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The forgotten history of American Jewish dissent against Zionism
In resurrecting stories of non- and anti-Zionist critics, a new book shows American Jews how questioning Israel is deeply rooted in their community.
By
Shaul Magid
February 14, 2024
Palestinians are asking, ‘Are you with us?’ American Jews are showing we are
As a rabbinical student, I am taking action alongside thousands to challenge the idea that Jewish safety must come at the expense of Palestinian liberation.
By
Josie Felt
November 3, 2023
‘Anti-antisemitism’ was meant to unite American Jews. Why is it backfiring?
For years U.S. Jewish leaders tried to center diaspora identity around Israel. But the battle to redefine antisemitism shows it is no longer working.
By
Nathan J. Brown
and
Daniel Nerenberg
June 13, 2023
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‘A moment of disillusionment’: American Jews torn as Israel turns 75
Grappling with a far-right government and growing awareness of the Nakba, American Jews revealed mixed feelings marking Israel's independence.
By
Emily Tamkin
June 2, 2023
Why are American Jews so shocked by Israel’s far-right turn?
Israel's electorate is forcing U.S. Jews to grapple with the dissonance not only between liberal values and Zionism, but their understandings of Judaism itself.
By
Shaul Magid
April 25, 2023
The danger of treating Smotrich as an anomaly
By marking one Israeli politician as unacceptable, U.S. Jews are sidestepping the need to reckon with the wider system that enables his genocidal views.
By
Edo Konrad
March 9, 2023
Are liberal American Jews becoming afraid to talk about Israel?
Many Jews in the U.S. have grown uncomfortable voicing implausible defenses of Israel, yet cannot let go of their Zionism. Denial won't solve the dilemma.
By
Shaul Magid
November 10, 2022
The war that canonized America’s hasbara playbook
The defensive line taken by the American-Jewish establishment during the 1982 Lebanon invasion solidified many of the methods that are deployed when Israeli violence makes headlines today.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
October 28, 2022
An American sledgehammer in Jerusalem
In his new memoir, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman describes how he spent four years gift-wrapping anti-Palestinian violence in the language of Jewish salvation.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
July 19, 2022
By staying silent on Masafer Yatta, Biden is green lighting forced population transfer
As American Jews, we must insist that the protection of Masafer Yatta is necessary for a thriving future for all between the river and the sea.
By
Davida Ginsberg
July 10, 2022
Laying the foundations for our Jewish liberation
The Jewishness I love is one of a people rooted in collective freedom, in justice, in hereness. What might it mean for us to divest from the projects of Zionism, whiteness, and settler colonialism, while also holding pride in the layers of our Jewish identity?
By
Mira Stern
August 4, 2021
PODCAST: A little ice cream goes a long way
Editors Edo Konrad and Amjad Iraqi discuss the backlash against Ben & Jerry's and what the company's decision could mean for the BDS movement.
By
Edo Konrad
and
Amjad Iraqi
July 29, 2021
A Palestinian guide to Jewish American allyship
As American Jews increasingly enter the Palestinian rights movement, the power dynamics between the two groups often lead to tensions. One activist opens up about the complexities of navigating those dynamics, and what Jews should be doing to center Palestinian voices.
By
Tom Pessah
November 23, 2020
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