r/JewsOfConscience • u/ArmyOfMemories Jewish Anti-Zionist • Jul 01 '24

Creative What books are you reading lately?

I haven't read any new books recently, but I have a large backlog.

I did listen to the audiobook for 'Project Hail Mary' (from the author of 'The Martian'). I love sci-fi, and this was a great book.

Vague but somewhat spoiler-y praises I have for it: very life-affirming story, and I loved the friendship between the 2 central characters despite being so different. It was inspiring even, especially when I think about world-conflicts IRL.

How about you?

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u/ArmyOfMemories Jewish Anti-Zionist Jul 02 '24

Have you ever read the 'The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex' by Lila Berman?

Seems like it would be a good companion piece to Feld's book, from a materialist perspective.

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew Jul 02 '24

I've read it and other works from her, but it's very different than what Feld wrote. Zionism is just a peripheral tangent and it's more about its role in philanthropy. There are other books that are closer to what Feld was doing here, like Fischbach's The Movement and the Middle East or Levin's Our Palestine

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u/ArmyOfMemories Jewish Anti-Zionist Jul 02 '24

Thanks for the recommendations. Is that the same Fischbach who wrote 'Records of Dispossession'? I've been reading it in spurts and the stuff on the JNF has been illuminating.

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew Jul 02 '24

Yeah, it's the same guy