Young Zionist Voices
Contents
Foreword
Eylon Levy .................................................................................................. 13
Introduction
David Hazony .............................................................................................. 21
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1 Youth Movements and the Power of the Madrich
Eli Akerman Himelfarb .............................................................................. 27
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2 Embrace Chosenness!
Oliver Anisfeld ............................................................................................ 34
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3 Young Jews Are Finally Learning to Fight Back
Alissa Bernstein ........................................................................................... 40
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4 Why Mordecai M. Kaplan Matters After October 7
Oz Bin Nun ................................................................................................. 49
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5 Our Urgent Search for New Allies
Talia Bodner ................................................................................................ 58
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6 To Stand United, We Must Respect Our Different Paths
Ashira Boxman ............................................................................................ 66
7 Does Liberal Judaism Have a Future?
Ofer Chizik .................................................................................................. 74
8 Instead of Fleeing Top Colleges, Stay and Fight
Adela Cojab ................................................................................................ 82
9 The Duty of the “Inconspicuous” Jew
Charlie Covit ............................................................................................... 90
10 Jews Are Different. Time to Embrace It
Josh Feldman .............................................................................................. 96
11 Stop Overfocusing on Antisemitism
Kivi Franks .....................................................................................................103
12 The Jewish Family Comes First
Tracy Frydberg ..............................................................................................109
13 We Are Israel’s Greatest Generation
Avi Gamulka ..................................................................................................117
14 Say It Loud: Judaism Is Zionism
Rebecca Guzman ......................................................................................... 123
15 The Amazing Tapestry of Our Identity
Sadie Hilf .......................................................................................................129
16 Zionism of the Heart
Bella Ingber ...................................................................................................135
17 It’s Time for the Grown-Ups to Step Aside
Noah Katz ......................................................................................................141
18 A New Golden Age of American Jewry?
Shabbos Kestenbaum ................................................................................. 150
19 Seek Justice, the Jewish Way
Issy Lyons ...................................................................................................... 157
20 Overcome Victimhood
Naftali Oppenheimer ................................................................................... 164
21 Never Let Others Define Us
Fayga Tziporah Pinczower ........................................................................... 172
22 Israeli and Proud at Columbia
Maya Platek ....................................................................................................181
23 Judaism Will Always Need Israel
Elana Rabishaw ..............................................................................................190
24 Include Our Critics or We’ll Lose Our Soul
Shanie Reichman ...........................................................................................196
25 Zion, Our Spiritual Lifeline
Noah Shufutinsky .......................................................................................... 205
26 How I Went from Pro-Israel Activist to “Zionist Being”
Sabrina Soffer ................................................................................................ 212
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27 Home, Transcendence, and the Land
Julia Steinberg .............................................................................................. 220
28 Zionism Is Resilience
Asher Stern .................................................................................................... 229
29 Living and Dying with Jewish Dignity
Sahar Tartak .................................................................................................. 236
30 DEI, Antisemitism, and the Future of America
Eyal Yakoby ....................................................................................................244
31 Let Our Existence Disrupt the Narrative
Maia Zelkha ....................................................................................................253
Afterword
Zack Bodner ................................................................................................... 261
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Acknowledgments ......................................................................................... 266
About the Editor ............................................................................................ 269