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Israel, American Jews, and Palestinian Rights: A History 1948-1978 by Geoffrey Levin
April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel presents “Israel, American Jews, and Palestinian Rights: A History 1948-1978,” a presentation By Geoffrey Levin on Thursday April 11 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the James Madison College Library in room 332 of Case Hall and by a YouTube Channel livestream.
Author and MSU alum Geoffrey Levin will talk about his new book on the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights. He will discuss the many ways that American Jews have grappled with challenging ethical and political questions stemming from the
early decades of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His talk will also reveal the secret ways that Israeli, Arab, and American government actors shaped the limits of American Jewish discourse during Israel’s first thirty years.