Jewish Anti-Zionism: A conversation with Shaul Magid and Zev Mishell

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with Shaul Magid and Zev Mishell about their new book, Jewish Anti-Zionism: A Historical Anthology (Princeton University Press 2026). They discuss the definitions of Zionism and anti-Zionism, the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism, and how those arguments have been projected into the present day.  Shaul Magid is Professor of Modern Judaism in Residence at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of many books, including Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical (Princeton) and The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance, and the translator of Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Yoel Teitelbaum. Zev Mishell is a writer, activist, and graduate student at Harvard University’s Committee on the Study of Religion. Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian-American writer born in Gaza and a Fellow at FMEP. He is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights, co-editor of After Zionism (Saqi Books) and is currently writing a book about Palestine. He also currently serves on the board of the Independence Media Foundation. His work has been published in The Guardian, The London Review of Books, The Nation, and elsewhere. He earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPP at Harvard University. You can follow Ahmed on Substack at: https://ahmedmoor.substack.com and on X at @AhmedMoor. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.