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Citizens of the Whole World

Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left

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Pub Date Jul 22 2025 | Archive Date Not set

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After a tumultuous century, the Jewish radical tradition lives on in the United States

Since October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian liberation. Through sit-ins in Congress or Grand Central Terminal, through petitions and marches, thousands of Jews have made it known the Israeli state is not acting in their name. This resistance did not come out of nowhere. Citizens of the Whole World returns us to its roots in the “red decade” of the 1930s and, from there, traces the history of American Jewish radicals and revolutionaries to the present day.

Benjamin Balthaser delves into radical Jewish novels and memoirs, as well as interviews with Jewish revolutionaries, to unearth a buried if nonetheless unbroken continuity between leftist Jewish Americans and the diasporic internation­alism of today.

Covering more than just the politics of anti-Zionism, Citizens of the Whole World explores the Jewish revolutionary traditions of Marxist internationalism, Jewish solidarity with Third World struggles, and relations between Jewish and Black radicals during the Civil Rights era.

Balthaser’s book stages an intervention into current anti-Zionist politics, suggesting activists can learn from past struggles to help form a future politics in a world after Zionism.
After a tumultuous century, the Jewish radical tradition lives on in the United States

Since October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian...

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ISBN 9781804291375
PRICE $29.95 (USD)
PAGES 320

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