Zachary Spitz is a University of Chicago undergraduate and a Midwest regional co-chair for J Street U.
Community The Destruction Of Susya Would Spell Disaster For Israel This past summer, as a J Street U intern in Israel, I visited two West Bank towns by the same name: the Palestinian village of Susya and the nearby Israeli settlement of Susya. I expected to see a disparity between them, but what I witnessed was shocking injustice. While the surrounding settlements and outposts were… By Zachary Spitz Feb 5, 2018 | 3 min read
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Fast Forward In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis By Shira Li Bartov Jul 11, 2025 | 3 min read