In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, Benjamin Moser uncovers a suppressed tradition that has shaped Jewish thought for generations. Through a cast of artists, rabbis, poets, lawyers, activists, journalists, and politicians—from Europe and Africa and Asia and Latin America—Moser traces a lineage of Jewish dissenters who confronted Zionism’s moral and political stakes—often at devastating personal cost, including censorship, exile, and death.
Reminds Jewish Americans that another tradition is available, one that opposes Israel’s existence rather than merely seeks to curb its worst impulses ... But Moser does not detail what a future resolution might entail ... Has an unfortunate tendency to misrepresent the authorities he enlists ... No patience for complexity ... Moser’s biggest failure, though, may be his inability to escape the very solipsism that he denounced in his Equator essay.
An illuminating book ... Moser’s point of view is very strong throughout ... An important set of facts and perspectives for all readers on the topic of Israel, Palestine, and Zionism that should not be ignored.
Told in exacting, arresting, and painfully revealing detail, these riveting profiles in courage expose crucial yet concealed dimensions of the ongoing crimes and horrors in Gaza and Israel.
