anti-Zionism
An anti-Zionist Jewish group constructs a "Gaza solidarity sukkah" on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for the holiday of Sukkot, 2024. (Courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace)
November 3, 2024, 11:30 am
How ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs’ became a flashpoint for debates about anti-Zionist Jewish observance
Jewish students, many aligned with JVP, built structures for Sukkot that also served as protests against Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
August 15, 2024, 10:37 am
Chronicle poll results: Is anti-Zionism antisemitism?
We asked our readers if anti-Zionism is antisemitism. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Antisemitic statements are both chanted and hung outside of an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning. The encampment was the work of groups like Pitt Divest from Apartheid. (Photo by David Rullo)
July 15, 2024, 3:10 pm
An alphabet soup of anti-Zionist groups operate around Pittsburgh
A handful of local organizations organize and promote most of the anti-Zionist activity in the city
By David Rullo
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears on “Meet the Press.” (Photo by William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)
June 20, 2024, 12:08 pm
As antisemitism rises, a campaign heats up to discredit the term
Constant claims that antizionism is not antisemitism are playing a massive role in creating confusion and intimidation around the issue.
By David Suissa
Ziegelman Hall, the main building of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College’s campus in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Ike9898 via Wikimedia Commons)
May 23, 2024, 4:07 pm
Anti-Zionism forced us to withdraw from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
We came to find that RRC is, de facto, a training ground for anti-Zionist rabbis.
By Talia Werber Steven Goldstein
A "We Stand with Israel" sign was defaced in Squirrel Hill. (Photo provided by Julie Paris_
May 22, 2024, 10:05 am
Antisemitic incidents continue to plague Pittsburgh
Signs supporting Israel defaced and stolen, white supremacist flyers and more
By David Rullo
The Yale University pro-Palestinian encampment on Friday night. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 24, 2024, 10:32 pm
Pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide
The spread of the demonstrations is being promoted and celebrated by pro-Palestinian activists, including the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace.
By Andrew Lapin
“When Is Never Again,” by Naomi Davis. (Photo provided by Naomi Davis)
January 2, 2024, 2:59 pm
After Oct. 7, antisemitism in high schools more subtle, less overt
“It’s no longer you’re just Jewish. Now, you’re Jewish and a Zionist. It’s another reason for people to look at you differently."
By David Rullo
U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, a Tennessee Republican, speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
December 5, 2023, 7:04 pm
House passes resolution equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
The resolution passed 311 to 14, with 92 members voting present
By Ron Kampeas
From left: Don Sable, Gerri Richmond and Sheila Berman, Jews from the Philadelphia suburbs, protest outside of the Palestine Writes Festival at Penn on Sept. 22. (Photo by Jarrad Saffren)
September 26, 2023, 2:29 pm
We went to opening night of the Palestine Writes Festival. Here’s what happened
“It’s about the fact that we remain proud, unbroken, defiant,” the event's organizer said. “Even though we are battered, colonized, exiled, robbed, terrorized and demeaned.”
By Jarrad Saffren
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, addresses an event she organized in the Capitol complex marking the 'Nakba," May 10, 2023. (Twitter)
May 11, 2023, 2:11 pm
Bernie Sanders steps in to help Rep. Tlaib hold anti-Israel event in Capitol
Jewish independent lawmaker chairs gathering in Senate committee meeting room to mark Nakba; Tlaib accuses Israel of apartheid, terror, says US aiding ‘ethnic cleansing’
By TOI Staff
Temple Beth El of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, as seen in 2008 (Photo by Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
December 7, 2022, 12:48 pm
Michigan man charged after threatening synagogue-goers yelled antisemitic invective during arraignment
The synagogue where the incident took place is planning events to help community members process both their trauma.
By Andrew Lapin
A truck emblazoned with an image of Adolf Hitler and the phrase "All in favor of banning Jews, raise your right hand," drove through Berkeley, Calif., October 2022, in response to a controversy involving several UC Berkeley Law student groups resolving to bar "Zionist" speakers. (Courtesy of Accuracy in Media)
October 19, 2022, 7:53 pm
A provocative ‘Hitler truck’ inflames tensions in Berkeley amid ‘Jew-free zones’ accusation
Whatever the truck’s intended effect, its presence frightened students and drew condemnation from the local Jewish groups.
By Andrew Lapin
Shay Cohen was one of the UC Berkeley students who spoke at the forum. (Photo/screenshot)
October 12, 2022, 11:54 am
Jewish students at Berkeley Law tell their side of the story
Nine law school affinity groups have proposed to ban Zionist speakers. That's making life hard for some Jewish students on campus.
By Gabe Stutman
Jeffrey Lax, a professor of business at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn (Courtesy photo via JNS)
September 28, 2022, 2:26 pm
CUNY pulls former CAIR staffer from anti-Zionism investigation
Prof. Jeffrey Lax says choosing a former employee of the Council on American–Islamic Relations to conduct the probe showed “at best, extremely poor judgment.”
By Mike Wagenheim
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