How to defend against antizionism – Part 3
April 15, 2026 by Joshua Dabelstein
An Arsenal Against Antizionism: How to Reclaim the Language
(click here for part 1) (click here for part 2)
If antizionism is sustained through language, then language is where it must be confronted.
How to defend against antizionism – Part 2
April 14, 2026 by Joshua Dabelstein
Hostility as a Virtue: The Moral Logic of Antizionism
Distinct forms of anti-Jewish hostility are produced in response to what a given society considers morally persuasive, intellectually legitimate, or politically necessary. What changes is the language through which violence justifies itself.
How to defend against antizionism – Part 1
April 13, 2026 by Joshua Dabelstein
Part 1: Diagnosing the problem
Today we rely on the word ‘antisemitism’ to describe all anti-Jewish sentiment. The word sprang into popularity through Wilhelm Marr’s The Victory of Judaism Over Germandom (1879), which mounts the antisemite’s moral case while rejecting the religious persecution of prior centuries.
