Mystic-skeptic Radio Show

Artistic Director Ben Donenberg presents a new, exciting perspective on a question that has haunted Shakespeare and The Merchant of Venice scholars: How could English literature’s greatest Renaissance humanist have written such an anti-Semitic play and created, in Shylock, perhaps the most infamous Jewish literary character? Ben Donenberg presented at the 35th Annual Conference for the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies on August 12, 2025.Mystic-Skeptic Radio produces programs such as Uncensored & Raiders of the Unknown. Some of the ongoing series are: Anti-Semitism Rising & Jesus The Israelite (all available on our YouTube channels). In the past 10 seasons we have featured academics (Amy Jill Levine) , presidential candidates( Howie Hawkins), Commentators (Jay Michaelson) , Advocates (Vanessa Guillen), Scholars(John Dominic Crossan) and Holistic Healers (Rosemary Gladstar). We have taken deep dives on the topics of human trafficking, ancient civilizations, demonology and the occult, social movements,