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Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza — with Peter Beinart and Sarah Schwartz

Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza — with Peter Beinart and Sarah Schwartz

What's happening in Gaza is horrifying and shocking. As the world watches on, how are different Jewish communities reckoning with a war being waged in their name by Israel, against Hamas and the Palestinian people? This event was recorded at The Wheeler Centre on 27 May 2025 in partnership with the Jewish Council of Australia. Speakers Peter Beinart Author, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning and The Crisis of Zionism Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents Magazine Fellow, Foundation for Middle East Peace Regular contributor, New York Times and MSNBC Sarah Schwartz (host) Co-founder, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of Australia Legal Director, Human Rights Law Centre Lecturer, University of Melbourne Law School

Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

June 5, 202555m 6s

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Show Notes

What's happening in Gaza is horrifying and shocking. As the world watches on, how are different Jewish communities reckoning with a war being waged in their name by Israel, against Hamas and the Palestinian people?

This event was recorded at The Wheeler Centre on 27 May 2025 in partnership with the Jewish Council of Australia.

Speakers

Peter BeinartAuthor, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning and The Crisis of ZionismProfessor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New YorkEditor-at-Large of Jewish Currents MagazineFellow, Foundation for Middle East PeaceRegular contributor, New York Times and MSNBC

Sarah Schwartz (host)Co-founder, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of AustraliaLegal Director, Human Rights Law CentreLecturer, University of Melbourne Law School

Topics

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