Benjamin Moser's provocative, exquisitely written new book, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770236/anti-zionism-by-benjamin-moser/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History</a>, couldn't be a more timely intervention in debates over Israel, Zionism, and the U.S.-Israeli relationship. It's a series of portraits of various Jewish people who came to oppose Zionism. Some are religious, some secular; some began as Zionists then changed their mind, others found it dubious from the get-go. Arranged in rough chronological order, together they make for a bracing tour of arguments against a Jewish state, especially in Palestine, along with the sordid history of the modern nation's origins. It's not a short conversation, but it's a necessary one (and with a great conversationalist).Sources:Benjamin Moser, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770236/anti-zionism-by-benjamin-moser/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History</a> (2026)— "<a href="https://www.equator.org/articles/we-have-talked-enough-about-ourselves" rel="noopener noreferrer">We Have Talked Enough About Ourselves</a>," Equator, Oct 29, 2025— <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sontag-benjamin-moser?variant=32123707293730" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sontag: Her Life and Work</a> (2019)— <a href="https://www.benmoser.com/books/why-this-world" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector</a> (2009)Isaac Chotiner, "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-hamas-used-sexual-violence-on-october-7th" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Hamas Used Sexual Violence on October 7th</a>," New Yorker, Dec 10, 2023— "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/anti-zionism-benjamin-moser-book-review" rel="noopener noreferrer">Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?</a>" New Yorker, Sept 13, 2026Barnaby Raine, "<a href="https://www.theideasletter.org/essay/encountering-zionism/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Encountering Zionism</a>," Ideas Letter, Oct 1, 2026.&nbsp;Sam Adler-Bell, "<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/11/jews-resist-inhumanity-israel" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jews in the Diaspora Must Resist the Inhumanity Being Done by Israel in Our Name</a>," New Statesman, Nov 29, 2023.&nbsp;M. Gessen, "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/what-we-know-about-the-weaponization-of-sexual-violence-on-october-7th" rel="noopener noreferrer">What We Know About the Weaponization of Sexual Violence on October 7th</a>," New Yorker, Jul 20, 2024.Arno J. Mayer, <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2053-plowshares-into-swords?srsltid=AYCX9vIY8KYB_kBG9aTQHIllDmwaUSmBP-lrSFjzdReFW8zrziRcJfS4" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plowshares into Swords: From Zionism to Israel</a>, (2008)&nbsp;W.H. Auden, "<a href="https://poets.org/poem/september-1-1939" rel="noopener noreferrer">September 1, 1939</a>"...and don't forget to subscribe to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Know Your Enemy on Patreon</a> for access to all of our bonus episodes!

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