''Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948'' is a 1990 book by Thomas A. Kolsky, a
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, based on his
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In ''Jews Against Zionism'', Kolsky describes the history of the
American Council for Judaism
The American Council for Judaism (ACJ) is a religious organization of American Jews committed to the proposition that Jews are not a national but a religious group, adhering to the original stated principles of Reform Judaism, as articulated in t ...
, an organization specifically created to fight against both Zionism and a Jewish state.
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See also
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Jewish Anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palest ...
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Neturei Karta
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References
Further reading
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External links
Thomas A. Kolsky's Web Page Montgomery County Community College
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1990 non-fiction books
Books critical of Zionism
Jewish anti-Zionism in the United States
Reform anti-Zionism
History books about Zionism
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