Anti-Zionism

“Affecting… .This beautifully written cri de coeur is inspired by an ‘exilic vision’ of equality, an alternative Jewish tradition, resistant to nationalism and rooted in solidarity with others.”
—The Guardian

“An affirming text for anyone who has gone through the painful process of deconstructing their Zionism… .[It] reinforced my sense of pride in my ancestors who fought against the supremacist project in the name of what is right, and what is truly Jewish… .Benjamin Moser makes them all proud.”
—Hannah Einbinder, Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee for HBO’s Hacks

“With meticulous research, wit, and a searching moral candor, Benjamin Moser takes on decades of propaganda in these portraits of Jewish intellectuals and public figures in the shadow of Zionism’s grand narratives…. A lovingly-written historical primer for the free-thinkers of the West today, to whom this book says: You are in good company.”
—Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost

“Moser has written such an expansive, moving text. Sensitive, rigorous, and deeply personal.”
—Raven Leilani, author of the New York Times bestseller Luster

“Riveting… .[Moser] has profoundly changed my understanding of history—the world’s, my people’s, my family’s, and my own.”
—Ayelet Waldman, New York Times bestseller and author of A Perfect Hand

“A book of extraordinary moral clarity, with razor-sharp prose.”
—Nathan Thrall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

“Urgently necessary… .I hope it will be widely read.”
—Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save

“A rare book that induces a simultaneous expansion of the mind and soul.”
—Pankaj Mishra, author of The World After Gaza

“Anti-Zionism…is a kind of literary resurrection, a personal search through lost Jewish choices, following paths long overgrown and figures that history thought best forgotten….The stories…tell of struggle, of deep conviction, of the desire for justice. To give voice to these stories is an act of fidelity to those who suffered at the hands of an emerging national project in a time of trauma.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books

“A trenchant history of Jewish opposition to Zionism… .Moser explores each [Jewish anti-Zionist] figure’s life with a keen biographer’s eye… .These illuminating profiles in courage challenge the myth of Zionism’s unilateral consensus.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A principled case against a powerfully entrenched doctrine.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“The book’s diverse, impressionistic portraits of individuals….suggest that anti-Zionism has been, and will continue to be, a big tent.”
—The Paris Review

“[Anti-Zionism] restores a moral genealogy, the knowledge that Jewish opposition to Zionism was possible.”
—+972 Magazine

“This landmark book will jolt many readers out of a fabricated narrative, especially as it reflects an entirely Jewish perspective. It is well researched, rich in fact, and extremely pleasant to read.”
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Antifragile

BENJAMIN MOSER is the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book of 2009. For his work bringing Clarice Lispector to international prominence, he received Brazil’s first State Prize for Cultural Diplomacy. Sontag: Her Life and Work won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, and The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters appeared in 2023. He completed the present book at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.

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