Pro-Israeli groups go to extreme lengths to present Zionism and Judaism as the same. They are not. Critics of Zionism must also be careful not to conflate the two. There are many good and decent Jewish people that are equally appalled at the excesses of Zionism and speak out against them.
We reproduce below an article published by Times of Israel (April 30, 2019) about the racist and hate-filled teachings of two rabbis at a government funded academy in Zionist Israel. Readers can judge for themselves the true nature of Zionist ideology and those that promote and support it.
An Israeli flag next to the rabbi’s podium, a synagogue-wide Israel Independence Day celebration, a prayer for the state of Israel during services — for many, these are innocuous if not positive parts of American Jewish congregational life.
