Jewish Activism and the New Left Movement

This chapter explores the involvement of Jewish activists in the American New Left movement during the 1960s and their embrace of third worldist politics as a means of defining Jewish identity against normative liberal Jewish institutions. It discusses the shift in perspective among New Left Jews after the Six-Day War and the emergence of the anti-Vietnam movement. The chapter also delves into the divide among left-wing Jewish Americans regarding their stance on Zionism and Israel.