Does Anti-Zionism = Anti-semitism?

[Bungalove]

Originally Posted by cb2008

What makes you keep coming back? I hope it is to learn viewpoints on current news and the topic of the thread that are different from what you hold, being a Jew. With an open mind. Of course one needs to hear, view, or listen to news to be disturbed.

I could ask the same question of you.

[cb2008]

Originally Posted by Bungalove

I could ask the same question of you.

it is to learn viewpoints on current news and the topic of the thread that are different from what you hold, being a Jew. With an open mind. Of course one needs to hear, view, or listen to news to be disturbed.
Ihave posted opinions of Jews and others who hold a diversity of views and opinions about zionism and its violent history. To dismiss all those opinions and the terrorist history of Irgun as anti-semitism would be misinformation. Why would one do that?

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by bad debt

Stop. This simply isn't true.

It was true.

I go to Hebrew Union several times a year for seminars and presentations about archaeology. Politics never comes up unless they're discussing a particular Hebrew king or series of kings in a particular era.

Even though it's true now, it doesn't change the fact that Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism.

[bad debt]

Originally Posted by Mircea

It was true.

I go to Hebrew Union several times a year for seminars and presentations about archaeology. Politics never comes up unless they're discussing a particular Hebrew king or series of kings in a particular era.

It's been true for awhile (probably since the 80's) even if not explicitly codified. If politics never comes up, then how would you know what all of the people at Hebrew Union think about Zionism?

Originally Posted by Mircea

Even though it's true now, it doesn't change the fact that Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism.

I commented on your on your statement regarding Reform Jews (not Reformed) not being Zionists. Also, just a heads up, antisemitism should not have a hyphen. I know the thread title is wrong as well (that you didn't create), but thought I would let people know.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/antisemitism

USAGE NOTE FOR ANTISEMITISM
The closed and lowercase spelling antisemitism is now the preferred form. Jewish groups have long preferred the single word spelling, and many style guides, including those of major publications, have also adopted it.
While Semitic is a current linguistic term for a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages including Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician, the spelling anti-Semite falsely implies prejudice against all of the diverse groups of people who speak any of these languages. However, that is not how antisemite is used. Rather, the “Semite” in antisemitism is a euphemism for “Jew,” meant to lend a scientific air to the racial grouping of all Jewish peoples based on an outdated pseudoscience of race.