Torah is our foundation.
We understand Jewish identity through our covenant with Hashem, religious responsibility, and a life of mitzvos.
JEWS UNITED AGAINST ZIONISM
Our faith is
not a political
ideology.
Rooted in Torah, we stand against Zionism.
For the dignity of every person.
For a future grounded in peace.
FAITH, NOT NATIONALISM✦DIGNITY, WITHOUT EXCEPTION✦TRUTH, WITH HUMILITY
THE ESSENTIAL DISTINCTION
Judaism is not
Zionism.
Love for the Jewish people and the Holy Land does not require allegiance to a political movement.
JUAZ exists to explain a religious Jewish opposition to Zionism: a conviction that Jewish life is anchored in Torah and mitzvos, not state power. Our opposition comes from our faith, not from a rejection of it.
The desire for safety, belonging, and a connection to the Holy Land can make Zionism appealing. But those hopes do not make political nationalism a fulfillment of Torah. Caring for Jewish people and remaining faithful to Torah do not require allegiance to a state.
Get to know our mission →WHAT GUIDES US
Principle before politics.
Redemption is not conquest.
Our perspective rejects replacing the hope for divine redemption with a project of political sovereignty.
Every life has dignity.
Our opposition is to an ideology. It is never a license for hatred, collective blame, or violence against any people.
BEGIN WITH THE SOURCES
An old conversation.
A vital distinction.
Explore the Talmudic discussion of exile, the religious arguments against Zionism, and organizations that explain this tradition in their own words.
Read the Torah perspective →Oaths.Talmud · Kesubos 111a ↗
A COMMON QUESTION
Can you be religiously Jewish
and oppose Zionism?
Yes. For the religious anti-Zionist tradition, that opposition is an expression of fidelity to Torah. Judaism and support for a modern nation-state are not interchangeable.
More questions, thoughtful answers →THE RABBIS SPEAK OUT
A tradition carried
across generations.
Read the rabbis in their own context.
Explore 200 named rabbinic sections from the collection compiled by Rabbi Aron Rosenberg: teachings, letters, speeches, and remembered conversations from communities across Europe, the Holy Land, and beyond.
The collection traces a recurring distinction: fidelity to Torah and love of the Holy Land are not the same as allegiance to a political state.
Explore rabbinic voices →UNDERSTANDING STARTS WITH LEARNING
Go beyond the headline.
Read the sources. Explore the distinction. Form an informed understanding.