Peter Beinart

Según Peter Beinart, hay una narrativa que domina la vida comunitaria judía: la de la persecución y el victimismo. Es algo que borra gran parte de los matices de la tradición religiosa judía y distorsiona nuestra comprension de Israel y Palestina. Tras Gaza, donde se han utilizado los textos, la historia y el idioma judios para justificar el genocidio y la hambruna, Beinart sostiene que los judios deben cambiar de narrativa. Despues de esta guerra, cuyo horror resonara durante generaciones, deben ofrecer una nueva respuesta a la pregunta: ¿que significa ser judio?Ser judio tras la destruccion de Gaza contiene un argumento provocador que ampliara y enriquecera uno de los debates mas importantes de nuestro tiempo. Es un libro que solo Peter Beinart podria escribir: una obra llena de pasion, pero mesurada que reune su experiencia personal, su profundo conocimiento de la historia, su aguda comprension de los dilemas politicos y morales, y una vision clara del futuro.

***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***In Peter Beinarts view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew?Beinart imagines an alternate narrative, which would draw on other nations efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish tradition. A story in which Israeli Jews have the right to equality, not supremacy, and in which Jewish and Palestinian safety are not mutually exclusive but intertwined. One that recognizes the danger of venerating states at the expense of human life.Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas, and a clear vision for the future.