Zionist

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

Kol Israel calls for unity in WZO elections amid Orthodox-liberal tensions – opinion

Kol Israel pushes for Jewish unity, innovation, and an end to religious divides in WZO elections.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByDAVID YAARI, FLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM

WZO’s future in 2025: Relevance, resilience, and the Jewish people’s mission - interview

ZIONIST AFFAIRS: Verstandig sat down with Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of the WZO, to explore its vision, mission, and desired impact on the future of the Jewish people.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByYONATAN VERSTANDIG

WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION Chairman Yaakov Hagoel has continued Theodor Herzl's Zionist vision in the years he has led the organization.

Could Donald Trump be the next liberal Zionist hero? - analysis

Now Ben-Ami and other liberal Zionists are asking a somewhat uncomfortable question: Is the president they opposed in fact their best hope?

JANUARY 24, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Trump participates in a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" in Washington

End this moral distortion: Academia has lost its way if Jews are not safe - opinion

If we fail to act now, we will find ourselves in a reality where Jews fear openly expressing their identity. Now is the time to act decisively, to set boundaries, and to ensure that this ends here.

DECEMBER 25, 2024BySIVAN KOREN