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If the dictionary had a picture next to the phrase "self-hating Jew", Beinart's is the one they would use. This guy went off the rails a very long time ago and pretty much everyone who follows the commentary on the middle east knows it. In every era, there are always people like Peter who earnestly believe that if Jews were just a little more understanding of our enemies feelings, if we just bowed down a little lower, all the hatred would eventually go away. These folks have always existed and they've always been wrong. Their nonsense is just another aggravation to be dealt with.

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Yes! I actually knew Peter in college, though not well. He was very nice to me. We were both in the Liberal Party of the Yale Political Union. I recall that our party held a debate about female genital mutilation. Peter was somewhat famous if I recall correctly for his defense of it as a “cultural” practice. This was the nineties and moral relativism was all the rage. A lot of us women were very much in disagreement. What’s up with making brutality and torture okay? Great post Jill!

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