Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978

Professor Geoffrey Levin (Emory) will discuss his new book, Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978. The book recovers the voices of American Jews who, in the early decades of Israel’s existence, called for an honest reckoning with the moral and political plight of Palestinians. Viewed with deep suspicion by Israeli diplomats, these now‑forgotten voices - which include an academic with Palestinian Sephardic roots, a former Yiddish journalist, anti‑Zionist Reform rabbis, and young left‑wing Zionist activists - felt drawn to support Palestinian rights by their understanding of Jewish history, identity, and ethics.

Sponsored by the Jewish Studies and Middle East and North Africa Studies Programs.

Open to all members of the Oberlin campus community