Fair enough. Hit too close to experience with people in my life. My bad.

I think you overestimate the ability of therapy to help with this, especially when your therapist is Jewish with the same trauma and uncritical defense of Israel.

This Forward article kind of gives further reason, but the questions should be more targeted- i.e. You have advocated for BDS. What will that mean for NYC investments in Israel/economic cooperation with Israel?
forward.com/fast-forward...

We are trapped between people who say, "Fighting antisemitism means denying verified facts about IDF war crimes" and people who say, "All concerns about antisemitism are a right-wing psyop to cover up the destruction of Palestine." I refuse to accept either choice.

He's essentially politically anti-Zionist and culturally Zionist. You could call him a Zionist if you think supporting a binational State is Zionist.