Hear Yossi Klein Halevi on Jewish resilience and vulnerability after Oct. 7

Source:JTA

Since the Hamas massacre and the Gaza war, Jews have been caught in a loop: condemned as victimizers even as they see themselves as the victims. Join Touro Talks host and Touro president, Dr. Alan Kadish, with guest best-selling author, Yossi Klein Halevi, as they talk about what it means to be a people that has regained power but is still under existential threat. How can Jews navigate power and vulnerability? And what needs to change in the Jewish psyche to help the community better cope with the threats facing the Jewish world today?

SPEAKER:
Yossi Klein Halevi
Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem

Halevi’s 2013 book, Like Dreamers, won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Book of the Year Award. His latest book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. He writes for leading op-ed pages in the US, including the Times and the Wall Street Journal, and is a former contributing editor to the New Republic.

  MODERATED BY:
Dr. Alan Kadish
President, Touro University

Dr. Alan Kadish is the president of Touro University. He is also a noted educator, researcher, and administrator who is training the next generation of communal, business, and healthcare leaders.

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Recorded live on September 8, 2024.
Since the Hamas massacre and the Gaza war, Jews have been caught in a loop: condemned as victimizers even as they see themselves as the victims. Join Touro Talks host and Touro President, Dr. Alan Kadish, with guest, best-selling author Yossi Klein Halevi, as they talk about what it means to be a people that has regained power, but is still under existential threat. How can Jews navigate power and vulnerability? And what needs to change in the Jewish psyche to help the community better cope with the threats facing the Jewish world today?

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