Adam Louis-Klein Launches Movement Against Antizionism, Announces First Conference For Summer 2026

MONTREAL – Adam Louis-Klein announced the launch of the Movement Against Antizionism, using the acronym MAAZ, and said the initiative will organize a conference in Pittsburgh in the Summer of 2026.

MAAZ is described by its founder as a broad-based, nonpartisan movement open to Jewish and non-Jewish participants. The initiative will work across grassroots activism, education, and policy to confront what organizers call an urgent threat to Jewish communities and to Zionism.

Louis-Klein is a writer and anthropologist who is completing doctoral studies in anthropology at McGill University. He has published essays on antizionism and antisemitism and has written for outlets including The Free Press, where he has chronicled personal and intellectual encounters with hostility to Zionism. Those background writings, organizers say, helped shape MAAZ’s stated mission.

Organizers say the first MAAZ Conference will gather activists, scholars, policy makers, and allied organizations to build a public culture that explicitly names and opposes antizionism. The announcement calls for mainstream Jewish groups to endorse and join the movement and seeks partners and collaborators on programming and outreach.

Supporters of the new initiative, and commentators who have covered the announcement, framed MAAZ as part of a broader effort to shift public debate over how criticism of Israel is distinguished from ideologies that aim to delegitimize or exclude Zionism as a political and cultural project. In an interview published by The Jerusalem Post, Louis-Klein urged a paradigm shift, arguing that antizionism in some contexts functions as a form of organized hostility toward Jews and Jewish self-determination.

Critics and defenders are likely to scrutinize MAAZ’s approach and tactics as it moves from online announcement to on-the-ground organizing. Observers who emphasize free expression caution that efforts to confront antizionism must carefully protect legitimate debate and dissent while distinguishing those forms of speech that cross into demonization or incitement. Organizers say that tension is central to the movement’s strategy and that MAAZ intends to develop clear definitional and policy tools to guide advocacy.

Louis-Klein’s public profile combines scholarly work and commentary on Jewish peoplehood and contemporary antisemitism with outreach to Jewish and allied audiences. His essays and public appearances have emphasized the social consequences of rising anti-Zionist sentiment in academic and cultural spheres. Supporters who have messaged the founder since the launch praised MAAZ for articulating an institutional response to what they view as a growing problem.

MAAZ organizers say they will share conference registration and partnership information in the coming months and that they welcome interest from Jewish organizations, faith leaders, academics, and civic groups. For now, the public record consists of the launch post and subsequent media coverage and commentary.

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This article is based on verified information from Adam Louis-Klein’s announcement on X, an interview and profile published by The Jerusalem Post, Adam Louis-Klein’s public writings in The Free Press, and the author’s professional profile.