The meaning of Zionism for the Diaspora.

From: Cross Currents | Date: December 22, 1998| Author: Hertzberg, Arthur | Copyright information

Modern-day Zionists espouse the belief that Israelites not dwelling in the territory of Israel are religiously inferior to actual Jewish inhabitants of the nation. They suffer all the difficulties and dangers of living in Israel thinking that this is the only place where they can dutifully serve God. However, the Jewish population has so grown and spread that those living in the Diaspora, or outside Israel, has long exceeded the Zionists. As the Diaspora in the US and Europe become engulfed i...

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