We are proud to announce an exceptional lineup of moderators for LYD’s theatrical run DCTV co-presented Arab Film & Media Institute
Much-needed post-screening discussions will take place between the filmmakers and guests + a screening hosted by Jewish Currents 🎟️ tr.ee/zG0Dn79doc

“Nothing Is Immutable”
Literary scholar Saree Makdisi discusses Zionism’s structures of denial, imperial racial logics, the horizon of coexistence. the crumbling facade of liberal Zionism
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Jewish Currents

Superb interview with Saree Makdisi in Jewish Currents. jewishcurrents.org/nothing-is-imm…

'Since October 7th, we’ve seen attempts to reinvigorate liberal Zionism by imagining that the horror in Gaza is due to one malevolent man named Netanyahu— an exception rather than the logical culmination of the Zionist approach to the Palestinian people.'
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Zvi Ben-Dor Benite speaks with historian Avi Shlaim about the factors behind the exodus of Iraqi Jews and how the concept of the “Arab-Jew” can chart an alternative future.
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As Passover approaches, the gap between our present crisis and the horizon of liberation feels particularly vast--this Wednesday at 12pm ET, join us for a virtual members conversation exploring liberation theology and the exodus story. jewishcurrents.org/event/passover…

« Dans Retour à Haïfa, Ghassan Kanafani raconte comme cette reconnaissance que la douleur juive n’est pas une contradiction avec l’exigence palestinienne du droit »
A must read, saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي interviewé par la merveilleuse claire schwartz

“A Counterrevolution Always Comes” Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/vincent-bevins…

“Nothing Is Immutable”

read this 2nd time and will read again

excellent and timely
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An astonishing dialogue!!

I spoke with saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي about Zionism's structures of denial, imperial racial logics, and global swell of solidarity with Palestine.
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Ready this excellent interview with saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي
'Nothing Is Immutable” Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/nothing-is-imm…

The film testifies to its own authenticity, as the legal scholar Douglas has argued, showing not only the camps but also the American generals and soldiers who walked through them in horror, so that the viewer participates in “the spectacle of witnessing the act of witnessing.”

absolutely one hundred percent delighted to wrap up pub week with, 1. a mention in the Jewish Currents newsletter (Twin Cities come see me chat with editor Nathan Goldman at Subtext Books on Tuesday!) jewishcurrents.org/shabbat-readin…

For @jewishcurrents, claire schwartz spoke with literary scholar and public intellectual saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي about Zionism’s structures of denial, imperial racial logics, and the history and horizon of coexistence:
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'There’s a refusal to countenance that Palestinians speak, that we represent ourselves.'

Literary scholar saree makdisi سريّ المقدسي speaks with culture editor claire schwartz about Zionism’s structures of denial, imperial racial logics, and the horizon of coexistence
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So grateful for ⁦Jewish Currents⁩’ on the nose. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-…

Also check out this 2022 Jewish Currents essay, for my discussion of how this story illustrates Chabad’s 'inherited memories of Soviet persecution' while also complicating fraught intersections of religion and socialism jewishcurrents.org/the-soul-of-th…