Middle East 101

‼️⏰ Reminder: We're meeting two and a half hours later than usual today.

Jun 23, 2024

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Don’t forget! Our discussion group will be meeting at 7:00 pm Paris time this evening, which is 8:00 pm in Israel, 10:00 am Pacific, and 1:00 pm Eastern. David Hazony will be joining us:

Here’s David’s Substack page. He’s published a number of essays from his new book there. We’ve published one of his authors here, too: Izabella Tabarovsky’s superb essay about the new antisemitism and its Soviet origins. You’ve read this essay before, but please review it, if you have a chance, before our discussion.

Defeating the New Antisemitism

November 4, 2023

... To witness the recrudescence of lust for Jewish blood causes every Jew to wonder if antisemitism is simply ineradicable. This was Theodore Herzl’s conclusion, of course, except that the existence of a Jewish state has done nothing to mitigate it, as he believed it would. And so, many Jews now suspect, we are doomed. The world’s antisemitism at times goes into remission, but it will always return, vile and murderous as ever, and nothing can be done about it. But is this true?

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The event is open to anyone who has been following along with the ME101 reading and would like to join. As usual, students who have been in class from the beginning will be given the first chance to ask questions or comment.

If you haven’t been following along, this discussion probably isn’t be the best place to jump in. We’re nearing the end of the class, and the discussion will build on the months of reading we’ve already done. But if there’s demand for it, I might consider teaching the class again next year.

See you tonight!

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