Category: Liberal Zionism

Debating Zionism as ‘Settler-Colonialism’

On Dec. 20, 2021, Alan Johnson, editor of the British online journal, Fathom, debated Prof. Leila Farsakh (a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts-Boston)

A Defence of Liberal Zionism

Dr. Yehezkel Landau, a dual Israeli-American citizen, was executive director of the Oz veShalom-Netivot Shalom religious peace movement and then co-founder and co-director of the Open House peace

Raising the Progressive Zionist Voice

This is a joint statement by the presidents of Ameinu and Partners for Progressive Israel, Ken Bob and Paul Scham respectively, in the wake of

Labor Resurrects; Will Meretz Die?

On March 23rd, Israel will hold its fourth national election in two years.  The multi-party contending field is even more chaotic than usual, but one

A Liberal’s Support for Zionism (but not Bibi)

The following is a selection from the Jan. 3rd issue of the weekly newsletter by Steven Sheffey, “Chicagoland Pro-Israel Political Update“:  The U.S.-Israel relationship is grounded

AOC, Say it ain’t so!

Superstar leftwing Member of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, backed out of speaking at an online memorial for Prime Minister Yizhak Rabin, sponsored by Americans for Peace

Et Tu, Beinart? TTN Members Respond

Peter Beinart’s recent NY Times op-ed and his longer essay in Jewish Currents argue in principle for a one-state binational solution for Israelis and Palestinians.  His article in Jewish

Et Tu, Beinart?

Religiously, Peter Beinart is what one may call “conservadox,” an observant Jew who attends a liberal-ish modern Orthodox synagogue but does not routinely cover his

The End of Labor Zionism?

This top photo of a 1950s-era MAPAM socialist-Zionist celebration of May Day (distributed by Creative Commons.org CC by 2.5) accompanied my History News Network review article,