Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza : a reckoning / Peter Beinart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beinart, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023--Influence.

October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023.

Israel-Hamas War, 2023---Influence.

Israel-Hamas War, 2023-.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Palestinian Arabs--Relations--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs.

Israel--Relations--Palestinian Arab.

Israel.

Physical Description:

172 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Summary:

"In Peter Beinart's view, one story has long dominated Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of sacred Jewish tradition and history, and also warps our understanding of modern history. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, he argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew? Beinart imagines an alternate story that would draw on other nations' efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish history. A story in which Jews have the right to equality, not supremacy, and in which Jewish and Palestinian safety are not mutually exclusive but intertwined. One in which we inhabit a world that recognizes the infinite value of all human life, beginning in the Gaza Strip. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative and fearless argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral nuance, and a clear vision for the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: We need a new story

They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat

To whom evil Is done

Ways of not seeing

The new new Antisemitism

Korach's Children.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-172) and index.

ISBN:

9780593803899

0593803892

OCLC:

1440668870