Jewish Voice for Peace
The largest anti-Zionist Jewish membership organization in the US
A US Jewish organization that in 2019 adopted an explicitly anti-Zionist position, framing its opposition to Zionism as rooted in Jewish values and solidarity with Palestinians — the contrast baseline for a clean anti-Zionist.
What happened
JVP, which had earlier described itself as agnostic on Zionism, published a formal position paper declaring unequivocal opposition, casting Zionism as a political ideology distinct from Judaism that failed to solve antisemitism.
We unequivocally oppose Zionism because it is counter to those ideals… Zionism was a false and failed answer to the desperately real question… of how to protect Jewish lives from murderous antisemitism in Europe. (2019)
Under each definition
It explicitly and unequivocally rejects the label.
It opposes a state defined as Jewish, favoring equality “between the river and the sea.”
It opposes the Jewish-state project and aligns with the settler-colonial critique.
A secular-progressive organization with no return conception.
The case that they're a Zionist
Nothing on the pro-label side: it aligns with the settler-colonial critique rather than fitting any Zionist definition.
The case against / their own view
It explicitly and unequivocally rejects the label, opposes a Jewish state, and distinguishes anti-Zionism (opposing an ideology) from antisemitism.
In their words
Jewish Voice for Peace… advocates for the eradication of Zionism and the boycott of Israel.
The verdicts above are how each definition would most likely classify this person — illustrative guidance, not official rulings. The lenses diverge most on the difference between a self-label and a substantive commitment, and between “Zionism” meaning a Jewish homeland versus a Jewish state. See the Definition tab for each definition’s full text. Inclusion is documentation, not a finding.