Being Jewish with Jonah Platt

Jonah Does CNN and KIND Founder Daniel Lubetzky

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Mar 17, 2026

Daniel Lubetzky

Daniel Lubetzky, Mexican-American entrepreneur who founded KIND and several bridge-building initiatives. He discusses launching social enterprises like PeaceWorks and OneVoice, mourning his father and how ritual shaped his purpose, the Builders Movement’s builders vs. destroyers framework, and using education, media, and civic work to promote cooperation over division.

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How Mourning Fueled Two Major Launches

Daniel Lubetzky traced his bridge-building mission to his Holocaust-survivor father and a Mexican Jewish upbringing that modeled kindness and connection.
After his father died Lubetzky did daily Kaddish, launched KIND and OneVoice, and says prayer grounded his purpose during that intense year.

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Trade Creates Durable Local Bridges But Not Scale

PeaceWorks used trade to create vested economic interests between Israelis and Arabs to sustain cooperation across conflict lines.
It produced multi-generational relationships and scaled micro successes but never achieved economic sustainability and closed after 25 years.

INSIGHT

Media Makes Extremists Seem Like The Majority

Media amplification of extremists, not moderates, explains why grassroots coexistence can vanish amid violence.
Lubetzky found TV in the Middle East showcased extreme imagery on both sides, drowning out moderates and enabling polarization.

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