68% of ‘Connected’ American Jews Support the US-Israel War Against Iran, Survey Finds

Iranian Americans wave flags and chant during a gathering of Iranian community members showing support for Israel and…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/428208/

The Shifting Views of American Jews on Israel: From Solidarity to Debate

The relationship between American Jews and Israel has evolved significantly since the 20th century, starting with early American Zionist movements and reaching a key turning point during the 1967 Six-Day War. Initially, American Jewish support for Israel was complex and often contentious, with group... [More info]

Chuck Schumer personifies so much that has gone wrong with the Democratic party. His dreadful and far from prophetic 2016 claim that “for every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia” sits alongside his embrace of the Wall Street financial industry as evidence of that party's need for a progressive renewal.

So I sat down to read his book on antisemitism in the USA without high expectations and finished it (it's a quick read) with a sense of not having engaged with a work of much political originality.

What did impress me, however, was Schumer's account of his own life as a Jew and his family history. Read the book to understand how this history has informed his identity as a Jew, an American, and a Zionist,* and remember that a similar body of commitments, memories, emotions, and experiences have shaped the lives of a multitude of Jewish contemporaries of Schumer. Younger Jewish Americans will no doubt write differing accounts when they reach Schumer's age.

What about Schumer's main purpose in writing this book , his warning? Although he's not the first person to say so, I do think he is, alas, correct to warn of a resurgence of antisemitism in the USA. His comments about that resurgence taking place on the left of US politics as well as on the right should be heeded by US progressives, even though the Trump administration has exploited fears like those expressed by Schumer to wage an unjust war on higher education.

*Anybody who supports the existence of the state of Israel is a Zionist, so all of those who support a two state solution are Zionists by definition. Do not be bullied into thinking that Zionists must deny Palestinians the right to a sovereign state too.

#ChuckSchumer #USPolitics #DemocraticParty #Antisemitism
#Zionism #AmericanJews

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chuck-schumer/antisemitism-in-america/9781538771624/

"This is what it means to worship a state, to treat a state as an idol. It justifies itself no matter what it does. This is the moral catastrophe that has been unfolding slowly in Israel and in the American Jewish community simply has now reached a new kind of crescendo in which Israel, with America’s help, destroys an entire society and then says, well, the place is destroyed, so you’d better leave."

~ Peter Beinart

#Israel #Gaza #AmericanJews #morality #Zionism
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https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-evil

"On this episode of #AmericanPrestige, #PeterBeinart speaks with Danny and Derek about his book #BeingJewishAfterTheDestructionOfGaza: A Reckoning, #AmericanJews’ conception of and relationship with #Israel, and how things have changed since the start of the #GenocideInGaza."

https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e197-american-jews-israel-and-palestine-w-peter-beinart

#Gaza #Palestine #oPt #PalestineSolidarity #USpol #USpolitics #JewishAmericanPolitics #JewishAmericanLeft #books @palestine @israel @bookstodon

For the American timezone.

VICE: *Israelism: How Young American Jews’ Views of Israel Are Shifting*

 https://youtu.be/qQHUro6u6Kc

"The critically acclaimed feature-length documentary ‘Israelism’ investigates a movement of young American Jews who are campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel.

At the heart of the documentary are Simone Zimmerman, who grew up in Los Angeles and visited Israel on an exchange programme; and fellow American Eitan, who joins the Israeli military after graduating high school. Simone and Eitan are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs but their lives are changed when they witness the mistreatment of Palestinians with their own eyes.

Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers gave them as children.

‘Israelism’ features interviews with academics and political activists, including Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Lara Friedman and a former director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman. The film was initially released in February 2023, generating significant debate across American campuses."

#AmericanJews #US #Jews #Palestine #Israel #Israelism #Zionism #ZionismIsNotJudaism

Via #TheGuardian @ 7:33an ET on Jan 28, 2025

#ElonMusk’s remarks to a #German #FarRight party that #Germans should not focus on their country’s #Nazi past should prompt “deep concern” about “the security of #AmericanJews” and “of #Jews worldwide”, a leading US #Jewish advocate has told the Guardian.

#StopNazism #StopFascism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/elon-musk-germany-afd-rally