The unquestioned backing by Jewish Americans for the State of Israel started to fade about ten years ago, well before the current war. This keepingdemocracyalive is from 2016, in which Allan C. Brownfield reveals the relatively short shelf life of Zionism among Jewish Americans: before 1948, it was condemned by most Jewish leaders as a turning away from the real meaning of Judaism and instead buying into the nationalism that got us the first world war. To put it mildly, since October 7th, it’s been a divisive discussion, but it is exceedingly important to recognize Judaism is not Zionism.