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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Opinion I’m Young. I’m Liberal. And Yes, I’m Zionist.
A few months ago, as I was chatting with a new friend, I found myself divulging my political ideological makeup. Inevitably, Arab-Israeli standpoints entered into the fray, and she asked me what my position was on the current climate in Israel. “I’m a Zionist,” I told her without hesitation, and was met with what I’ve…
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Opinion Should We Transform Tisha B’Av from Fast to Feast?
Tisha B’Av is one of Judaism’s two major fast days, but it’s mostly unfamiliar to American Jews. I saw this clearly when, in 2013, I served as Team Rabbi for the U.S. delegation to the World Maccabiah Games. Before the games, we took teams on a trip around Israel, and Tisha B’Av fell near the…
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News Are Christian Zionists the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Pro-Israel Room?
Reinforcing their standing as the right-wing marker of the pro-Israel community, Christian Zionists are now setting up their own lobbying arm. It will be heading for Capitol Hill with a much harsher message than other Israel groups, as activists prepare for the battle over confirming the Iranian nuclear deal in Congress. At its annual conference,…
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Opinion Can a Non-Zionist Synagogue Succeed — and Spread?
The Jewish blogosphere was alive with commentary after Rabbi Brant Rosen, the co-chair of Jewish Voice for Peace’s Rabbinical Council, on July 5 the foundation of Tzedek Chicago. This new congregation takes a radical approach to Judaism: it welcomes Jews and non-Jews, rejects any form of nationalism, and openly declares that the creation of a…
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Opinion Will ‘Jewish Quarter’ Win Over Egyptians — or Backfire?
Today is the first day of Ramadan. In the Arab world, that means fasting and praying and post-sunset binging. It also means lots and lots of TV. Among the many soap operas aired around this time each year to entertain Muslims as they break fast, there have been plenty featuring anti-Semitic tropes. Plot lines referencing…
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Fast Forward Liberal Group Sweeps To Win in World Zionist Vote
The Reform movement won a plurality of votes for American representation in the 37th World Zionist Congress. Of the 145 seats allocated to Americans in the 500-representative body, approximately 70 percent went to religious denominations: Fifty-six seats went to the Reform movement’s ARZA faction, 25 went to the Conservative movement’s Mercaz faction and 24 to…
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Fast Forward Dutch ‘ISIS Is Zionist’ Civil Servant Escapes Punishment
A Dutch civil servant who said ISIS was a ‘Zionist’ conspiracy may keep her job, the country’s justice minister determined. Minister Ard van der Steur made his decision public on Wednesday in a letter sent to parliament about the conduct of Yasmina Haifi, a former project leader at the ministry’s National Cyber Security Center. In…
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Opinion Israeli Left Splits on Tactics at J Street Conference
J Street / Facebook Speaking at a press conference on the margins of the J Street national convention today, a group of left-wing Knesset members split over the role they’d like American Jews to play in American diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations. Responding to a reporter’s question, Zionist Union lawmakers Yoel Hasson and Ksenia…
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