Before Zionism — Jewish Questions Podcast Episode 5

Present-day discussions of anti-Semitism often involve Israel and the Zionist movement… but before the 20th century, Jews’ and Jewish scholars’ understandings of anti-Semitism were completely connected with Europe and Christianity.

In the last episode of our series, guest Liora R. Halperin looks at how 19th-century Jewish settlers to Ottoman Palestine were influenced by the anti-Semitism they experienced in the Russian Empire: how it shaped their perceptions of their new home and influenced the new identities they hoped to take on, and what we can learn from their story today.

Liora R. Halperin is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies & History and
Benaroya Chair in Israel Studies at the University of Washington.

Jewish Questions is the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies’ podcast on issues that matter now in Jewish life, politics, history and culture — from a scholarly perspective.

This season, hosts Laurie Marhoefer and Noam Pianko talk with faculty experts from the University of Washington about anti-Semitism: what it is, its long history, and how to push back against it today.

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