Israel on the brink

In his new book The Crisis of Zionism, esteemed journalist, author and professor Peter Beinart argues that Israel is in danger. Not just from outside forces, not just from Palestinians or Iranians, but from the unraveling of its own core values, central ideas and founding principals. He says that we need to view Israel today not as some Disneyfied version of the holy land, but as a modern nation state, with real power, that must merge the responsibility of that power, with the values that created it in the first place. And that perhaps the greatest threat to accomplishing this, comes not only from within Israel itself, but from an American Jewish community that has made power, real estate and Zionism a religion unto itself. My conversation with Peter Beinart:

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The Icarus Syndrome: A history of American Hubris

There is no one right now who is doing a better job of covering politics and world affairs than Peter Beinart. He is the senior political writer for The Daily Beast, a former editor of The New Republic and an associate professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York. His new book The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris and his June 10th article about "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment," in the New York Review of Book, have garnered wide and enthusiastic attention.

My conversation with Peter Beinart:

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