This episode isn't focused on a single topic or text, but rather just wanting to have a wide-ranging conversation with our guest, Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents and author of the recent book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning . We start by discussing the appalling wave of Islamophobic attacks against Zohran Mamdani during the last weeks of his victorious mayoral campaign, the short-sighted embrace of such bigotry by too many American Jews and Jewish institutions, the current iterations of anti-semitism roiling the right, religious tradition and progressive politics, changing your mind, and more. Listen again: " Elon Musk, the Jews, and the ADL " (w/ Mari Cohen, Alex Kane, & Peter Beinart), Sept 26, 2023 Sources: Zohran Mamdani, " My Message to Muslim New Yorkers—and Everyone Who Calls This City Home ," YouTube, Oct 24, 2025 Peter Beinart, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning (2025) Mark Mazower, On Antisemitism: A Word in History , (2025) Arwa Mahdawi, " Mamdani's Mayoral Race was Marred by Unhinged Islamophobia. It's Not Going Away Soon ," The Guardian , Nov 6, 2025 Romanus Cessario, O.P., " Non Possumus ," First Things , Feb 1, 2018 George Washington, " To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island ," August 18, 1790 ...and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes!
