Daniel Ryan Spaulding

Just finished recording a super fun, informative and engaging interview with @danielryanspaulding for an upcoming episode of @JNFUSA’s IsraelCast podcast. It’s an expansive conversation with the comedian, writer, Israel-advocate and voice of reason. Just so you don’t miss it, subscribe to IsraelCast wherever you get your podcasts. Plus, follow Daniel-Ryan on IG (if you don’t already), and check out his Substack at danielryanspalding.substack.com. Oh, and to honor my Chicago roots, he wore his vintage Cubs jacket just for me. #danielryanspalding #comedy #amyisraelchai #podcasts #Israel

I Wanted to Believe They Weren’t Monsters

By January 2024, I had made the difficult decision to discontinue my Off-Broadway show in New York City. There were two reasons.The first was that both the venue and I had been subjected to a relentless campaign of intimidation. Death threats, threats of boycotts, attempts to destroy my reputation,...

So proud to host the Beverly Hills Gala for American Friends of Unit 669 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israel’s most elite search & rescue combat unit 💪 Next Gala: Thursday Oct 15 in NYC — get your tickets at afu669.org — a beautiful, powerful night of solidarity for the world’s Bravest Heroes 👌

Ilhan Omar & the End of Identity Politics

The politics of joy, the rise of political Islamism, and what I witnessed on the ground in Minneapolis.

30 Years in 3

I feel as though thirty years have passed in three. And in some ways, they have.For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic occupying Iran has been constructing an enormous infrastructure of terror, surrounding the State of Israel with a jihadist ring of fire while extending its ideological infl...

A beautiful gathering in Beverly Hills 🇺🇸 for @sorokafriends displaying my friend @limorgarfinkle project @heroesoftruth 🇮🇱 photographing all the voices who spoke out on social media after Oct 7. So inspiring to hear Maya Regev’s @mayaregev__ survival story. 166 hostages🎗 survived their kidnapping — I light a candle for their healing & for the souls of the 85 hostages we lost & all the victims of Oct 7. And yes, the night ended the most LA Jewish way possible: @canters_deli

Gay & Zionist. Full podcast with @einatwilf on YouTube @einatwilf.politics #israel #usa #oct7 #strangedeathofeurope @nycmayor

Croatia Knows What Europe Is Forgetting

From Croatia to Israel, the ancient idea of peoplehood is colliding with a Western world that has forgotten what home means.

Anti-Zionist Jews 101 ✡️ Who are they? What do they believe? How is JVP connected to terror groups? Filmed with Amelia Adams @neuroticjewishgay @jvparody March 2024 Subscribe to my SUBSTACK danielryanspaulding.substack.com

Rainbow Wars: Socialism, Canada, and the Myth of Permanent Peace

I was raised on multiculturalism, anti-war politics and the promise that history only moved forward. Then October 7 taught me how fragile freedom really is.

Nicki, NAZA & the Stories We Tell

How Nicki Minaj, a film about Gaza, and three years of political upheaval taught me what happens when reality becomes too big for the stories we tell about ourselves.

🎙️NEW COMMON VOICES EPISODE COMING SOON🎙️ Stay tuned for a special conversation with Allied Voices for Israel (AVI)’s Founder @daniel_sababa and Comedian, Writer, proud ally, and power gay @danielryanspaulding 💙 Watch what happened when Daniel surprised other Daniel with AVI swag in the studio 🧢👕 #commonvoices

The Irish, the Jews, and the War for Happiness

From Ireland’s complicated relationship with Jews, to the maps that transformed the Middle East, to myths Canadians inherited: what happens when political mythology collides with historical facts.

Caroline Shinkle & the Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back

I thought the Democratic Party would eventually say enough. I was wrong.

Fighting Woke Antisemitism. Full podcast on YouTube @soothingsemantics by @rafi_the_realtor — we discuss a full range of Topics including the delusion of a 2 state solution — SUBSCRIBE to my SUBSTACK — 100$/yr danielryanspaulding.substack.com

Club Kid & the End of Berlin

Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid, the friends I made between Berlin and Tel Aviv, and what October 7 revealed about the culture we shared.

High holidays in Canada🇨🇦 Boy George mania in Vancouver, TIFF screening of Jordan Firstman’s debut feature Club Kid, Jewish staff Challah Bake at the CBC to educate 🙌, Rosh Hashanah @community_kollel, Rachel & John’s book event at @templesholomvancouver — new Substack essay — PAHLAVI IN CANADA— subscribe to read my writings there — danielryanspaulding.substack.com

Gay & Zionist. Full podcast with Dr. Einat Wilf @einatwilf on YouTube @ ozparty

The Lies Liberal Jews Tell to Stay on the Left

One of the most uncomfortable things I have watched recently was Chelsea Handler trying to discuss Israel with Jennifer Welch.

Michael Moore, Yuval Abraham & Europe’s Favorite Story

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 murdered Americans have been joined in our collective memory by another sacred ritual.