32nd Belin Lecture: “’God Shed His Light on Thee’: American and Jewish Exceptionalism in the Thought of Meir Kahane”
Palmer Commons 100 Washtenaw Avenue Forum Hall, Ann Arbor, MIShaul Magid, Dartmouth College This talk will explore notions of American exceptionalism and Jewish exceptionalism in the diasporic and Zionist thought of Meir Kahane. Magid will show how Kahane valued American democracy and viewed America as exceptional while at the same time felt that America could not ultimately protect the Jews. Alternatively, Jews had their […]