FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JEWISH STUDIES ZIONIST NETWORK ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ANTISEMITISM ALLEGATIONS A global alliance of pro-Israel college educators and scholars called the Jewish Studies Zionist Network (JSZN) has issued a public statement about the federal investigation into allegations of antisemitism at the University of Vermont. Recent...
כך נראה ציוני
בשנים האחרונות, ציונות הפכה להיות משהו שהיא איננה, הנוגד את מהות התנועה. המתנגדים לציונות ניסו לצייר את התנועה כתנועה של קולוניאליסטים ימניים. במציאות, ציונים הם פשוט אלה המאמינים שלעם היהודי יש זכות להגדרה עצמית במולדת אבותיהם – ישראל. ללא קשר לנטייתם הפוליטית. “כך נראה ציוני” הוא קמפיין שמראה שכל אחד...
How Anti-Semitism Has Sprung Up on College Campuses
We can no longer ignore rising anti-Semitism on college campuses “I’m gonna physically fight Zionists on campus next year if someone comes to me with their ‘Israel is a democracy’ bullshit,” Hamzeh Daoud wrote on his Facebook in July 2018. He was an incoming resident director for Stanford University’s dorms....
Free Speech Does Not Include Violence
Physical violence is not protected by the First Amendment As the US Air Force C-17 left Afghan airspace, I allowed myself to relax for a brief moment. My year-long tour in Kabul, Afghanistan was over. Returning home, I thought of those fellow soldiers, including my Command Sergeant Major, who had...
Taking Anti-Semitism Seriously
Concerns of pro-Israel and Jewish students are valid and should not be dismissed I am a Zionist. Not only am I a Zionist, but I am a female, Jewish person of color and I have never felt more marginalized in my lifetime. When Zionists are boxed into the categories of...
Zionist students seek peace. Why doesn’t SJP?
Editor’s Note: Since this article was published, SJP responded with the following: In my time as a student at FIU, I have always felt that our institution and my classmates are innovators, forward thinkers, and leaders of tomorrow. However, attending an event hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine...
A Palestinian Flag Gave This Zionist Hope
That’s not a headline I had ever anticipated writing. And at a time when progressives seem increasingly dominated by an anti-Israel air, I expect every run-in with that crowd to produce the same pattern of animosity and mistrust. Initially, during my coverage of the recent Sister March for Racial Justice...
I am a Zionist.
I’m afraid to say it out loud sometimes because it’s become a bad word of late. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and its necessity. I put great faith in the Jewish right to self-determination and have a deep love for the State of Israel. This makes me a...