Join the DEI book and film club as we discuss Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart (https://amzn.eu/d/9IZyYqL)

Here is our reading schedule:

Feb 24        A Note to My Former Friend, Prologue: We need a new story, and Chapters 1-2, Pages 3-54

March 3      Chapters 3-4, Pages 55-96 

March 10    Chapter 5, Pages 97-121 and please also watch this conversation between journalist Karen Attiah and author Peter Beinart from Poetry and Prose:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBwLLJM1EGw

Here’s a blurb about both writers from this 1-hour interview:

Peter Beinart is professor of journalism and political science at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is also editor at large of Jewish Currents, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, an MSNBC political commentator, and a nonresident fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.com. He lives in New York with his family.

 Beinart is in conversation with Karen Attiah, a journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, known for her insightful work on race, gender, human rights, and international affairs. A native of Dallas Texas, Karen is a former Fulbright Scholar to Ghana, and has a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs. She has reported from countries including Nigeria, Curacao, Ghana, and Germany. In 2016, she became The Washington Post’s founding Global Opinions editor, commissioning op-eds on global issues, and was named an Opinions columnist in 2021.

 Email deibookclub@iucc.org for the Zoom Link

and for other future updates. See you soon!