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American Jews Face Anti-Semitism in Washington, D.C.
(Washington Post) Brooke Goldstein - Sunrise DC, local affiliate of a national youth-led organization focused on climate change, backed out of a voting rights rally organized by Statehood DC last month because of the participation of three Jewish organizations that support Israel. Any attempt to discriminate against Jews using a political litmus test is racist. A Jewish presence in Israel is not a form of "oppression." Israel is the Jewish ancestral homeland and Jews are indigenous to Judea. Zionism is the political movement ensuring Jewish sovereignty in a land Jews have continuously called home for nearly 6,000 years. Asking Jews to reject their identity to participate in interfaith communal events is bigotry, pure and simple. Telling Jews not to identify as Zionists is like telling Black people not to identify as African or telling people of Chinese descent not to identify as Asian. Being anti-Zionist is the antithesis of supporting indigenous rights and statehood for indigenous people. Zionism is the ultimate of progressive values in its recognition of Jews as indigenous to the Land of Israel. The writer is founder and executive director of the Lawfare Project.