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Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at CUNY. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times, a political commentator on MSNBC, and Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents. Over the years he served as Editor of The New Republic and wrote for publications like The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Die Zeit, and the Financial Times. He is the author of four books including The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris (Harper, 2010) and The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012). He will speak at Middlebury about his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza (Knopf, 2025), which challenges a dominant narrative of Jewish victimhood and argues for a new concept of Jewish identity that links Israeli and Palestinian safety and places equality above supremacy.

Sponsored by: Office of the President; Office of the Provost; Jewish Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; International & Global Studies; Departments of History, Philosophy, English, Religion (Charles P. Scott Fund); Writing and Rhetoric Program; Axinn Center for the Humanities

Sponsored by:
President of the College; Provost's Office; History; Philosophy; Religion; Writing and Rhetoric Program; Axinn Center for the Humanities; Department of English; Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies; International & Global Studies; Jewish Studies

Contact Organizer

Mayer, Judy
jmmayer@middlebury.edu