Jeet Heer in the National Post of Canada.You heard that right, National Post:
Events like the war in Gaza are likely to intensify the post-Zionism of
young Jews. In the public debate in America, it is striking that the
strongest supporters of Israel tend to be writers like Alan Dershowitz
(age 70), Marty Peretz (also 70) and William Kristol (a sprightly 56).
As against this Geritol brigade, a group of young Jewish writers, many
of them working for progressive think-tanks that are helping to shape
the Obama administration, have been admirably sharp-witted in attacking
the Gaza offensive as a moral and strategic failure.
young Jews. In the public debate in America, it is striking that the
strongest supporters of Israel tend to be writers like Alan Dershowitz
(age 70), Marty Peretz (also 70) and William Kristol (a sprightly 56).
As against this Geritol brigade, a group of young Jewish writers, many
of them working for progressive think-tanks that are helping to shape
the Obama administration, have been admirably sharp-witted in attacking
the Gaza offensive as a moral and strategic failure.
Heer notes that Spencer Ackerman is 28, Matt Yglesias is 28, Ezra Klein is 24, and Dana Goldstein is 24. Average: 26.
