Podcast / American Prestige / Nov 11, 2026

Jewish Anti-Zionism—With Benjamin Moser 

Benjamin Moser joins Danny and Derek to explore the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism, the roots of Jewish nationalism, and debates over Zionism and antisemitism.

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Danny and Derek welcome Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life and Work, to the show for a discussion about the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism. They talk about Moser's own changing views on Israel, criticism of his new book, Christian Zionism and Theodor Herzl, Jewish anti-Zionist traditions, the history of Arab Jews, the Holocaust and Jewish nationalism, and the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism.

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Rabbis for Palestine, an Orthodox Jewish human rights organization demonstrate in central London Al-Quds Day in 2021.

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Danny and Derek welcome Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History and the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography Sontag: Her Life and Work, to the show for a discussion about the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism. They talk about Moser’s own changing views on Israel, criticism of his new book, Christian Zionism and Theodor Herzl, Jewish anti-Zionist traditions, the history of Arab Jews, the Holocaust and Jewish nationalism, and the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism.

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Jewish Anti-Zionism w/ Benjamin Moser / American Prestige
byThe Nation Magazine

Danny and Derek welcome Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Sontag: Her Life and Work, to the show for a discussion about the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism. They talk about Moser's own changing views on Israel, criticism of his new book, Christian Zionism and Theodor Herzl, Jewish anti-Zionist traditions, the history of Arab Jews, the Holocaust and Jewish nationalism, and the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism.

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