Daily Podcasts Video Research

It's time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism

JL;DR SUMMARY Walter Ruby, a former democratic Zionist, advocates for a move towards post-Zionism in response to the current political and humanitarian crisis in Israel and Palestine. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

DemocracyIsrael Palestine ConflictZionismJewish StateHuman RightsTwo State SolutionCoexistenceEqualityPost ZionismConfederation

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Israeli flags in Jerusalem."
Israel
"More than two-and-half years after Hamas slaughtered close to 1,200 people in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, after Israels subsequent destruction of Gaza, growing numbers of liberal Zionist American Jews like me have reached a crossroads."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 84290
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2026-06-08 05:30:42 UTC
Curated 2026-06-08 08:30:47 UTC