For the “New York Times,” Peace in the Middle East Is Bad News
Unless it involves risking Israel’s security.
August 31, 2016
Abraham Isaac Kook’s Kabbalistic View of History and Nationalism
Navigating between the universal and the particular.
Even before being appointed the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine in 1919, Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) had become the foremost theorist of religious Zionism. Employing an innovative reading of Jewish mystical texts blended with various ideas from European thought, Kook developed a theological interpretation of history that he employed to show why his era was the appropriate time for a return to Zion. Yehudah Mirsky explains (free registration required):
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Iran’s International Program for Indoctrinating Future Clergy and Terrorists
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Abraham Isaac Kook’s Kabbalistic View of History and Nationalism
Navigating between the universal and the particular.