r/JewsOfConscience • u/Jche98 Jewish Anti-Zionist • 3d ago

Discussion - Flaired Users Only What book to give a Zionist?

My cousin is a Zionist. He made Aliyah and has served in the IDF in Gaza and Lebanon. He was in the brigade that responded to Oct 7 and lost one of his best friends to a Hamas bullet that day. I've spoken with him and he's open to learning more. I'm looking for a book to give him which is a very GENTLE introduction to an alternative viewpoint from Zionism, something that won't scare him. Can anyone recommend something.

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u/reenaltransplant Mizrahi 3d ago

  1. I haven't read it, but "If I Am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew" by Mike Marqusee might fit the bill (also curious if anyone here has read it and has feedback)

  2. https://theantizionisthandbook.com/ is a short summary of "The Empty Wagon: Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft" by Yaakov Shapiro.

Will have different recs if y'all are Mizrahi.