About this episode

Eve Barlow discusses the intersection of LGBTQ politics and Israel in a live virtual discussion.

Hatred of Israel has become a symptom of what plagues LGBTQ politics today, argues Eve Barlow in her SAPIR essay, Queers for Zion. What happens when a liberation movement loses sight of its original cause? And how can LGBTQ Jews fight back? On March 19, Eve Barlow joined SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens for a live virtual discussion about Israel, LGBTQ activism, the confounding emergence of the “Queers for Palestine” movement – and the profound contractions it exposes. Read Eve’s essay in SAPIR , Queers for Zion : https://sapirjournal.org/aspiration-ii/2026/queers-for-zion/ Questions or comments? Send us a note at ⁠info@sapirjournal.org⁠ Music from #Uppbeat: ⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove

People in this episode

Host: Bret Stephens

Guest: Eve Barlow

Topics covered

• LGBTQ politics
• Israel
• activism
• Jewish identity
• liberation movements

Keywords

• LGBTQ
• Israel
• activism
• Queers for Zion
• Bret Stephens
• Eve Barlow
• Jewish identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SAPIR, Queers for Palestine, SAPIR journal

Books & works: Queers for Zion

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