Why are the Jews targeted for hatred? Is it political, social, theological? Is anti-Zionism the same as antisemitism? Is there anything Jews can do to minimize hate? Take a brief tour of the history of hate. Along the way we will explore these and other questions with Rabbi David Wolpe and Gabby Deutch.

Rabbi David Wolpe is the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School. Author of eight books, including the national bestseller “Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times,” Wolpe has been named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek, among the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post and and twice named among the 50 most influential Angelinos by LA Magazine. He is the Senior Advisor at Maimonides Fund and the inaugural Rabbinic Fellow for the ADL. Rabbi Wolpe has taught at a number of universities before Harvard, including UCLA, Hunter college, Pepperdine and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and written for The NY Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Jerusalem Post among other newspapers and journals. Wolpe’s most recent book, “David: The Divided Heart,” a biography of King David, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book award and optioned for a movie by Warner Brothers.

Gabby Deutch is a Cambridge-based Senior National Correspondent at Jewish Insider, where she covers politics, foreign policy, and exciting trends in the Jewish world. Her reporting since October 7 has focused on rising antisemitism at American institutions and the Biden administration's response to antisemitism, the Hamas attacks, and the war in Gaza. Her work has been published in the Atlantic, Politico Magazine, Tablet, and the Washington Post.