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Antizionism and the American Left’s Jewish Problem
Antizionism is now a badge of belonging—and a tool of exclusion. Shaul Kelner, professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, talks about anti-Zionism as a cultural movement.
A group of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters demonstrate on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Antizionism has become a badge of belonging—and a tool of exclusion.
On this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks with Shaul Kelner, professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology at Vanderbilt University, about how anti-Zionism operates not only as an argument but as a movement culture—shaping who belongs on the American left and what counts as “moral.” Together, they explore what it would mean to respond with clarity without collapsing every critique of Israel into the same category.g it to seek connections to their roots in a moment of renewed searching.
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