Anti-Zionism
First published 2026
Reception
Mostly positive. 4 of 6 critics were positive or better.
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“It doesn’t break new ground, nor does it intend to, and it is not a ‘history’ per se.”
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“Reminds Jewish Americans that another tradition is available, one that opposes Israel’s existence rather than merely seeks to curb its worst impulses”
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“Moser writes as someone whose heart has been broken by his illusions about Jews, and who now wants to make amends by praising Palestinians.”
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Read the 3 reviews
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Anti-Zionism
“Moser writes as someone whose heart has been broken by his illusions about Jews, and who now wants to make amends by praising Palestinians. He has an evil perpetrator and a virtuous victim ... Despite his declared aversion to Zionist claims to the Promised Land, Moser still manages to wrap himself in sentimental attachment to land-based nationalism ... The musical key of Anti-Zionism is not the my”
By Michael S. Roth
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‘Anti-Zionism,’ by Benjamin Moser
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Anti-Zionism
“Reminds Jewish Americans that another tradition is available, one that opposes Israel’s existence rather than merely seeks to curb its worst impulses ... But Moser does not detail what a future resolution might entail ... Has an unfortunate tendency to misrepresent the authorities he enlists ... No patience for complexity ... Moser’s biggest failure, though, may be his inability to escape the very”
By Isaac Chotiner
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Sontag
2019
