▁Ch osen ▁People , ▁an ▁abs urd ▁ide ology ." ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁an ▁exhib it ▁about ▁Z ion ism ▁and ▁Israel ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁Museum ▁of ▁Religion ▁and ▁A the ism ▁in ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁designated ▁the ▁following ▁as ▁Soviet ▁Z ion ist ▁material : ▁Jewish ▁prayer ▁sh aw ls , ▁te fill in ▁and ▁Pass over ▁H ag add ah s , ▁even ▁though ▁these ▁are ▁all ▁religious ▁items ▁used ▁by ▁Jews ▁for ▁thousands ▁of ▁years . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁anti - Z ion ist ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁No am ▁Ch om sky , ▁Norman ▁F inkel stein , ▁Michael ▁M ard er , ▁and ▁T ari q ▁Ali ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁character ization ▁of ▁anti - Z ion ism ▁as ▁ant is emit ic ▁is ▁in ac cur ate , ▁that ▁it ▁sometimes ▁obsc ures ▁legit imate ▁criticism ▁of ▁Israel ' s ▁policies ▁and ▁actions , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁p loy ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁st if le ▁legit imate ▁criticism ▁of ▁Israel . ▁▁ ▁Professor ▁No am ▁Ch om sky ▁arg ues : ▁" There ▁have ▁long ▁been ▁efforts ▁to ▁identify ▁anti - S emit ism ▁and ▁anti - Z ion ism ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁explo it ▁anti - rac ist ▁sentiment ▁for ▁political ▁ends ; ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁tasks ▁of ▁any ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁the ▁Gent ile ▁world ▁is ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁the ▁distinction ▁between ▁anti - S emit ism ▁and ▁anti - Z ion ism ▁is