What I learned when a Brooklyn bookstore canceled a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A Brooklyn bookstore stopped a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism

Oh, to have the chance to engage this bookstore censor over which particular Zionism she was objecting to - how much richer our night would have been.

What I learned when a Brooklyn bookstore canceled a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

What a crazy week it was. I’m still thinking about what it means that in a Jewish town like New York in a Jewish borough like Brooklyn and in a bookstore, a place that is a touchstone of culture for Jews, a talk between two Jews can get canceled because one of them — yours truly! — is a Zionist. Alas these are the times we live in and such is the price we are paying for dangerous divisions, hateful and unhinged ignorance, and an atomized popular…

Bookstore manager who canceled Jewish author’s event over ‘Zionist moderator’ gets canned

A New York City bookstore took swift action after anti-Israel hate led to the cancellation of a Jewish author’s book launch. Powerhouse Arena, a popular Brooklyn bookstore, came under fire for canceling Joshua Leifer’s event shortly before he was scheduled to take the stage with Rabbi Andy Bachman. The New York Post explains Leifer went to the store for answers, recording an exchange between himself and a manager later identified as Hannah Hayes…