Pushing Back and Leaning In on Israel: Jewish Activist Movements and Advocacy Organizations on the Left and Right Since Oct. 7th
Pushing Back and Leaning In on Israel: Jewish Activist Movements and Advocacy Organizations on the Left and Right Since Oct. 7th
Dr. Elizabeth Stein will discuss how Jewish activist movements and political advocacy organizations across the political spectrum in the U.S. and Canada have responded to the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas war. The talk will focus on the positions, messaging, and strategies of organizations and movements ranging from AIPAC on the right to the liberal-Zionist and "two-state-solution" JStreet to the non-Zionist and anti-Zionist IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace. How has their activism changed since October 7th and the Israel-Hamas war, and how have Jews, in particular young adults, responded?
Dr. Elizabeth Stein holds the Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles for 2023-2025. Her research focuses on organized activism and political mobilization concerning Israel among Jews in the U.S., France, and Canada since the late 1970s. Her dissertation, which she is developing into a manuscript, received an Honorable Mention from the International Relations and Religion section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Dr. Stein also lectures a course on Diaspora Politics in UCLA’s Dept. of Political Science. She received her doctorate from Queen's University, Canada in August 2023.