We Were Never Lost w/ Rudy Rochman

This week I’m talking to Jewish-Israeli rights activist, filmmaker & former paratrooper Rudy Rochman. Since a very young age Rudy has been battling the rising tide of Jew Hatred and wherever he may have lived or worked. Not with anger or violence, but by exploring commonalities and finding reasons to bond. He talks about Jews’ indigenous rights to what is now the modern state of Israel AND Palestinian people’s liberation in the same breath. He also is on a mission to shed a light on communities of Jews that have been considered “lost” by the majority of world Jewry, currently making a Netflix-style documentary called We Were Never Lost. I’d been trying to record with Rudy for a long time, and we had it pencilled in. Whilst in Africa filming his documentary he and his film crew were arrested by Nigeria's secret police, suspected to be politically involved with the conflict between Biafran separatists and the Nigerian government. They were held for 20 days in horrendous conditions, and whilst that isn’t the bulk of this chat, how Rudy dealt with it and how he doesn’t want this experience to take the focus away from the African communities he’s working with all add to what a unique individual he truly is. Once the dust had settled, Rudy began touring all over the world to raise awareness of this project and I managed to catch him during a quick stopover in London. I’m extremely grateful that we managed to sit down in person to talk. wewereneverlost.com @rudy_israel linktr.ee/rudyrochman -- If you'd like to support Sod's Law you can become a Sod's Law patron at patreon.com/sodspod from as little as £1 /$1 a month - there are different tiers including ad-free episodes, giveaways and more! See podcast.co/privacy for privacy information.