Building Jewish Community in an Age of Cancel Culture with Zibby Owens

Mijal Bitton and Noam Weissman sit down with award-winning author and media entrepreneur Zibby Owens to explore what it means to publicly embrace Jewish identity after October 7th. Zibby shares her journey from a largely secular literary figure to an outspoken Jewish advocate. They discuss cancel culture, Zionism, the challenges Jewish authors face in publishing, and the power of Jewish moms stepping up.

Note: This conversation was recorded before the Iran-Israel War in June, 2025.

On Being Jewish Now (zibbymedia.com/products/on-being-jewish-now), Edited by Zibby Owens.

Zibby Media (zibbymedia.com/collections/shop-collection?srs…)

Link to the documentary: October 8 (october8film.com)

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