Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
My New Book
BEING JEWISH AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA is available on:
Amazon | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million
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TOUR DATES
Sydney, Australia
May 25 Sydney Writers Festival with Debbie Whitmont
Melbourne, Australia
May 27 Wheeler Center
Over the last year, I’ve struggled with the way many Jews— including people I cherish— have justified the destruction of an entire society. This book is about the stories Jews tell ourselves that blind us to Palestinian suffering. It’s about how we came to value a state, Israel, above the lives of all the people who live under its control. And it’s about why I believe that Palestinian liberation means Jewish liberation as well. My hope is that even people who disagree fervently with my arguments will feel that it was a written in a spirit of Jewish solidarity and love. And that, in some small way, it might contribute to the struggle for Palestinian freedom while also opening a conversation within the Jewish communities and families ruptured by this horrifying war.
Thanks,
Peter
I look forward to reading your new book. You have always exhibited wisdom and nuance and provided insight on the most intractable conflict of multiple generations.
I could say a lot more, but I'll settle for this: you give me hope at a time when the idea of extending the idea of equal human value to all seems farther and farther away.