My colleague Jay Solomon recently wrote about the impact on Jewish students and Jewish identity of treating “Zionist” as a slur.  He shares illustrations of their experiences on campus and how students are pushing back on narratives that dismiss Jewish perspectives and trample Jewish narratives.

Part of Jay’s point bears emphasis: There’s a gap between general, philosophical discussions about definitions of “Zionism” and the practical reality of what students face on campus.

We’ve recently seen a number of conversations about definitions and perceptions of Zionism, with Bob Brym’s review of the term’s semantic drift among Canadian Jews and For the Sake of Argument’s qualitative research conversations being two examples.  These are incredibly important and help us understand how our community defines, uses, and responds to “Zionism” and related........

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