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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

progressive Zionism

Illustrative: President Isaac Herzog delivers the keynote address on August 29, 2022, to mark the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress at the historic Stadtcasino in Basel, where Theodor Herzl convened the first congress which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 25, 2025, 4:36 pm
From far left to Haredi right, Jews question ethics of voting in World Zionist Congress
As Jewish voters across the globe help decide Israel’s future, diametrically opposed groups on the fringes are united in taking issue with the terms of participation
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks in Jerusalem, June 27, 2024 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
June 27, 2024, 6:48 pm
Visiting US Senator Fetterman: No to any deal that leaves Hamas in power
Outspoken pro-Israel Democrat says during his first trip to Israel that Biden should not have withheld bombs; backs Netanyahu address to Congress
By Lazar Berman
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky speaks during an Israel-solidarity service in November 2023. Kalmanofsky is among a number of American rabbis to say that Israel's war is presenting challenging questions six months in. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 9, 2024, 12:52 am
US rabbis grapple with anxiety over Gaza destruction as war crosses six-month mark
Fearing for the Jewish state, some clergy are calling for some form of ceasefire, while others acknowledge Palestinian suffering but support powering through toward victory
By JTA
Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his 'Two-State Solution Act' on Capitol Hill, September 23, 2021. He is flanked by, from left: Hadar Susskind, the president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
February 15, 2024, 8:47 pm
Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu to merge
Leaders of the two small but well-known organizations say combined resources will strengthen the initiatives each has championed as they worked toward similar goals
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters at the March for Israel rally, November 14, 2023, at the National Mall in Washington. (Sarah Rosen/Times of Israel)
November 17, 2023, 9:46 am
Liberal Jewish groups lament DC rally’s rightward bent, say progressives pushed away
The decision to allow controversial pastor John Hagee on stage without broader support reflected a more widespread bias, claim some participating organizations
By Charlie Summers
Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 14, 2023, 4:04 am
US Jewish progressives are grappling with how to respond to Hamas’ terror onslaught
Some Jews on the left find themselves mourning Israeli civilian victims of terror as colleagues glorify Saturday’s massacre and worries mount over what comes next for Palestinians
By Luke Tress
Participants on a recent tour of Israel and the West Bank, which included members of Pittsburgh's Congregation Dor Hadash, walk through Hebron. (Courtesy of Shleimut via JTA)
June 29, 2023, 5:18 pm
During Pittsburgh shooter trial, surviving congregants find parallels in West Bank
As gunman is tried for murder of 11 Jews, members of Tree of Life’s Dor Hadash visit Palestinians, doubling down on refugee aid work for which killer said he targeted them
By Eliyahu Freedman
Ezra Beinart in an undated photo. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 4:21 pm
US Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are meeting prominent Palestinians via Zoom
The high school junior’s new initiative seeks to bring Palestinian perspectives to young American Jews – a demographic, he says, that sorely lacks exposure to them
By Ron Kampeas
The Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, May 22, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 11, 2022, 6:58 pm
Leading New York Reform rabbi launches push against anti-Zionism in the movement
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue hopes Amplify Israel program will reverse slide against Zionism, views the trend as an existential threat to Reform movement
By Luke Tress
Israel's Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a JNF-USA event on October 28, 2021. (Shahar Azran/File)
January 14, 2022, 6:37 pm
Israel’s new man in NY: Bring on the broad — but legitimate — criticism of Israel
Consul General Asaf Zamir says providing US youth with tools to sell both progressive and Zionist identities requires explaining conflict’s complexity more honestly than in past
By Jacob Magid
Pro-Israel LGBTQ activists with the Jewish group Zioness protest a ban of Star of David flags at the Dyke March in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)
May 31, 2021, 3:24 pm
As antisemitic violence sweeps US, progressive Zionists jostle for space on left
Jewish social justice activists show up for other causes unconditionally – but many find themselves alienated after Israel-Hamas conflict
By Danielle Ziri
At J Street's 2017 national conference, a group including Matan Arad-Neeman marched to the Israeli Embassy to drop off letters from hundreds of students calling for Israel to cancel the demolitions of Susya and Khan al-Ahmar. (Courtesy)
January 10, 2019, 5:36 am
Left-wing US student groups increase pressure on Birthright for ‘balanced’ trip
While more mainstream J Street U hasn’t yet called for a boycott, other anti-occupation campus organizations launch provocative steps to disrupt free 10-day youth trip to Israel
By Cathryn J. Prince
Achvat Amim participants learning Jewish topics in the forest. (Courtesy Achvat Amim)
January 4, 2019, 5:18 am
Far-left Diaspora Jews increasingly coming to Israel — and sticking around
While having little love lost for the government, activists in long-term programs are forging deeper, more complex bonds with the land even as they try to influence its people
By Steven Davidson
Randi Weingarten, with megaphone, marches in a New York City rally, June 27, 2018. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA)
August 14, 2018, 10:18 am
To sway the teachers’ union to love Israel, Randi Weingarten criticizes it
Rather than join BDS, the Jewish president of the American Federation of Teachers hopes her group’s progressive Zionist message will ‘help bring Israel to its better angels’
By Ben Sales
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