بعد تدمير غزة.. ما معنى أن تكون يهوديًا؟

A bold and urgent call from the distinguished columnist and political commentator, addressing one of the most pressing issues of our time. Peter Beinart argues that one story dominates Jewish communal life: the story of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that blurs much of the accuracy of Jewish religious traditions and distorts our understanding of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language were used to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Beinart argues that Jews must tell a new story. After this war, which will resonate for generations, they must provide a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be Jewish? Beinart imagines an alternative narrative, based on other countries' efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish tradition. A story in which Israeli Jews have the right to equality, not superiority, and a story in which the security of Jews and Palestinians is not contradictory but interconnected. A story that recognizes the danger of sanctifying states at the expense of human life. The book “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza” is a controversial proposition that will enrich and deepen one of the most important debates of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could have written: a work at once passionate and balanced, combining his personal experience, his deep familiarity with history, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas, and his clear vision for the future.