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Chosen People or Chosen Families: Judaism and The Destruction of Gaza with Peter Beinart


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In this video, I talk with Peter Beinart about Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza and the cracks forming in Zionism. But first, I share a personal reflection: What if Judaism’s survival isn’t about being the Chosen People, but about Chosen Families? Could the very thing seen as a threat be what actually saves it? We dive into power, myth, and the future of Jewish identity in a post-Zionist world.00:00:00 Intro: The Unbroken Chain00:16:21 Inviting me back to Shabbat00:18:28 Dropping The Curtain Too Early on Jewish Stories of Victimhood00:21:31 When Did Peter See The Cracks in Zionism?00:24:45 The Painfully Broken Relationships00:26:56 Zionism As Colonialism and the American Parallel00:30:43 Uprooted People versus Unrooted People00:34:04 Our Failure To Speak Up And How Fix It00:37:11 Loving Israel to Death00:42:05 The Big Bad “G” Word for Jews00:45:38 The Book of Joshua and The Zionist00:49:11 The Jewish God and Zionism in a “Post Post Colonial World”00:55:14 The Problem of Blaming Jewish Brutalism on the Brutalism of the World01:00:22 How Did it Get This Bad and Will It Get Worse?01:02:42 What Do You Do At the Synagogue during the Prayer For Israel?01:06:19 The Criticism of Focusing on Jews while Palestinians Are Targeted?01:09:18 Outro and A Potential Future Guest

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