The Conflict About the Conflict

Episode 76 November 09, 2021 00:43:04
The Conflict About the Conflict
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The Conflict About the Conflict

Nov 09 2021 | 00:43:04

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Show Notes

The Jewish community is being pulled apart by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both the left and the right are driving the debate to extremes, pushing the majority of Jews in the center to disengage. Yehuda Kurtzer and Dov Waxman, (UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies) examine this shift and ask if the positions of the new Jewish left are still compatible with liberal Zionism.

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