The Beinart Notebook
Peter Beinart
Politics, Foreign Policy and (occasionally) the Jews
Created 29 Sep 2020
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The Texas Synagogue Attack and the Duality of American Jewish Life17 Jan 2022 • about 5 hours ago • 4 min read • 33 17I’ll send this week’s regular newsletter—with details about the Zoom call—tomorrow. For now, some brief thoughts on this weekend’s attack in Texas. On Saturday, a man demanding the release of a Pakist...
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Thomas Wright and Anatol Lieven on the Ukraine Crisis12 Jan 2022 • < 1 min read • 1 0We’re back at our normal time this week, Friday from Noon-1 ET. We’ll use the normal link, which is below. No registration required. Our guests this week are two insightful analysts of American foreig...
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The Book of Exodus and The Case for Palestinian Refugee Return10 Jan 2022 • 7 min read • 11 32Writing about politics is my job. Studying Jewish texts is my hobby. But sometimes they intersect. Sometimes Jewish texts help make political ideas that many Jews find terrifying—like Palestinian refu...
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How Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Changed His Mind04 Jan 2022 • < 1 min read • 3 0You’re receiving this reminder a day early because we’re holding this week’s Zoom call on Wednesday, January 5, at Noon ET, not the usual Friday. Our guest will be Hanan Schlesinger, a West Bank rabbi...
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2021: The Year Palestinians Entered America’s Debate over Israel-Palestine03 Jan 2022 • 6 min read • 12 7For my entire adult lifetime, the mainstream American conversation about Israel-Palestine—the one you watch on cable television and read on the opinion pages—has been a conversation among political Zi...
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No Zoom Call this Friday, December 2422 Dec 2021 • < 1 min read • 3 0There won’t be one next Friday, December 31, either. Our next call will be on Wednesday (not the usual Friday), January 5 at Noon ET. We’ll use the normal link: https://journalism-cuny.zoom.us/j/94234...
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Why Donald Trump Doesn’t See American Jews as Americans20 Dec 2021 • 4 min read • 15 32I wasn’t planning to write a newsletter today. But then Donald Trump offered his thoughts about American Jews. He can’t resist. Neither can I. ---------------------------------------------------------...
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Professors Alan Johnson and Leila Farsakh on Whether Israel is a Settler-Colonial State15 Dec 2021 • < 1 min read • 5 2The claim that Israel is a “settler-colonial” state—created by foreign conquerors who displaced and dominated the native population—is a staple of pro-Palestinian commentary. This Friday, Leila Farsak...
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Are Zionists more antisemitic than anti-Zionists?13 Dec 2021 • 7 min read • 17 65Probably. The evidence suggests not only that anti-Zionism doesn’t equal antisemitism but that while some anti-Zionists are indeed antisemites, Jew-hatred in the United States and Europe is more preva...
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Trita Parsi on Who Killed the Iran Nuclear Deal08 Dec 2021 • < 1 min read • 5 1First, hawks in Washington told us Iran wouldn’t comply with the nuclear deal. But Iran did. Then they told us that it didn’t matter that Iran was complying because the deal was lousy and the US could...
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