Post-Zionism

We're left with tensions of who's in and who's out.

And how do we judge people without knowing their motives? And what are the boundaries of our membership? You know, as it relates now to Zionism and post-Zionism and anti-Zionism, as it relates to atheism and agnosticism, as it relates to being observant or not, as it relates to interfaith relationships, these boundaries are kind of crucial what it means to preserve something called the Jewish people.

And how much do we want to be a radically welcoming community? You know, one of the interesting things, Charlie Citrin Walker, if you may recall, on Shabbat, something like five years ago, this reformed rabbi in Texas, an Islamic fundamentalist took his synagogue hostage, him and a bunch of other folks.

This was one of the hardest Shabbats I remember because...

And I actually, I, I argue with some of my Jewish friends.

I think we should become, like, post-Zionist because Israel exists.

Yeah.

Like, Israel is a fait accompli.

And I actually, I, I argue with some of my Jewish friends.

I think we should become, like, post-Zionist because Israel exists.

Yeah.

Like, Israel is a fait accompli.

It's about legitimacy.

Right-wing parties begin framing left-wing opponents as post-Zionist, as defeatist, as people who've given up on the Jewish state.

The rhetoric escalates fast.

By 1995, Rabin is assassinated by a right-wing extremist who believed he was saving the country from a traitor.