152/ Israel and American Jewish Dissent w/ Geoffrey Levin

The Fire These Times: Voices from the Periphery

For episode 152, Dana El Kurd hosts Geoffrey Levin to talk about his book "Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978". Levin is assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Jewish Studies at Emory University and the Director of Undergraduate Engagement at Emory’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies.

Our Palestine Question is a new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights. Given the ongoing genocide launched by the Israeli state on the Palestinians of Gaza, this book couldn't be more timely.

Show notes:

• Fida Jiryis - Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home
• Ezra Klein - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/opinion/netanyahu-biden-israel-gaza.html
• David Klion - https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/01/28/the-exile-of-the-american-jewish-left/
• The threshold of dissent - https://nyupress.org/9781479829316/the-threshold-of-dissent
• Necessity of Exile (Shaul Magid’s book) - https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9798986780313

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Episode Credits:

Host: Dana El Kurd
Producer: Elia J. Ayoub
Guest: Geoffrey Levin
Music: ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠
Sound editor: Elia J. Ayoub
Episode designer: Elia J. Ayoub