Book Talk “Reading Herzl in Beirut” with Jonathan Gribetz
In Reading Herzl in Beirut, Jonathan Marc Gribetz tells the story of the PLO Research Center from its establishment in 1965 until its ultimate expulsion from Lebanon in 1983. Gribetz explores why the PLO invested in research about the Jews, what its researchers learned about Judaism and Zionism, and how the knowledge they acquired informed the PLO’s relationship with Israel.
Jonathan Gribetz is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at Princeton University. He directs the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia and co-edits the AJS Review, the journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. Gribetz is the author of Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Counter (2014) and Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy (2024). He earned his BA from Harvard University, an MSt in Modern Jewish Studies from the University of Oxford, and his PhD in History from Columbia University.
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm EDT
Free!
