For this episode, we invited Sara Kershnar to unpack antisemitism as one of the keywords in Critical Zionism Studies. In October 2023, Sara spoke at the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism's inaugural conference about Israel, U.S. white nationalism, and transnational right-wing alliances and you can view Sara’s talk on our website. In today’s conversation, we will pull on some of the threads Sara introduced in that talk, including why it is hard and contentions to define antisemitism, how accusations of antisemitism are weaponized to advance Zionist politics, and how Zionism is inherently antisemitic.

Sara Kershnar is t ...