Event

Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy

Date, time, location

Date

Monday, October 27, 2025

Time

4:30 pm

Location

King Building, 106

10 N. Professor St.
Oberlin, OH 44074

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In Reading Herzl in Beirut, Jonathan Marc Gribetz tells the story of the PLO Research Center from its establishment in 1965 until its ultimate expulsion from Lebanon in 1983. Gribetz explores why the Palestine Liberation Organization invested in research about the Jews, what its researchers learned about Judaism and Zionism, and how the knowledge they acquired informed the PLO's relationship to Israel. Sponsored by JWST and MENA. 

Open to all members of the Oberlin campus community