r/JewsOfConscience • u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ Jewish Anti-Zionist • Oct 13 '24

Discussion Another deranged comment from this fellow, who appears to be protected by Columbia Univ. administration. Whereas anti-Zionist teachers are fired for opposing Israel's genocide - this clownshoe says actual crazy shit regularly without so much as a reproach.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

I’ve not read the book yet. But I just listened to Coate’s interview about his book on the Ezra Klein podcast. Coates is such an incredibly thoughtful individual and overall great human being. Someone who genuinely wants to make the world a better place. He will likely go on to be considered as a top American public intellectual of the 21st century… Davidai is a disturbed and profoundly ill individual who needs help..

Here’s the link for anyone who’s curious to listen ⬇️

https://youtu.be/Tg77CiqQSYk?si=ef5kj_276IZlEbkV

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u/touslesmatins Non-Jewish Ally Oct 13 '24

Same with his interview on Trevor Noah's podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qKoMEdGSxMmSwahGuTv0Y?si=BSNpxJfPT2aGXL6Oj4VnHw

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u/Roy4Pris Zionism is a waste of Judaism Oct 14 '24

He's also just done one with Jon Stew

https://youtu.be/d0-y0X51Xtw?si=5zdlwuxCvXdi64ST

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u/CarpeDiemMaybe Non-Jewish Ally Oct 14 '24

I haven’t listened to Ezra Klein in a while. Has he spoken a lot about Israel and Palestine recently? Is it worth it to listen to the interviews?

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u/Tuesday_Addams Oct 15 '24

He has done 3 eps about I/P just in the past few weeks. The Coates interview, one with David Remnick and another with a journalist analyzing the Biden admin’s failure to influence Netanyahu. I thought they were all worthy listens in different ways. Remnick is the guest who I disagree with the most, his argument basically boils down to that the situation is terrible but that there is no realistic and workable path to peace currently possible (he believes that the two state solution is the only tenable goal) especially because the leader waiting in the wings after Bibi is likely Bennett who is also pretty hardcore, so the status quo must remain. The Biden admin reporter (name escapes me) had some interesting insights on the American policy side of things. And Coates is very admirable in his moral convictions. Overall there’s no real sense of hope to be found in any of the 3 eps though. Ezra Klein’s own focus seems to be on getting guests to try to articulate a way forward to end this crisis which no one is really capable of doing. It’s defeatist in a way but also fairly honest

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u/CarpeDiemMaybe Non-Jewish Ally Oct 15 '24

Thanks for the sum up, might give it a listen. I do share the defeatism of a lot of those views too