Zionism
June 11, 2025, 9:03 am
Chronicle poll results: Zionism
We asked our readers: "Are you a Zionist?" Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
A June 20 event is encouraging young adults to create community and explore connections to the Jewish State. (Photo by Markus Winkler via Pexels)
June 6, 2025, 4:13 pm
Shabbat Social brings Zionism to the forefront for young adults
Upcoming event encourages 'joyful conversation about what it means to be a Zionist and to have a connection to Israel'
By Adam Reinherz
June 5, 2025, 8:21 am
Chronicle poll question
Are you a Zionist?
Votes in the World Zionist Congress Elections determine the outcome of more than $1 billion. (Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels)
March 31, 2025, 1:33 pm
OIC-Mizrachi representatives encourage Pittsburghers to vote in World Zionist Congress elections
With more than $1 billion up for grabs, listeners told to seize a democratic opportunity
By Adam Reinherz
Recent videos and images shared by the Betar US social media account in February 2025 that helped lead the Anti-Defamation League to add the group to their glossary of extremism include (l-r) a video of a man yelling profane remarks at a New York mosque; a video of comedian Michael Rapaport praising Rabbi Meir Kahane; and a post praising the Proud Boys. (Screenshots via X)
February 25, 2025, 9:18 am
Right-wing Zionist group Betar wars with ADL after being added to its extremism database
Betar’s founder barged into a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and was removed by security.
By Andrew Lapin
Yizhar Hess wants North American Jews to vote. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Livingston)
December 11, 2024, 10:16 am
Democracy in Israel requires voting in North America, says World Zionist Organization vice chair
Economics is one reason to vote. Post-war Israel is another
By Adam Reinherz
November 25, 2024, 2:22 pm
Post-Oct. 7, a Pittsburgher re-embraces her Jewish roots
Blumenfeld called the conversation a “catalyst moment” and said she walked away from it an atheist.
By David Rullo
More than 300 community members gathered at the JCC in Squirrel Hill to mourn the murder of six hostages in Gaza last week. Ben Wecht argues that its important for the Jewish communitiy not to splinter during divisive times. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
September 19, 2024, 9:35 am
Hanging together: A call for Jewish unity in divisive times
As Jews, however, it’s vital to remember that we constitute a mere 2.4% of the U.S. population. As Zionists we're a smaller number.
By Ben Wecht
Cancel. (By Focal Foto, courtesy of flickr.com)
August 28, 2024, 1:18 pm
A Brooklyn bookstore canceled my discussion of Judaism over my Zionism
Here's what I learned
By Rabbi Andy Bachman
New York University students set up a "Liberated Zone" tent encampment in Gould Plaza at NYU Stern School of Business on April 22, 2024, in New York City. NYU students joined the growing number of students in colleges throughout the country to set up tent encampments on school grounds calling on their schools to divest from Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
August 26, 2024, 2:37 pm
NYU issues new hate speech guidelines discouraging students from targeting ‘Zionists’
Some Jewish students have described feeling excluded from campus activities if they do not denounce Zionism.
By Andrew Lapin
Yafa Negrete creates a portrait of one of the hostages abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 (Photo courtesy of Yafa Negrete)
August 26, 2024, 10:30 am
Local Jewish artists confront rising antisemitism since Oct. 7
"If you’re Jewish, and you’re pro-Israel, which makes you a Zionist, you’re somehow not welcome in these spaces.”
By Toby Tabachnick
The closed storefront of the Detroit Institute of Bagels in Detroit, Michigan, after staff walked out in protest of the store's new "Zionist" owner, July 31, 2024. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 7, 2024, 10:35 pm
A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner
Philip Kafka, a developer who has earned praise and derision for his redevelopment projects, took over the Detroit Institute of Bagels from its original Jewish owner.
By Andrew Lapin
Julie Paris is running for the World Zionist Congress as part of the Kol Israel slate. (Photo provided by Julie Paris)
July 23, 2024, 12:25 pm
Julie Paris fights anti-Zionism and antisemitism
With a passion for Israel and Jewish community
By David Rullo
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Women's March (Photo by Dimitri Rodriguez, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 17, 2024, 10:06 am
The Democratic Socialists of America rebuked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Zionism
And proved their own irrelevance
By Eric Alterman
Exterior view of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College campus in Pennsylvania. (Wikimedia)
July 4, 2024, 1:45 pm
Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution
Rabbis from the liberal Jewish movement have taken leading roles in anti-Zionist activism
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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