National Geographic’s TV drama Genius is following the life of Albert Einstein, following the personal and professional travails of the great scientist. On tonight’s episode, Einstein (Geoffrey Rush) and his wife Elsa (Emily Watson), seeing the tide of anti-Semitism grow around them, must consider fleeing Germany, and a rising Nazi party.

Now, for the first time, you can watch an exclusive clip from tonight’s episode below, where Chaim Weizmann (played by Peter Jacobson), who would go on to be the first president of Israel, talks about pogroms with Einstein and tries to win the physicist over to Zionism’s cause:

What will Albert do? Read a history book to find out (you can start with this Tablet article), or watch the National Geographic channel, tonight at 9/8 p.m. c!

Photo from Genius.

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We are excited to premiere the first installment of our new weekly video feature. Every Friday, Bill Army and Audrey Lynn Weston, the young Jews of “Old Jews Telling Jokes” (yes, that’s possible), will bring you behind the scenes at the Westside Theatre for a look at what goes on when the curtain goes down at the hilarious new show.

Check out the first video, “Full Service Operation,” and then head over to Tablet’s Facebook page for a chance to win tickets to see the show.

Related: “Old Jews Telling Jokes Sweepstakes” [Tablet Magazine Facebook] Young Jews Blogging [Tumblr]

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Jewcy is excited to premiere Alisha Zalkin’s new song, “March to a Different Beat.” Zalkin, a singer-songwriter of Jewish and Mexican heritage, talks about her inspiration for the song:

“March To A Different Beat” came out of a conversation I had with my dad about his life growing up as a first generation American in the 1960′s and 1970′s. Both of his parents survived the Holocaust. His mother, my grandmother, actually was the youngest opera singer to be admitted into the Vienna Conservatory of Music, but she was forced to flee the country during WWII and was unable to attend. As the son of survivors, he carried the weight of his parents’ emotional struggles having to start all over again in a foreign country. He also grew up at a time when America was undergoing a cultural and political revolution. He found himself trying to bridge two very different realities.

“If my dad wasn’t who he is and hadn’t gone through what he went through,” Zalkin explains, “then I wouldn’t be who I am.”

Check it out, and tell us what you think!

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