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Jewish researchers say to try talking to anti-Zionist Jews

While anti-Zionists remain a minority of US Jews, the results of last week's JFNA survey show that engagement has never been more important.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

THE ANNUAL Celebrate Israel parade takes place along Fifth Avenue in New York City, in 2017.

US Jews need an Identity Zionist intervention - opinion

American Jewish leaders, teachers, rabbis, and parents must go back to basics – learning what Zionism means, then teaching it to the next generation.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByGIL TROY

"Zionism is a family of arguments: political Zionism, cultural Zionism, religious Zionism, socialist Zionism, revisionist Zionism, and more." Above, delegates at the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897.

Zionism evolutions: American Jews struggle to define support for Israel in today’s terms - opinion

Yet the same survey finds that nearly nine in 10 American Jews believe “Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state.”

FEBRUARY 10, 2026|ByJOEL SWANSON/JTA

A silhouette of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, is displayed near a flag of the state of Israel on a building in Jerusalem.

Zionism is not failing - it is paying the price of long neglect - opinion

October 7 did not create the crisis: It removed the insulation. What Zionism needs now is not another campaign. It requires a re-founding.

JANUARY 24, 2026|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS

NYC rabbi who spurred anti-Mamdani push turns criticism toward Jews and Israel at Zionist gathering

Speaking to a convention of zionists, Elliot Cosgrove turned his critique toward US Jews, saying that supporters of Israel “shouldn’t be surprised” by Mamdani’s roughly 33% tally among Jewish voters.

DECEMBER 10, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue addresses attendees of the Biennial National Assembly of the American Zionist Movement in New York City on Dec. 8, 2025.

Iran authorities summon Jewish rep. over community's pro-Israel likes on social media

After being summoned by Iranian security bodies, the country’s Jewish MP Najafabadi called on Jewish Iranians to delete Israel-linked posts and unfollow IDF and other “hostile” channels.

DECEMBER 9, 2025ByJAMES GENN

Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi vists the Beheshtieh Jewish cemetery in southern Tehran, January 9, 2015

Israel needs moral giants, not more politicians - opinion

It is time for moral Zionists, not just political tacticians, to rise. We must call upon - men and women of deep faith, courage, and integrity to join Israel’s political life once again.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025BySHMUEL LEGESSE

Natan Sharansky attends a meeting of the Knesset plenum in 2000. Imagine if Sharansky was not just a name in textbooks but again a living presence in our parliament, says the writer.

Imam-led walkout over Jewish participant at CUNY interfaith event draws wide condemnation

“I came here to this event not knowing that I would be sitting next to a Zionist, and this is something I’m not going to accept. My people are being killed right now in Gaza,” said the imam-led.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Students and others at City College of New York participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their West Harlem campus on April 26, 2024.

Eric Adams’ visit to Israel highlights the fading bond between New York and Israel - analysis

Adams came not only to reaffirm the deep ties between New York and the Jewish state, but also to warn – sometimes bluntly – about what he believes lies ahead for the city’s Jews.

NOVEMBER 17, 2025ByHERB KEINON