>’“I connect to the land of my ancestors in Eastern Europe, and the tradition there of the Jewish socialist anti-Zionist labor Bund. Bundists lived a deep commitment to resistance, to struggle, to staying put, to fighting for justice, equality, and freedom alongside their neighbors. They encapsulated this commitment in the Yiddish term _doikayt_, or ‘hereness.'” - Stefanie Fox Antizionist’s are attempting to revive and rewrite the historical legacy of the Bundist movement. [[Bundism]] By falsely advocating that historical bundism was anti-nationalist and anti-zionist. A new book [Here Where We Live Is Our Country](https://www.mollycrabapple.com/here-where-we-live-is-our-country) has even come out asserting this and has sparked such articles as [What Does Judaism Look Like Without Zionism?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/books/review/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-molly-crabapple.html) While historically, Bundism was in opposition to [[Zionism]] or Zionist Nationalism. It was also, pro territory-based nationalism. Or the idea that minority groups should have equal collective rights within the state. For example, a Jew would be subject to two political bodies. That of the nation state and that of the representative body of Jews within that nation. They would be taxed twice, with some of those taxes going towards the establishment and maintenance of Jewish institutions. *See:* [So You Want To Be a Bundist](https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/so-you-want-to-be-a-bundist/) This is not what Anti-Zionist Bundism is selling. Instead we are seeing a heavy emphasis on secularism, internationalism, support for the death cult’s of Hamas and terrorism as ‘indigenous resistance’, and a watered down version of Judaism that de-centers Jews from their own stories and history in favor of their oppressors. Connection to historical and traditional lands is cut off and an emphasis on do’ikayt (hereness) is becoming more and more of a priority. And while the leftist principles that guided the first Bund are absolutely commendable from soup kitchens to mutal aid groups. This new version of Bundism which has sprung from within the left is sparking a massive divide between Jewish Jews and Non-Jewish Jews. >’All too often, the very people with whom the Bund sought to build alliances turned out to be willing collaborators with the _Einsatzgruppen_ death squads. To call these places a homeland, in light of that legacy, is to ignore the deep-seated antisemitism that ultimately sought to erase Jewish life entirely from the European landscape.’ - Yitzhak Santis Groups like JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace) which claim to be bundist have celebrated the massacre of their own people, allowed non-Jews to create and runs groups, overlooked violent rhetoric and promoted anti-semetic bullshit in the name of solidarity. [Spectre Journal](https://spectrejournal.com/the-anti-zionist-tradition-of-the-us-jewish-left/) calls this 'autoantishemiut' or the self-hating Jew. And while being anti-oppression for any group is admirable, it begs the question, how far are antizionist Jews willing to go to be considered accepted by those groups who shout for their deaths? There is clearly a link between modern day antizionism and Marxist internationalist socialism which viewed the erasure of the Jew as a good thing. In some regard then, antizionism is an assimilationist respose, blended with western leftism, antisemitism, and idealized visions of a glorified bundist past. One thing the anti-zionist’s have right is that we do need a diasporic movement. However, basing this movement on the broken ideologies of anti-zionism and the inherent antisemitism of western leftism is nothing other than suicide. Instead, we need a movement of return, not separation. A movement that helps revitalize our communities and strengthen the ties of our diversity.