Peter Beinart – Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza
The Glenn Show
Glenn Loury
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🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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0:00 Intro
1:33 The relationships Peter has lost and gained
4:14 Why Peter thinks this is a “watershed” moment in Jewish history
6:50 Who can criticize Israel?
9:44 The challenge of October 7’s aftermath to Jewish self-understanding
15:54 Peter: Jews should support non-violent Palestinian protest, not criminalize it
20:12 Shouldn’t the Palestinians have taken the deals they were offered?
25:48 Peter’s argument for a one-state solution
34:34 The “dirty little secret” of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Jewish critics
37:12 The idolatry of the Jewish state
39:45 The mutual liberation of Jews and Palestinians
41:37 Why aren’t the critics of snowflakes and trigger warnings defending pro-Palestinian campus protesters?
46:01 Peter: Antisemitism is on the rise, and ethno-nationalism is the reason
50:20 Peter: If Gaza is unlivable, then Gazans should be allowed to live where they want
Recorded February 21, 2025
Links and Readings
Peter’s Substack, The Beinart Notebook
Peter’s new book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message
Eitan Hersh and Laura Loyden’s article, “Antisemitic Attitudes across the Ideological Spectrum”
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| 0:21.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:23.5 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:24.5 | This is Glenn Lowry. |
| 0:25.4 | You've tuned in or are listening to The Glenn Show. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm joined this week by Peter Beinerd, who's a professor of journalism and political science at the city university, New York, an editor at large for Jewish Currents Magazine |
| 0:40.8 | and a non-resident fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. |
| 0:46.5 | Welcome, Peter. |
| 0:47.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:48.9 | We are here to discuss your new book. |
| 0:52.5 | Being Jewish after the destruction of Gaza, a reckoning. |
| 0:58.8 | Congratulations on the book, Peter. |
| 1:00.6 | I think it's a wonderful contribution to this vitally important conversation. |
| 1:07.1 | I appreciate that. |
| 1:08.2 | And as I was saying, before we started on reading it, I had the eerie feeling that I was eavesdropping on a family feud as my Jewish friends fight among each other about the significance of what's gone on since October 7th and before. |
| 1:29.4 | It must have been very difficult to take the stand that you're taking |
| 1:35.0 | amidst all of this controversy to the consternation I imagine |
| 1:39.8 | of many dear friends and loved ones and so on. |
| 1:44.5 | Yeah, you know, I always feel uncomfortable, like, |
| 1:48.3 | knowing how to respond to that question, |
| 1:49.6 | because I feel like the first thing that I have to say is that, like, |
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