Atalia Omer uses her prestigious academic position at Harvard Divinity School to promote radical, anti-Israel ideologies under the guise of peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue. Framing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of “decolonization” and Jewish complicity, Omer’s work erodes the legitimacy of Israel while cloaking her narrative in religious and academic language.
She is a key figure in the institutional normalization of antisemitic discourse at Harvard and a vocal member of Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine.
Affiliations with Extremist-Aligned Organizations
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Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine – Signatory and early supporter
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Harvard Divinity School Religion and Public Life Program – Platformed her political activism
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Multiple Interfaith Panels that frame Zionism as incompatible with justice
Promoting Anti-Israel Agendas in Academia
Atalia Omer has built a career intertwining radical activism with academic theory:
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May 2024: Published “Our Liberations are Intertwined: Jews in Solidarity with Palestinians” – centered on dismantling Zionism from within Jewish communities.
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Sep 2021: Led a seminar on “The Decolonizing Rubric,” comparing Israel to colonialist regimes and positioning Palestinians as indigenous resisters.
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2024–2025: Regular speaker at events like “No Other Land” screening and “What Does Judaism Have To Do With Palestine/Israel?”, pushing a theology of Jewish guilt and responsibility for alleged oppression.
Signed Anti-Israel Open Letters
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January 2024: Signed the Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine statement accusing Israel of genocide – later removed from the internet.
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January 2025: Co-signed a letter to formally establish the FSJP chapter at Harvard, promoting boycotts and aligning faculty with radical student groups.
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April 2024: Joined other academics in a letter condemning alleged “scholasticide” in Gaza – an accusation aimed at Israel’s supposed targeting of education.
Pushing Antisemitic Narratives Through Jewish Identity
Omer frequently uses her Jewish background to legitimize attacks on Zionism and Israeli statehood:
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2016: “Refiguring American Jewish Identity: the Palestine Chapter” – reinterprets Jewish values as inherently opposed to Zionism.
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2024: “Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians” – calls for Jews to distance themselves from Israeli nationalism.
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May 2024: Claimed that Jewish American protests for Palestine are the “true expression of Jewish values,” while dismissing pro-Israel Jews as enablers of violence.
Key Quotes & Messaging
“Don’t mobilize my grief… I will not let it be used to justify the ongoing oppression of Palestinians.”
(Jan 2024)
“When peace is not enough… we must reimagine Jewishness without Zionism.”
(Book summary – 2013)
“The Jewish state cannot be the endpoint of Jewish liberation.”
(Harvard Event – 2024)
A Platform for Delegitimization
Omer’s steady output of writing and speaking engagements seeks to strip Zionism of religious legitimacy, frame Israel as an oppressive colonial entity, and paint Jewish support for Israel as morally bankrupt. Her work provides an intellectual and theological framework for antisemitic activism on campus and beyond.
The Broader Danger
Atalia Omer is not merely an academic voice—she is a key enabler of institutional antisemitism at Harvard. By co-opting Jewish identity and spiritual language, she fuels the growing movement to delegitimize Israel and silence pro-Israel voices in academia. Her role as a mentor and lecturer ensures that her radical ideology continues to spread unchecked.
She’s not teaching religion. She’s weaponizing it.
