The Zionist Beat
The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport has a new contest—and (surprise!) it’s about Zionism.
The task for the competition is simple enough: create a short video about what Zionism means to you in the 21st century. Putting some of the cruder propaganda elements aside (though this Im Tirtzu video, announcing that "Zionism without Jerusalem—that's no Zionism," is hard to ignore), there are a few clips [most are in Hebrew] that are pretty impressive. Here’s one of them:
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Peter Beinart
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in April 2012.
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