ews are viewed as an object for a subject, the anti-Semite. Throughout history, the subject keeps its object under control. With this, the acts of domination, exclusion, and repulsion are repeated (Coulibaly, p. 43). No matter what benefit the Jewish people may provide or how long Jews have been apart of society, the Jews will always be a “foreign” cultural object. This idea can be seen in the ideologies of anti-Zionism. Like the anti-Semites, anti-Zionists do not want to eliminate the Jews as a whole, but have complete control, and determine where they will live, not just in the Middle East but also throughout the world (Coulibaly, p. 44). Anti-Semitism metamorphoses without ever changing or losing its specific nature it follows. “Economic
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Zionism is a Jewish movement to create a Jewish National state in Israel, a safe haven for Jews to live in peace and without persecution. C.R. Power and Sharon Power discuss this idea in their essay: Embracing the Nation: Jewish Assimilationist and Anti-Zionist Responses to Modernity. The authors discuss the “The Jewish Question” and how it was used to consider what the Jewish presence would mean for the creation of modern nationhood. Following the Enlightenment, the “Jewish Question” has transformed into what these authors call the “Modern Question.” The question asks Jews, “are you one of “us,” a legitimate member of the “people” of a given nation-state or international collective – which is by definition non-Jewish – or are you a separate “people,” an alien presence on the body of the nation?” (Powers, p. 113). The Jews responded in many different ways to this ultimatum that was presented. The first response is the reaffirmation and reframing of Jewish difference, or as Zionism (Powers, p. 114). This meant that the Jews would be to claim their rights, and break away from the nations where they call home, and to separate themselves into their own “people.” This resulted in the creation of the state of
Zionism is a Jewish movement to create a Jewish National state in Israel, a safe haven for Jews to live in peace and without persecution. C.R. Power and Sharon Power discuss this idea in their essay: Embracing the Nation: Jewish Assimilationist and Anti-Zionist Responses to Modernity. The authors discuss the “The Jewish Question” and how it was used to consider what the Jewish presence would mean for the creation of modern nationhood. Following the Enlightenment, the “Jewish Question” has transformed into what these authors call the “Modern Question.” The question asks Jews, “are you one of “us,” a legitimate member of the “people” of a given nation-state or international collective – which is by definition non-Jewish – or are you a separate “people,” an alien presence on the body of the nation?” (Powers, p. 113). The Jews responded in many different ways to this ultimatum that was presented. The first response is the reaffirmation and reframing of Jewish difference, or as Zionism (Powers, p. 114). This meant that the Jews would be to claim their rights, and break away from the nations where they call home, and to separate themselves into their own “people.” This resulted in the creation of the state of