The Subject Was Gaza, but Jon Stewart and Peter Beinart Had a Whole Lot to Say About Judaism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

I have the answer to Jon Stewart’s toughest question about Israel

Jon Stewart wants to know: How can he speak with people who hate what he says about Israel? That’s not the most urgent conversation to have about the graveyard that is Gaza right now — the hostages, hunger, mass destruction, and endless war come to mind — but I get it. For Jews who are having close relationships torn apart because of differences over Israel, that question is a deeply personal one. The fact that the close Jewish friends with whom…

Jon Stewart Reveals What His Jewish Upbringing Teaches Him About Israel's War On Gaza

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Jon Stewart argues Netanyahu would have to 'bomb himself' for endangering Jewish people

Daily Show host Jon Stewart and his guest blasted Israel's leadership, arguing they are endangering Israeli lives with the conflict in Gaza.

The subject was Gaza, but Jon Stewart and Peter Beinart had a whole lot to say about Judaism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jon Stewart hosted writer Peter Beinart on “The Daily Show” Monday night, for a conversation in which the two Jewish liberals agreed that the war in Gaza was “horrific” and that Israel bore near exclusive blame for the suffering endured by Palestinians in the 22 months since the Oct. 7 attacks.  While the two discussed U.S. and Israeli policy, condemning both, the conversation was perhaps more significant for the way in which two American Jewish…

‘I Feel Like A Crazy Person’: Jon Stewart on the ‘Inhumane and Horrific’ Events in Gaza

Jon Stewart said that the events currently taking place in Gaza are “self-evidently inhumane and horrific,” criticizing the Israeli government for its actions in the war during his show on Monday. Stewart was interviewing progressive journalist Peter Beinart on an episode of The Daily Show about the war in Gaza and Beinart’s experience criticizing Israel’s actions as a Jewish person. Stewart, who is also Jewish, shared his own thoughts on the ma…

Meyers, Stewart Rail Against 'U.S. Complicity' In Gaza War

War is a nasty business, which is why it is advised that starting one with a country much stronger than you is a bad idea, but for Comedy’s Central’s Monday host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers, outrage is better directed at the United States because we are supposedly complicit in Israeli war crimes. Stewart welcomed progressive columnist Peter Beinart to discuss his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruct…