Yassine Meskhout is a public defender, a Moroccan, an anarchist, a liberterian, a cyclist (*shudder*) and now, our new best friend. We’ve become obsessed with his writing since his viral November 2023 essay “The Jewish Conspiracy To Change My Mind” and the banger, “Why I write About the Jews”. We talk to Yassine about working with criminals, trying to figure out why some of his friends were celebrating on October 7th, why ICE shouldn’t shoot Mandy Patinkin, and how his father, who believes Israel created ISIS, also believes the Jews should have their own state.
Scroll down to the bottom for a fun Israeli-Moroccan inspired Spotify Playlist!
Also:
First things first - would an ex-Jew fool Hitler?
Escaping the lack of McDonalds in Morocco through the diversity lottery.
DJ Smack-that-ass, Esq.
The life of a public defender - eleven magic words.
The system works, mostly.
Minnesota, ICE, and what expectations we should have from law enforcement.
Trying to understand the celebrations of October 7th.
Doubling down on Islam as a kid
This amazing story about Yassine’s father:
Western leftists - please find meaning elsewhere.
The hard truth Jews need to hear - not everyone is an antisemite, some of them are just stupid.
Everyone needs to stop being so confident.
Leave a white woman, take a white woman.
Also, yesterday was Chaya Leah’s favorite holiday, Holocaust Rememberance Day (and no, not “pick your favorite genocide” awareness day, UN).
This old clip has also been making the rounds, and you have to watch it in it’s entirety. It will make you proud to be a human.
Finally, I made a playlist for our guest that i’m delighted to share with you all of Israeli Moroccan-inspired music! It’s public so feel free to add your own songs if I missed any good ones:
