Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: Peter Beinart in Conversation with Rabbi Emeritus Jonathan Kligler

Please join us as we welcome author Peter Beinart to Woodstock to discuss the themes of his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, with Rabbi Emeritus Jonathan Kligler. In Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, Beinart considers how a story of persecution and victimhood has come to dominate contemporary Jewish life, even as Israel is decimating the conditions of life for millions. That narrative, Beinart argues, both warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine and erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition. After more than a year of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza—and