosted by Taya Ma Shere, August 2022. Register here – for FREE – to receive the link to the hour-long interview
- Check out Penny’s virtual webinar: “Choosing Justice Despite our Fears: Uprooting Internalized Antisemitism & White Supremacy” at the Boulder Jewish Community Center and moderated by Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, November 14, 2021
- Read Penny’s story in 16 Days of Feminist Activism: “Solidarity with Indigenous Women Water-Protectors: 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations”
- Webinar: “Challenging Antisemitism with Communal Solidarity”, 3/21/21, from Kehilla Synagogue, with Rabbi David Cooper, Penny Rosenwasser, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, Binya Koatz and Liz Jackson
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Hear Penny at: 13:55 (6 min.) and 1:13:41 (3 min.) 
- Watch Penny on Facebook Live, August 2020, speaking on Intergenerational Jewish Trauma: Rachel Kaplan of Temple Beth El in Hollywood, FL, interviews Penny on “Nosh & Schmooze: Episode 16”
- “6 Places Resisting Fear with Compassionate Defiance” YES! Magazine
- Ithaca Times: “Owning Up to Who You Are to Fight Racism”
- The Justice (Brandeis student paper): “Author speaks on historical Jewish involvement in social justice.” By Rebecca Hersch. Published 02/08/16. See also this synopsis from Brandeis.
- The Jewish Journal of Massachusetts: “Putting Hope into Practice, Local Temples Host Interactive Events”
- Activist crowd-sourcing 101: self-publishing guru Carla King interviews Penny about how she so effectively raised funds for her book tour.
- Cleveland Jewish News
- Ukiah Daily Journal
Radio Interviews
- LISTEN to Penny’s interview about anti-Semitism on KPFA radio, February 2019, including about Ilhan Omar
- LISTEN to BRAND NEW interview with Penny, February 2019, about Ilhan Omar and generally about anti-Semitism, on KPFA: Mitch Jeserich’s “Letters & Politics” show.
- Interview with Penny, from KGNU Radio in Boulder, December 2017
- LISTEN to the half-hour radio show from “Making Contact” featuring excerpts of Penny’s event for KPFA radio in Berkeley, CA, called “Choosing Justice Over Fear.” It’s beautifully produced and includes activists reading brief excerpts from Hope into Practice.
- Interview with host Mitch Jeserich on “Letters & Politics,” KPFA, Berkeley CA, April 8, 2015
- Interview with host Brian Edwards-Tiekert on “Up Front,” KPFA, Berkeley, CA, Apr 8, 2015. Penny’s interview begins 33 minutes in.
- Interview with Reena Katz in Toronto, “Republic of Love: art, cultural resistance and sacred mysticism,” June 2015.
- Interview with Kate Raphael on KPFA Women’s Magazine, Berkeley, CA, Nov 11, 2013.
- Interview with Elaine Holtz, “Women’s Spaces,” December 2014. Note: When you go to the Women’s Spaces url given above, the Women’s Spaces radio show will auto play from the beginning of Elaine’s one hour program, but you can push the audio slider to about 29:00 (29 minutes in) to begin listening at the start of Penny’s interview.
- Interview on KGNU, Boulder CO, with Maeve Conran, March 2015.
- Interview on Northern Spirit Radio, “Justice Powered from Healing Within”, July 2014. Posting your comments below this interview (on the Northern Spirit Radio website) gives Penny more visibility!
- Interview with Ariana Manov on the January 28 edition of “Feminist Magazine” on KPFK-FM 90.7 fm in Los Angeles. The interview begins around 13:47 in the show.
- Interview with Barry Vogel from Radio Curious (in Ukiah, CA, but syndicated elsewhere), May 5, 2014
Videos
- “Is Opposing Israel’s Policies Anti-Semitic?” Penny Rosenwasser, Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center, Boulder, CO, Mar 2, 2015 / YouTube
