Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism

Guardian Letter from 88 Jews Rejects Chief Rabbi’s Claim That Zionism is Integral to Judaism The Guardian today carried a letter from the Free Speech on Israel group containing the signatures of 88 Jews.  The letter was originally sent to The Telegraph in response to a letter by the Chief Rabbi Ken Livingstone and the…

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The Israeli occupation is un-Jewish – Judith Butler

An article well worth reading from some who is called an ‘academic superstar’.  A member of Jewish Voices for Peace and a supporter of BDS, Judith Butler argues from the basis that Zionism is inherently un-Jewish.  I’m not sure I agree with her thesis, because Judaism historically has comprised many different, often antagonistic things from…

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Hanna Braun RIP – A Jewish anti-Zionist to the end

A childhood refugee from Nazism who opposed racism by and against Jews It is with great sadness that I have learnt of the death of Hanna Braun, a childhood survivor of the Nazis and someone who took the message of anti-racism to her heart. That if racism against Jews was wrong, then it was equally…

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