Loving Thy Enemy with Adar Weinreb

Adar Weinreb is on the podcast today! Adar Weinreb is a social activist currently residing in Tel Aviv, Israel. He dedicates his free time to building bridges between Israelis and Palestinians and has a podcast of his own called Standing Up where he interviews activists from around the world. In this episode, we discuss: How Adar learned to see himself in Hamas terrorists as an Israeli soldier, how lifetimes of fear-based teachings become hate, my own shameful experiences of “othering” people in Israel, how connection is the solution for bridging fear-based divides, what’s really a “safe space”, why we tend to not normalize our enemies, the demoralization of Israeli and Palestinian communities and why most people don’t become activists even when they really believe in the cause, Viktor Frankel, existentialism, and suffering, how privilege affects morality, and the challenges of altruism.