1. Can we talk about how John Judis has been dis-invited to a talk at the Jewish Museum? http://mondoweiss.net/2014/02/heritage-judiss-controversial.html …
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2. At the center of contention is Judis' book Genesis, on Truman and the founding of Israel, which I reviewed here:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/genesis-an-even-handed-look-at-harry-truman-america-and-the-origins-of-the-arab-israeli-conflict/article16899370/ …
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3. To go further than the review: Judis is a liberal Zionist who believes in a 2-state solution. He's critical of Israel but supports it.
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4. Judis is even-handed. Goes out of his way on disputed topics to put forward most benign possible interpretation of Zionist intent/actions
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5. Judis isn't a 1-stater like Tony Judt or a radical like Chomsky or Norman Finkelstein. Don't even know where he stands on BDS.
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6. Judis is a moderate social democrat & supporter of a 2-state solution. Yet even he's too radical & "controversial" for Jewish Museum.
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7. It's the nature of blinkered nationalism in its siege-mentality stage that it can't brook the mildest of criticism.
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8. There's a divorce going on between Jewish American liberalism & institutional Jewish organizations. Judis is symptom of that split.
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9. To clarify, pusillanimous institution is Museum of Jewish Heritage (Battery Park City) not Jewish Museum (NYC)
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