What happens in Aotearoa/New Zealand when a Jew acknowledges Palestinians as her equals? What does antizionist mean? In Jewish Not Zionist tells a very personal story of Aoteora's Jewish solidarity with Palestine.
Marilyn Garson worked in Gaza for four years and she recounted that story in Still Lives (Interventions 2025). Now she recounts her homecoming as a practicing Jew, seeking her faith community and justice for Palestine. Painfully excluded from her community, she slowly constructed a liberatory Jewish identity - both activist and spiritual. She co-founded Alternative Jewish Voices to call for justice in a pluralist, anti-racist Jewish voice.
Jewish Not Zionist also explores the weaponization of antisemitism and challenges the groups who claim to speak for the Jewish community. It offers a timely analysis of the International Court of Justice's impact on the voice of protest. Garson writes with the arohoa (love) of Gaza and an unwavering resolve learned on the front lines of the international movement for justice.