About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Brad Lander about his recent victory in the Democratic nomination for Congress and the implications for Jewish identity and Palestinian rights.

This week’s Zoom call will be at our regular time: Friday at 1 PM. Our guest will be Brad Lander, who last week won the Democratic nomination for Congress in New York’s 10th district. Brad’s victory is a milestone: A Jewish congressman, running on his support for Palestinian rights, winning in one of the most Jewish districts in the country. Even a few years ago, it would have been unimaginable. We’ll talk about what Brad learned in his campaign, about where he agrees and disagrees with the other insurgents who won last week in New York City, about how he’ll deal with the AIPAC-aligned Jewish members of Congress he’ll meet in Washington, and about the 1920 congressional race in the Lower East Side, which he believes presaged the race he just won. This conversation will be co-sponsored by Jewish Currents. Please join us. Cited in Today’s Video Scott Wiener is forced to leave the San Francisco Trans march. The UN report on Israel’s targeting of Palestinian children. Things to Read (Maybe this should be obvious, but I link to articles and videos I find provocative and significant, not necessarily ones I entirely agree with.) In Jewish Currents ( subscribe !), I wrote about how…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Beinart

Guest: Brad Lander

Topics covered

• anti-Israel sentiment
• Jewish identity
• political campaigns
• Palestinian rights
• congressional races
• AIPAC
• New York politics

Keywords

• Brad Lander
• AIPAC
• Jewish Currents
• New York politics
• Palestinian rights
• congressional race
• anti-Israel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AIPAC

Books & works: Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza

Places: New York, San Francisco, Lower East Side

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