Oh how I would have loved to have been in your class. This was probably the best and most enlightening class those students had ever taken. Thank you for writing this.
This line was very interesting: "But Zionism argued that powerlessness corrupts no less. Zionist thinkers observed that a people whose very survival depended on the frequently absent goodwill of others would inevitably be corrupted by the need to ingratiate itself with those in power."
In a way, the antizionist argument that Israel is a colonial project relies on the narrative that the Zionists either collaborated with or "ingratiated" themselves with the imperial powers of the time (the British and the Ottomans, even the nazis with the ha'Avara Agreement) and that Israel continues to be backed by the US, the Big Satan, or basically the culmination of Western imperialist evil.
So the accusation has now become: “You claimed diaspora dependence corrupted Jews into proximity-seeking behavior, yet Zionism itself succeeded precisely through proximity to empire.”
Pleased to announce the publication of Einat's book "Teaching Zionism: Reflections from a Skeptical Classroom" -- an expansion of this essay that includes the full course, primary sources, and detailed student experiences. Check it out! https://a.co/d/0gwcyq0T
Einat is one of our brightest and she was "read in" early. She knows the real point of Modern Israel.
so good so perfect
The term ‘bullying’ here is apt.
Fantastic article!
Oh how I would have loved to have been in your class. This was probably the best and most enlightening class those students had ever taken. Thank you for writing this.
Is Zionism as Therapy available in published book form? I would love to purchase a copy.
Stay tuned!
Just published! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H215ZTWQ
I recomment you and your knowledge to every anti-Zionist. Thank you Einat
Thry wont listen. But they might later https://marlowe1.substack.com/p/the-man-in-the-red-suit-by-tim-lieder?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=sllf3
Just ordered 2! Looking forward to reading this and one will be given to a friend.
I have been following Einat Wilf for a couple of years and have !learned a great deal from her!
Clear thinker, great mind!
This line was very interesting: "But Zionism argued that powerlessness corrupts no less. Zionist thinkers observed that a people whose very survival depended on the frequently absent goodwill of others would inevitably be corrupted by the need to ingratiate itself with those in power."
In a way, the antizionist argument that Israel is a colonial project relies on the narrative that the Zionists either collaborated with or "ingratiated" themselves with the imperial powers of the time (the British and the Ottomans, even the nazis with the ha'Avara Agreement) and that Israel continues to be backed by the US, the Big Satan, or basically the culmination of Western imperialist evil.
So the accusation has now become: “You claimed diaspora dependence corrupted Jews into proximity-seeking behavior, yet Zionism itself succeeded precisely through proximity to empire.”
Einat, thank you for your inspirational thinking!!!
Pleased to announce the publication of Einat's book "Teaching Zionism: Reflections from a Skeptical Classroom" -- an expansion of this essay that includes the full course, primary sources, and detailed student experiences. Check it out! https://a.co/d/0gwcyq0T