When "Antizionism" Becomes a Weapon: Lessons from the USSR to U.S. Campuses
About this episode
Izabella Tabarovsky discusses the Soviet roots of modern anti-Zionism and its impact on contemporary campuses.
Author Izabella Tabarovsky—a scholar of Soviet antizionism and contemporary antisemitism, writer, journalist, and the author of Be a Refusenik: A Jewish Student's Survival Guide —joins host Steven Shalowitz from her home in Jerusalem to explore the Soviet origins of modern anti-Zionism and why those ideas echo so loudly on campuses today. Born in 1970 and raised in the USSR, Tabarovsky recounts what it meant to live with state-sponsored "anti-Zionism" that functioned as a sophisticated system of discrimination against Jews, from schoolyard humiliation to university and career barriers.
People in this episode
Host: Steven Shalowitz
Guest: Izabella Tabarovsky
Topics covered
- anti-Zionism
- antisemitism
- Soviet history
- Jewish discrimination
- campus culture
Keywords
- anti-Zionism
- antisemitism
- Soviet Union
- Jewish discrimination
- campus antisemitism
- Izabella Tabarovsky
- Steven Shalowitz
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jewish National Fund
Books & works: Be a Refusenik: A Jewish Student's Survival Guide
Places: USSR, U.S., Jerusalem
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