Jared Sacks

Jared Sacks is a South African activist, writer, and researcher whose work focuses on anti‑racism, decolonial politics, and global justice movements. He is a member of South African Jews for a Free Palestine, a Jewish anti‑Zionist organization, and his writing appears in outlets such as Mondoweiss and Al Jazeera. His work examines the intersections of colonialism, Zionism, and Jewish identity, and he frequently analyzes the political logic of Israeli state violence. Sacks holds a PhD from Columbia University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Johannesburg. His research and activism draw on both academic and grassroots traditions, and he is known for clear, historically grounded critiques of Zionism and for highlighting the long history of Jewish anti‑Zionist thought.