Two Nice Jewish Boys is a weekly[2] Israeli English-language podcast. It is hosted by Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein. The podcast is about Israeli life, society, and politics, and has hosted a number of prominent guests.
| Two Nice Jewish Boys | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein |
| Genre | Talk |
| Format |
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| Language | English |
| Production | |
| Video format | YouTube |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 2016 |
| Provider | YouTube (2017–present) |
| Related | |
| Website | 2njb |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Subscribers | 7,8k[1] |
| Total views | 977k[1] |
Last updated: September 24, 2024 | |
History
editTwo Nice Jewish Boys was established in 2016[2] by Naor Meningher and Eytan Weinstein. Meningher, an independent film maker who moved to Israel from Birmingham, Alabama, around 2007, Weinstein, who grew up in Israel, met at Tel Aviv University's Steve Tisch School of Film and Television. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post in 2017, Meningher stated that his motivation to start the podcast were "Zionism and his love for Israel"; Weinstein felt that an English-language podcast would benefit people who had recently moved to Israel. Both said that Two Nice Jewish Boys was also aimed at the Jewish community outside Israel.[3][4] Since 2017, the podcast has been hosted on The Jewish Journal.[5]
The success of Two Nice Jewish Boys, which is self-funded, led to the creation of The Melting Podcast, which is hosted by Meningher and published by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in 2017. The Melting Podcast is likewise aimed at English-speaking immigrants to Israel.[3]
The podcast has hosted a number of high-profile guests, including Michael Oren, Dan Shechtman, Chaim Topol, Ania Bukstein, Tamar Zandberg, Robert Aumann, Deborah Lipstadt, Uri Geller, and Moshe Koppel.[2][3][6][4]
Controversies
edit2021 response to John Oliver
editIn 2021, John Oliver criticised Israel's response to rocket fire from Gaza on Last Week Tonight, noting an imbalance of power between Israel and Palestine. Weinstein posted a negative response to Oliver's criticism on the Two Nice Jewish Boys YouTube channel.[4] The video was removed for violating YouTube's hate speech policy, but later reinstated.[7]
2024 comments on the war in Gaza
editIn September 2024, Two Nice Jewish Boys drew criticism for an episode about the war in Gaza. In the episode Weinstein stated that if he was given "a button to just erase Gaza", he "would press it in a second", and claimed that this reflected the feelings of Israelis in general.[8] The clip was later set to private.[9] In an online argument, Weinstein denied that this was a call for genocide, and called his statement a "hypothetical". Around the same time, X removed a tweet from the podcast's account calling for the destruction of Gaza.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "About Two Nice Jewish Boys". YouTube.
- ^ a b c Bendix, Deborah (2018-10-29). "Die Jungs von nebenan". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ a b c Spiro, Amy (2017-08-13). "Two nice Jewish podcasts". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ a b c שניאור, ניצן סניור (2017-02-24). "הקול היהודי". Mako (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Two Nice Jewish Boys". The Australian Jewish News. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Segal, David; Kershner, Isabel (2023-03-20). "Who's Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two Americans". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Yaron, Oded (2023-08-04). "These 'Nice Jewish Boys' Answered John Oliver. YouTube Called It Hate Speech". Haaretz. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Israeli podcasters laugh about 'erasing Gaza'". Middle East Monitor. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Mahdawi, Arwa (2024-09-06). "Israeli podcasters are laughing about genocide. What would it take to stop?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Said, Suzanne Abou (2024-09-05). "Israeli podcasters muse over 'erasing every being in Gaza'". The New Arab. Retrieved 2024-09-24.