A recent study of American Jews’ attitudes toward Israel has provoked much confusion in the Jewish establishment: Only 37% of ...
For years, leaders of the nation’s largest Jewish organizations have insisted that the overwhelming majority of Jews — often as high as 95% — are Zionists, powerful evidence that anti-Zionism was a ...
The answer lies in how Jews today understand what the term “Zionism” means. When we asked Americans, both Jews and non-Jews, ...
Joshua Shanes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Most Jews have little trouble simultaneously affirming care and concern for Israel and Israelis and opposing Israeli policies, including the extended war in Gaza. One Sunday last year, as I stood at ...
Yet the same survey finds that nearly nine in 10 American Jews believe “Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state.” Only about one-third of American Jews are Zionists, according to a ...
More of the Jewish world is studying anti-Zionists in their ranks amid questions about broader Israel support.