This is the Forward’s coverage of Zionism, the movement in support of the state of Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people.
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Community What Being Gay Taught Me About Zionism
This Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, which incidentally lands a week after Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a symbolic reminder of how far the Jewish people have come in such a short span of time. Yet seventy years later, the debate over the history of the country continues to divide people across the…
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Community These Four Conflicting Visions Will Determine Israel’s Future
Israel is a success story on many levels — social, economic, scientific, and in terms of protecting its security. Nevertheless, many of its citizens see the country as treading water. What is the source of this dissonance? In Israel’s cultural war, one community’s dream is another community’s nightmare. But if we are capable of pushing…
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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik ‘Happy To Take A Public Bullet For Israel’
Actress Mayim Bialik, told a large crowd in Jerusalem on Tuesday that her outspoken support for Israel and Zionism has come with “a heavy price.” “It hasn’t yet, that I know of, impacted my acting career, but it has impacted the way that I am seen, and that does impact my career in terms of…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz Lecture Draws Protest At Qatar University
“Zionists are not welcome here,” protested activists who led a walk-out at a lecture by lawyer and former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz in Qatar on Sunday. Dershowitz’s lecture, called “Law and Media”, was held at Northwestern University’s Doha campus. The talk was not publicized and was only announced through an email to students…
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Opinion Sorry, Black Panther Is Not About Zionism
Black Panther is a remarkable movie. The film narrates the origin story of the Marvel superhero known as Black Panther, who hails from the never-colonized mythical African nation of Wakanda. It’s a country rich in unparalleled resources and technology where women play key roles in every success. The plot of the film takes off when…
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The Schmooze Real Zionists Watch The Winter Olympics
It’s an incredible time to be a Zionist. No, hear me out: Gal Gadot has been unofficially elected High Emperess of the Universe, the Netanyahu family keeps entertaining us with darkly amusing leaked recordings of their private conversations leaked to the world, and Israel has sent their largest Winter team to the Olympics in the…
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Fast Forward Qatar Meets With Morton Klein In Outreach To Pro-Israel Jews
(JTA) — The president of the Zionist Organization of America is the latest pro-Israel figure to visit Qatar and meet with its leader. “They invited me to go a number of times – in September, October, November and December,” Morton Klein told Haaretz on Monday, confirming his visit earlier this month. “At first I refused…
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Opinion By Rejecting Jews, Intersectionality Betrays Itself
Last week, American Zionists were told they could not be part of the feminist movement — again. A number of pro-Palestinian groups, most notably the Palestinian American Women’s Association, boycotted Saturday’s L.A. Women’s March. They wouldn’t attend due to the fact that actress Scarlett Johansson, known to be a proud Zionist, was one of the…
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