But even this idea kind of misses the point. Anti-zionism doesn't oppose the presence of Jews or Judaism in Palestine; you probably could argue that Jewish people as an ethnoreligous group did originate there. It just opposes the disposession of land and rights, by mostly-European and American settlers, from the extant inhabitants. Including Arab Jews, at one point.
I'm aware. I just think it's funny that officially even Jewish people shouldn't think they began in Israel. A promised land means you don't start out with it.
Nina Paley has some TERF-adjacent tendencies that come out in her work, but if you can forgive that, her film Seder Masochism interrogates that whole concept of a "promised land" in a pretty funny way.
But even this idea kind of misses the point. Anti-zionism doesn't oppose the presence of Jews or Judaism in Palestine; you probably could argue that Jewish people as an ethnoreligous group did originate there. It just opposes the disposession of land and rights, by mostly-European and American settlers, from the extant inhabitants. Including Arab Jews, at one point.
I'm aware. I just think it's funny that officially even Jewish people shouldn't think they began in Israel. A promised land means you don't start out with it.
Nina Paley has some TERF-adjacent tendencies that come out in her work, but if you can forgive that, her film Seder Masochism interrogates that whole concept of a "promised land" in a pretty funny way.
Okay, watching it now. I feel like I'm having a very Jewish acid trip
Definitely has that vibe at certain points.
I'm only 20 minutes in
Sounds interesting. I'll check it out later.