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'Zionism is nationalism, not Judasim,' a former Hebrew school teacher explains
Weiss, Philip
http://mondoweiss.net/2016/04/zionism-is-nationalism-not-judaism-a-former-hebrew-school-teacher-explains/Date Written: 2016-04-04 Publisher: Mondoweiss Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20643 Former Hebrew school teacher, Tziva Thier clarifies the distinction between Zionism as a political movement and Judaism as a religion, and explains why Israel's acts cannot be condoned by the religion. Abstract: - Excerpt: The media have at last taken up an important discussion: the relationship of Judaism and Zionism. Many supporters of Israel say that to be Jewish means to be a Zionist; and therefore it's anti-Semitic to be anti-Zionist. Even public officials (from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Barack Obama) have backed up this claim. I thought it would be helpful to ask Israeli-American Tziva Thier, a former Hebrew school teacher and liberal Zionist, about the difference between Zionism and Judaism. I met her in New Brunswick, N.J., ten days ago, and she said: "Anti-Zionism is being anti- a political movement that is nationalist. This is a nationalist movement. Anti-semitism is racism against a group of people because of their religion. So there is no connection. Anti-semitism is hating Jews for being Jews. Anti-Zionism is being anti- what the Zionist entity is doing right now as a colonialist apartheid country." Subject Headings |