Henry: Thank you for this very thoughtful response. Toby Harris On Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 4:38 PM Henry Hollander via Hasafran < [email protected]> wrote:
> Der Dr. Schreiber-Humer, I do think that the internal Jewish discourse on > Israel/Palestine in the U. S. is different from the same in Europe, as it > is also different from the same in Israel. Rather than dismiss the > expression of an opinion, I > > Der Dr. Schreiber-Humer, > > I do think that the internal > Jewish discourse on Israel/Palestine in the U.S. is different from the same > in Europe, as it is also different from the same in Israel. Rather than > dismiss the expression of an opinion, I think you are correct in asking > questions to try to understand this opinion. > > That said, non-Zionism and > anti-Zionism are positions that have been held by Jews as long as Zionism > has been around. The Jewish position on Political Zionism has never been > unanimous. > > Since I am not an > anti-Zionist I wouldn't deign to speak for them. Rabbi Eliot Cosgrove > (absolutely not an anti-Zionist) of the very large Park Avenue Synagogue in > New York has been making a number of significant statements of late. I have > some mixed feelings about him, but in the most recent piece of writing I > saw from him he makes a statement that I find consonant with what I have > heard from many younger American Jews. He says, > > > "I recall the shock and dismay my daughter shared upon returning from her > Israel gap year, discovering that her Israeli pre-army *mechina* peers, > on whose condition so much of her Jewish education had been directed, > expended zero psychic energy on the well-being of diaspora Jewry. > > > And then, we have the nerve to send that kid to a college campus expecting > her to defend the policies of a government that does not reflect her values > or recognize her Judaism as Judaism. I myself may be constitutionally > incapable of walking away from Israel, but others have and will continue do > so – before October 7th and all the more since. There is a limit to the > self-flagellating exercise of supporting a state that neither recognizes > you nor represents your values. For the coming generation of American > Jewry, the loyalties of yesteryear will no longer suffice." > > > The full article from which this quote is drawn can be found at > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/opinion/789739/what-is-the-state-of-american-zionism-today-and-how-did-we-get-here/__;!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTfjIjpjW8$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forward.com/opinion/789739/what-is-the-state-of-american-zionism-today-and-how-did-we-get-here/__;!!KGKeukY!0fRnvN3ZakN3KtGbTkCE8JFlj-bqwTkwNISzcH_F3Gg1DlHgYHflgV8KrowZS6H6d17LVLj6DzBLp079ecI6rQBhiw$> > It > is worth reading in full. > > > Years ago, when the > organization If Not Now burst on the scene I made the point in a sermon > that we did not need to agree with anything that they said, but that it was > important that we take them seriously. Frankly, I find them challenging to > tolerate. I do understand where they are coming from, and I also view the > place that they have gotten themselves to as a dead end. There are signs > that they are beginning to also. We see that in the tortured quest for > self-understanding and direction in Arielle Angel's Jewish Currents > article: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions__;!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTftRSWLA4$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions__;!!KGKeukY!0fRnvN3ZakN3KtGbTkCE8JFlj-bqwTkwNISzcH_F3Gg1DlHgYHflgV8KrowZS6H6d17LVLj6DzBLp079ecJBHnkysw$> > . > > For me, the most important > thing is that we Jews remain civil within our own community, that we don't > put up barriers that prevent real dialogue. There are those within our > community who want to police "loyalty" to the furthest extreme. It is not > wrong to ask, as many Israelis do, who should we be loyal to and why? Who > has our best interests at heart? This is a scary time for the Jewish > people, but we can't afford to panic or give in to easy answers. We need to > keep answering with questions. > > > All the best, > > Rabbi Henry Hollander > > > On 12/17/2025 1:22 PM, Monika Schreiber-Humer via Hasafran wrote: > > Dear colleagues, this is my reaction on the email by Ms. Dainy Bernshtein: > Respectfully, why would anybody active in Jewish studies be an > anti-Zionist, how does such a position manifest in our typical working > environments, and what are its effects > > > Dear colleagues, > > this is my reaction on the email by Ms. Dainy Bernshtein: > Respectfully, why would anybody active in Jewish studies be an > anti-Zionist, how does such a position manifest in our typical working > environments, and what are its effects on our community, our patrons, and > our safety? > The very idea strikes me as contradictory, but maybe I don't understand > the American discourse well enough. > > Greetings from Vienna > > Monika Schreiber > > > OR Dr. Monika Schreiber > Universität Wien > Bibliotheks- und Archivwesen > Fachbibliothek Judaistik > Spitalgasse 2-4 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/search/Spitalgasse*0D*0A**Q2-4?entry=gmail&source=g__;JSUrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKys!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTfe3nEtfk$ > >, > Hof 7.3 > 1090 Wien, Österreich > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/fb-judaistik/__;!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTfEDwrqJQ$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/fb-judaistik/__;!!KGKeukY!2MbpExmpYUWMh55UyHR-oiIFrySKxixpLVQzIr2UVCOdkxqnlLiILNX1LJKcDQrwARc_LD3pMJqW5epaQ4M91e1VH_a0YSu47dE$> > > Arbeitsbereich NS-Provenienzforschung > Fachbibliothek Zeitgeschichte > Spitalgasse 2-4 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/search/Spitalgasse*0D*0A**Q2-4?entry=gmail&source=g__;JSUrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKys!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTfe3nEtfk$ > >, > Hof 1 > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/provenienzforschung.html__;!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTfVM3Lm6I$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/provenienzforschung.html__;!!KGKeukY!2MbpExmpYUWMh55UyHR-oiIFrySKxixpLVQzIr2UVCOdkxqnlLiILNX1LJKcDQrwARc_LD3pMJqW5epaQ4M91e1VH_a0j8sjyas$> > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to:[email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current:https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTf3WzE6pk$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!0fRnvN3ZakN3KtGbTkCE8JFlj-bqwTkwNISzcH_F3Gg1DlHgYHflgV8KrowZS6H6d17LVLj6DzBLp079ecIaMYU8Kg$> > Earlier > Listserver:https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTf3WzE6pk$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!0fRnvN3ZakN3KtGbTkCE8JFlj-bqwTkwNISzcH_F3Gg1DlHgYHflgV8KrowZS6H6d17LVLj6DzBLp079ecIaMYU8Kg$> > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!2VLtwl02YwaArnOq8AaLLqFl9nPLgtz4CG5_bVQ7NwlZUADFl8xgnYQoBGQXvJNFCXx5jL7eHOTf_sXy2O4$ > > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!0fRnvN3ZakN3KtGbTkCE8JFlj-bqwTkwNISzcH_F3Gg1DlHgYHflgV8KrowZS6H6d17LVLj6DzBLp079ecIZCzPZQQ$> > -- > Hasafran mailing > [email protected]https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > -- > Rabbi Henry Hollander > > Henry Hollander, Bookseller639 S. 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