05/28/2026
This post is for the antizionist Jews. If you think this part of your identity will save you from the rest of it – it won’t.
For centuries, people in our community have thought that self-erasure was a path to safety and acceptance. How did that work out for them?
In medieval Spain, Jews converted to Christianity to escape the Inquisition. Thousands were killed anyway. In nineteenth-century Germany, Jews assimilated so thoroughly — changing their names, abandoning their religion, marrying into Christian families — that many barely identified as Jewish at all. It didn't save them, either. In the Soviet Union, Jews renounced religion, embraced communism, and dedicated their lives to the revolution. They were purged anyway.
The logic is always the same: if I give up this part of myself, they'll leave me alone.
They never do.
Today, the version of this bargain is antizionist Jews — people who publicly renounce Zionism, march in the protests, hold the signs, and loudly declare that they are the safe Jews, the Jews who get it. They’re the “good Jews” – the ones you can trust. They believe that separating themselves from Israel, from Jewish nationalism, from our history and homeland, and from the very idea of Jewish self-determination, will earn them a seat at the table.
It won’t.
Antisemitism doesn't hate Jews for what they believe or what they have or have not done. It hates them for who they are. No amount of renunciation has ever satisfied it.
Handing over your identity is not a shield. History has tested this theory exhaustively. For your sake – give it a rest.
- Dr. Casey Babb
