Albany Book Festival cancels panel with Jewish moderator, citing ‘impasse’ over her Zionism
The cancellation of the panel is the latest in a long series of literary events to be upended or nixed because of disputes over the Israel-Hamas war and Zionism.
An authors’ panel at an Albany book festival Saturday has been canceled after organizers said two panelists refused to share a stage with the “Zionist” moderator, author Elisa Albert, who is Jewish.(photo credit: Courtesy Elisa Albert)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
