Word: zionism
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Whoever makes Zionism uniquely repulsive to such people as a form of nationalism directed towards Jews makes Judaism equally repulsive as a community directed towards the same exclusive group. Such an attack on Judaism must be recognized for what...
...ugly Zionism-equals-racism resolution and everyone who supports it denigrate an integral portion of the religion and culture of Jews. It is that simple. And saying that Zionism equals racism is saying that Judaism equals racism. Such a statement borders on blatant anti-semitism and offends us deeply as Jews...
Jews have felt oppression in many lands, including the former Soviet Union, Ethiopia and Arab lands. We are sensitive to the feelings of oppression felt by others, and are willing to discuss Israeli policies with whoever is interested. Nevertheless, Zionism is not a policy. It is a part of who we are, and as such, we must express our disappointment at being called racist by another campus group in this new atmosphere of racial understanding. The Coordinating Council of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Daniel J. Libenson '92, Chair Shai A. Held '94, Chair-elect
...First: Zionism is not a tenet of Judaism. Zionism is a political ideology, not a religion. One does not have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and, conversely, not all Jews embrace Zionism. Being anti-Zionist in no way implies anti-Jewish or anti-semitic sentiments; in the same way that being anti-Nazi is not being anti-German; or similarly, being anti-White Supremacy is not attacking all white people...
...Zionism is racism, because it discriminates against people simply because they are non-Jews. That is the reason why only Jewish Ethiopians were evacuated to Israel while non-Jewish Ethiopians were left to face the brutalities of the Ethiopian civil...