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This week, Jewish American commentator Peter Beinart wrote two essays promoting a one-state, bi-national solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. If you don’t have time to read the 8,000-word essay in Jewish Currents, there is a Reader’s Digest version in the New York Times Op-Ed section, with the provocative headline “I No Longer Believe in a…
In this divisive time, how can we maintain civil dialogue, even with those with whose views we completely disagree? Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner seeks to find the answer. On October 18, she’ll host a discussion titled, “How Liberals and Conservatives Can Find a Common Language,” alongside Bret Stephens, New York Times columnist and senior contributor…
Come to the Taub Center for Israel Studies at NYU for a panel discussion with the Forward on identity and nationalism. Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner will moderate a panel that will include Peter Beinart, Chloe Valdary and Avi Shilon. We will also be celebrating the launch of the October issue of the Forward magazine and…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli security cabinet minister on Thursday denounced the interrogation of left-wing activists at the country’s main airport, and predicted that it would end after the singling-out of a visiting U.S. Jewish columnist stirred controversy. The questioning of Peter Beinart at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday prompted the Israeli security agency Shin…
This hasn’t been an easy month for Jewish American progressiveswho support Israel. Early this week, Peter Beinart, a prominent journalist and critic of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, was detained for an hour at the airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities grilled him about his political activities before allowing him into the country. Beinart’s account of…
This week, noted journalist, CNN contributor and Forward columnist Peter Beinart underwent a shocking ordeal. He was detained and interrogated at Ben Gurion Airport when trying to enter Israel, despite being Jewish and an ardent Zionist. The outrage was so swift that Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu himself called the episode a mistake in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in damage control mode. Yesterday, noted author, political commentator and Forward columnist Peter Beinart wrote about his experience being detained at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli secret service and questioned about his views in a widely shared article. Just hours later, Netanyahu himself released a statement in which he…
Just what is the Israeli government afraid of? I asked myself this question on Sunday afternoon after receiving a text message and subsequent phone call from Peter Beinart, a senior columnist for the Forward, who had been detained at Ben Gurion International Airport on his way to attend his niece’s bat mitzvah in Israel. I…
Virtual
Dec 7, 2022
7 pm ET ·
A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.