To Invigorate American Jewry, Revive “Zionism of the Spirit”
“We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody’s examination.”
January 6, 2022
To Invigorate American Jewry, Revive “Zionism of the Spirit”
“We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody’s examination.”
The goal of the first generations of Zionists, and their precursors, was not just to return Jews to their ancestral homeland, but also to embody and disseminate a particular set of ideals. Benjamin Kerstein argues that American Jews—the majority of whom are unlikely to make aliyah—have much to gain by reacquainting themselves with this line of thinking:
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