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Feb 9, 2026, 6:18 AM

From the River to the Sea Is Not a Metaphor

Defenders of “from the river to the sea” often insist that the slogan is symbolic—aspirational, abstract. This article argues that, in practice, it often is not. When Jews say “from the river to the sea” feels antisemitic, they are not...

Dec 14, 2025, 2:44 AM

What Indiana Jones teaches about anti-Zionism

Bringing a sword to a gunfight: Anti-Zionism, replacement memory, and the strategic failure of Israel advocacy

Nov 2, 2025, 4:30 AM

Is CRT Antisemitic?

Jews are also oppressed by the racial structures endemic to Western society. Leftist activists on American college campuses fail to appreciate how their radical, liberatory movements reproduce white supremacy’s own hatred of Jews by articulating ideas about collective liberation that...

Sep 12, 2025, 8:07 AM

Tom Lehrer was right: “Everybody hates the Jews”

A casual conversation turned into a confrontation—and I wept to a song I was never meant to take seriously. The air was thick with cigar smoke, the kind that lingers on your hands long after you leave. Perched on a...

Sep 4, 2025, 7:28 AM

Are You a Zionist? A question dividing our people

Every time I am asked, “Are you a Zionist?” I respond, “What do you mean by Zionism?” Most of the time, my inquisitor is not so sure. Often, however, after an uncomfortable shifting of weight between their feet, they’ll...

Jul 14, 2025, 11:19 PM

Toward a New Definition of Campus Antisemitism

The new antisemitism wears a moral face—why we need a new definition now “All children deserve to be treated with humanity,” my Stanford classmate appealed during a graduate seminar. Out of nowhere, another classmate responded: that’s why she couldn’t stop thinking...

Jul 12, 2025, 12:45 PM

How I learned to stop apologizing for being a Jew

Somewhere in the ache between the stories I inherited and the ones I later claimed, I found my way back to Zionism

Feb 18, 2025, 7:34 PM

The Return of Campus Encampments: Ideological Echo Chambers

“It is time to escalate for Palestine,” wrote Bowdoin College’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). In early February, 50 SJP students occupied Bowdoin’s Smith Union, the center of campus life. This was the first anti-Zionist encampment on an...

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About Me

Zahava Feldstein, a reformed anti-Zionist, now advocates against the campus antisemitism movement. She holds graduate degrees from Stanford (MA, Education) and the University of Chicago (MA, Divinity) and is currently completing a PhD in Antisemitism Studies at Gratz College. Zahava is a part-time faculty member in the University of Georgia system. She is currently working on a multi-chapter report, "Blind Spots: Interpretive Failures in Antisemitism, DEI, and Campus Discourse" for the NAS.