I N D E P E N D E N T J E W I S H V O I C E S ( I J V ) A S K S:

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE IN CRISIS: WHAT NEXT FOR JEWISH DISSENT?

An online panel with Peter Beinart & Arielle Angel,

in conversation with Jacqueline Rose & Adam Sutcliffe

Sunday 18th June 2023, online

7.30-9pm (UK)/2.30-4pm (NY)

Jewish dissent is changing.

Unprecedented mass protest has broken out in Israel, opposing a radically far-right government. Jewish mainstream institutions in the UK and elsewhere have publicly expressed unusual discomfort with Israel’s direction. But they stop well short of acknowledging the worsening position of Palestinians, whose own dissent is sidelined or ignored. Yet, Jewish dissidence is gathering strength beyond the establishment, and sometimes within it.

Arielle Angel and Peter Beinart are both leading and vocal commentators who will offer their insight on what is happening. They join renowned writers and thinkers Jacqueline Rose and Adam Sutcliffe in providing analysis and thought on how to respond in progressive ways.

What developments are apparent in Jewish dissent, both in Israel and beyond? What does the current crisis show us about Israel’s claims to democracy? What framings help us move beyond a focus on Jewish vulnerability and harm alone? How does Jewish dissent link to that of Palestinians? What is the response to legal restrictions that may stifle criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians?

This panel discussion, hosted by Independent Jewish Voices, will explore these issues and more, asking how global Jewish communities may be opening up to critique and dissidence, even as the reality seems increasingly beyond repair.

Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is also Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.Com

Arielle Angel is the editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents. She was a 2018 New Jewish Culture Fellow and a 2016 Fellow at Tent: Creative Writing at The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has been awarded artist residencies all over the US. In addition to Jewish Currents, her work has appeared in The Guardian, Guernica, Off Assignment, and Protocols.

Jacqueline Rose is Co-Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. ‘The Plague – Living Death in Our Times’ is published by Fitzcarraldo in June.

Adam Sutcliffe teaches History at King’s College London. His latest book is What Are Jews For?: History, Peoplehood, and Purpose (2020).

Founded in 2007, Independent Jewish Voices (www.ijv.org.uk) is a network of Jews in Britain who dissent from uncritical support for Israel. We

have a shared commitment to human rights and a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in Israel/Palestine.

Independent Jewish Voices

ijv.org.uk

Transcript to be made available shortly.