"I received another call while in a car on the way to the store: The manager was now refusing to host the conversation with the rabbi. When I arrived, I asked her why she would not permit the event to go forward as planned. Her response: 'We don't want a Zionist onstage.'"
"Rabbi Bachman is an outspoken social-justice advocate and a supporter of the establishment of a Palestinian state (and my former teacher)."
"My book is a history of American Jewish life in the second half of the 20th century, and deals critically with Israel's treatment of Palestinians. Because of my analysis of... I had feared that synagogues would be reluctant (and surely some still are) to host events."
"Since October 7, the public discourse on Israel and Palestine has curdled. Some right-wing supporters of Israel have become cheerleaders for violence."
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