Bonnie Honig is Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown University and author of several books, including Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics (Cornell, 1993, Scripps Prize for Best First Book). In an article for The Contemporary Condition, Honig remembers her Jewish upbringing in Canada and shares that Israel has created an obligation among Jews to criticize Israel.
She describes her views in this Mondoweiss interview.
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