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‘Stranger Things’ actor Brett Gelman: ‘I woke up from being woke’

“The Quad,” Ep. 9

American actor Brett Gelman joins “The Quad” this week to discuss his journey from being a “woke” critic of Israel’s policy to becoming an outspoken supporter of the Jewish state. Gelman, together with fiancée (they got engaged in Israel in May) actor/singer Ari Dayan, describes what effect Oct. 7 has had on their Jewish identity and how Jews in Hollywood are afraid to support Israel vocally.

“The Quad” also discusses the global nature of the conflict, which goes far beyond the borders between Israel and Gaza. From the Houthis expanding their attacks on any international ship in the Red Sea to the continued attacks by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the current war has far-reaching implications for the Middle East and beyond.

And, of course, learn the Scumbags and Heroes of the Week!

JNS TV show with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (deputy mayor of Jerusalem), Emily Schrader (activist and journalist), Ashira Solomon (African-American Jew and political moderator) and Vivian Bercovici (former Canadian ambassador to Israel).
“I’m happy that the University of Washington, for literally the first time ever, has made the correct decision to not have an America-hating communist spread his hatred and terrible ideology to young people at our taxpayer funded universities,” Republican state representative Travis Couture told JNS.
The cohort includes 392 new immigrants—246 men and 146 women.
World Vision was found to have provided funding to a U.S. sanctioned organization, and Israel jailed its Gaza operations manager for diverting as much as $50 million to Hamas.
Democratic state representative Roger Goodman, co-chair of the legislative Jewish caucus, told JNS that it could be a “misstep” for the public school to invite the “divisive” commentator.