Ethan Katz is Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley. He’s the faculty director of the Center for Jewish Studies and co-founder of both the Antisemitism Education Initiative and the Bridging Fellowship Dialogue program. His most recent co-edited book is When Jews Argue: Between the University and the Beit Midrash.
He recently wrote an essay for Sources Journal entitled “When Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitic? Getting Beyond the Polemics” and, while I didn’t agree with it, I found it an intriguing exploration of the issues, so I invited him for a discussion.
Topics include:
What is the distinction between “critical” and “negationist” anti-Zionism?
Should someone’s personal experience shape the way we judge their opinions of Zionism?
Should we ask when and whether Zionism is anti-Palestinian?
