American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism

American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism

Founded	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Type	Nonprofit
Headquarters	New York City, NY, U.S.

American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism (AJAZ) was a Jewish anti-Zionist organization which was founded by the Reform Rabbi Elmer Berger.^[1]

History

AJAZ was founded by the Reform Rabbi Elmer Berger in 1968. Berger served as the president and chief spokesperson of AJAZ until his death in 1996.^[1] Berger created AJAZ as an anti-Zionist successor to the American Council for Judaism (ACJ), a Classical Reform organization with a history of anti-Zionism.^[2] AJAZ had a small membership, mostly composed of supporters of the ACJ.^[3] The Near Eastern and Jewish studies scholar Jonathan Marc Gribetz has characterized AJAZ as a "one-man organization" lead by Berger.^[4]

Historical records from AJAZ are held in the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society in Manhattan.^[5]

See also

• List of Jewish anti-Zionist organizations

References

1. "A Finding Aid to the American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism, Inc. Records. 1968-1982". American Jewish Archives. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
2. "Against Zionism". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
3. "Thomas Kolsky: Review of Jack Ross' Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism (Potomac Books, 2011)". History News Network. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
4. "The Origins of Anti-Zionism". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
5. "Records of the American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism (New York, New York)". Center for Jewish History. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

External links

• American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism, National Library of Israel