Hannah Arendt Center presents:
"Jackals and Arabs,” Exploring Franz Kafka’s relationship to Zionism with Salmon Kureishy
The Dialogue Project
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Online Event
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
This event occurs on:
Wed. June 17, 1 pm – 2:30 pm
A few months before the Balfour Declaration in November 1917, Martin Buber published one of Kafka’s lesser known works- a very short story “Jackals and Arabs” in the journal Der Jude. Kafka’s well known works like “The Trial”, “The Castle”, “Metamorphoses” and “The Judgement” have been read as pointers towards his tortured relationships with virtually everything significant in his life. In light of the events since October 7, 2023, this story also offers us a complex and disturbing set of symbols and images in a context that is highly charged - that of Israel and Palestine. In this one session dialogue, we will read the story and a few reviews to help us address a range of questions.
Learn more about the Dialogue Project.
A few months before the Balfour Declaration in November 1917, Martin Buber published one of Kafka’s lesser known works- a very short story “Jackals and Arabs” in the journal Der Jude. Kafka’s well known works like “The Trial”, “The Castle”, “Metamorphoses” and “The Judgement” have been read as pointers towards his tortured relationships with virtually everything significant in his life. In light of the events since October 7, 2023, this story also offers us a complex and disturbing set of symbols and images in a context that is highly charged - that of Israel and Palestine. In this one session dialogue, we will read the story and a few reviews to help us address a range of questions.
Learn more about the Dialogue Project.