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A growing number of federations are asking Jews if they identify as Zionist — and grappling with the results

July 10, 2026July 10, 2026Sara Wood

Yet another survey has found that fewer than half of Jews in an American city identify as Zionists — this time in Milwaukee, the childhood home of Golda Meir, the Zionist icon and former Israeli prime minister. The survey, released last week by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, found that 43% of Jewish adults said they identified […]

It’s not just the kids: A third of US Jews 75+ don’t call themselves ‘Zionists’

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026Sara Wood

The newest Jewish Federations of North America survey has already generated its share of anxious headlines: Only 37% of American Jews say they identify as Zionists. Seven percent call themselves anti-Zionist, 8% non-Zionist and 18% aren’t sure. Another 30% say none of the labels offered describe them. And yet 88% say Israel has the right […]

Most US Jews do not identify as ‘Zionists,’ even when they support Israel, JFNA survey finds

February 5, 2026David Leibermann

Only one-third of American Jews say they identify as Zionist, even as nearly nine in 10 say they support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and Democratic state, according to a new survey conducted by Jewish Federations of North America. The findings of the survey reveal that American Jews do not have a mutually […]

As Habonim Dror camps open space for anti-Zionist views, some families push back

January 26, 2026January 27, 2026Sara Wood

This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. In the summer of 2025, Habonim Dror North America, a progressive Labor Zionist youth movement, implemented a new principle, or pillar, welcoming non–Zionist and anti-Zionist perspectives […]

Peter Beinart, Elliot Cosgrove and other Jewish leaders face off over the future of liberal Zionism

January 7, 2026January 8, 2026Sara Wood

For decades, liberal Zionism served the American Jewish majority as the ideological bridge between democratic and Jewish values: Support for Israel was based in, and justified by, a commitment to Jewish self-determination anchored in democracy, and animated by the promise of peace with the Palestinians. On Tuesday night in Manhattan, a group of prominent rabbis […]