The Origins of October 7th: Looking Back at the 1929 Hebron Massacre

Join Einat Wilf, author of the War of Return, and Yardena Schwartz, author of Ghosts of a Holy War, for an illuminating conversation surrounding the hidden roots and long-overlooked history of this conflict, which continues to go overlooked in much of today's discourse. One century before Hamas's massacre, the ancient Jewish community of Hebron suffered a pogrom that was a haunting preview of October 7, 2023. The causes of the 1929 pogrom and its aftershocks continue to reverberate today. The incitement and disinformation that led to and followed the riots of 1929 have since joined forces with the war for the right of return, making the prospects for peace ever more elusive. About The Speakers: Yardena Schwartz , an award-winning American journalist and Emmy-nominated producer based in New York, who recently released a book about the 1929 Hebron massacre. Schwartz’s impressive history includes work at NBC News and MSNBC. Between 2013 and 2023, Yardena was based in Israel, reporting for dozens of publications, including the New York Times, New York Review of Books, the Wall Street Journal, TIME, The Economist, National Geographic, and Foreign Policy. She graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School in 2011, received an Emmy nomination for her work at MSNBC in 2013, and the RNA award for excellence in magazine reporting in 2016. She now lives in New York. Ghosts of a Holy War is Yardena's first book. Dr. Einat Wilf, a leading thinker on Israel, Zionism, foreign policy, and education. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010 to 2013, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Wilf served as an Intelligence Officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and a strategic consultant with McKinsey & Company. Dr. Wilf has a BA from Harvard, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge. She was the Goldman Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Wilf is the author of seven books that explore key issues in Israeli society. “We Should All Be Zionists“, published in 2022, brings together her essays from the past four years on Israel, Zionism, and the path to peace.