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Nakba denial and the future of American Judaism

Simone Zimmerman [email protected]View all authors and affiliations
Volume 13, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1177/20503032251344335
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Biographies

Simone Zimmerman is an organizer and strategist based in New York City. She is the protagonist of the film Israelism, about the generational divide in the American Jewish community over Israel-Palestine. She is a co-founder of IfNotNow, a board member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Action, and an emerging thought leader on the Jewish left.
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