Resources and articles on Zionism and the Diaspora
Notes Towards Recasting Israel Education: From Herzl to Herzliya
"We, the Jewish People, are heirs to a tradition of intellectual vitality, cultural fidelity and social activity. And we are poised on the threshold of a new era." In this article, Jonathan Ariel invites us to an enthralling and challenging global Jewish conversation. [Full article...]By: Jonathan Ariel
Israel > Teaching Israel
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
From Dreams to Deeds - Herzl's vision and the Challenges of Zionism in the Future: The Zionist Mandate Today
This essay is an attempt to respond to the question posed by the 19th century Hebrew author, M. Z. Fireberg – “L’an? – Whereto“? Where are we heading? What will be the conditions of Jewish life in the middle of the 21st century? What will be the destiny and character of Israel and world Jewry? For purposes of this article, written as the 35th World Zionist Congress approaches, what challenges confront Zionism? How shall the Zionist Movement best fulfill its responsibilities? [Full article...]By: Richard G. Hirsch
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Challenges of the 21st Century: The Jewish People in the Age of Globalization
In an age of cultural sameness and where everything has been reduced to a commercial commodity, how is Jewish identity and Zionism affected by these challenges? The author outlines the issues of identity and culture in the 21st century. [Full article...]By: Anita Shapira
Israel > Politics
Jewish History > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
Judaism > Israeli Judaism
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Israel and the Diaspora: Disconnected from Reality
The chairman of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization comments on the nature of the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora in the 21st century. [Full article...]By: Zeev Bielski
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Our Challenge: The Zionist Mission
This is the speech of Haim Hayet, Head of the World Zionist Organization Department for Hagshama, during his appearance at the Young Zionist Leadership Conference of January 2005, held in Miami, Florida. [Full article...]By: Haim Hayet
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Voices from the Past: Richard Gottheil: The Aims of Zionism
In a peroration of a speech given in New York City on November 1 1898, Dr. Richard Gottheil defines the ultimate aims of Zionism. Then a professor of Semitic Languages and Rabbinical Literature at Columbia University in New York City, as well as President and co-founder of the American Federation of Zionists, Dr. Gottheil demonstrates how the dangers of assimilation are reconcilable with the Zionist cause. [Full article...]By: Richard Gottheil
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
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Voices From the Past: Ber Borochov: Herbraismus Militans
In Israel and in the rest of the Jewish world, the passionate fight between Hebrew and Yiddish is sometimes easily forgotten. Today we look back nearly 100 years, to a time when the future dominance of Hebrew over Yiddish was not at all certain. Ber Borochov, early Zionist and co-founder of the Poale Zion Party (later to split into the Mapai Party and the Mapam Party), demonstrates the drama of the debate in an article published in 1913. [Full article...]By: Dov Ber Borochov
Jewish History > 1789-1860: Haskala (Emancipation)
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Judaism > Jewish Identity
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People > 1789-1860: Haskala (Emancipation)
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
The Jerusalem Program 2004: Herzl's Unfinished Business
The new Jerusalem Program, adopted by the Zionist General Council in June 2004, is testimony not only to the ongoing relevance of Herzl’s dreams, but also to the determination of the Zionist movement he founded to address emerging realities. Anti-Semitism may not have vanished, as Herzl predicted it would, and the ideal social order he portrayed in his 1902 utopian novel “Old-New Land” is yet to emerge. But the old-new Jerusalem Program is an unequivocal declaration that the will to meet these challenges is as resolute as ever. [Full article...]By: David Breakstone
Anti-Semitism
Zionism > Essential Zionist Texts
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
The new definition of Zionism: Jerusalem Program 2004
Zionism is a dynamic ideology. That is why the core definition and aims of Zionism are periodically revised and updated. Below is the text that was indorsed in the Zionist Council session that took place in June 2004 in Jerusalem. [Full article...]By:
Official Documents
Zionism
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Herzl and Me: A Visit to Altneuland and its Relevance to the Teaching of Israel Today
In the face of all that is wrong with Israel today, it is important for us to remind ourselves of what it is that the Zionist movement set out to do, and, as teachers of Israel, to go "back to the basics" in conveying Israel's story to our students. Altneuland provides us the opportunity to do that. [Full article...]By: David Breakstone
Education
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Anti-Semitism
The Diaspora controversy: The Jewish Neurosis of Golah
Instead of trying to temp and induce Jews to come here, we mush coldly expose the pathology, immorality and hypocrisy of the Golah. We must start a quarrel with the most warm-hearted of Jews, the Jews who are most loyal to Israel, for they are our public. [Full article...]By: A. B. Yehoshua
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
From Spain to Zion: The Contribution of the Sepharadim to Zionism
There is a common misconception that Zionism is purely Ashkenazi. To learn about the Sepharadic roots of Zionism, read on…. [Full article...]By: Solomon Gaon
Jewish History > 0600 - 1789: Middle Ages
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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People > 0600 - 1789: Middle Ages
People > 1789-1860: Haskala (Emancipation)
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
: America is Galut
The Jew cannot settle down in freedom to be himself, "just like everybody else." When in his own inner consciousness he begins to approach a real feeling of at-homeness within the larger society, what remains of his Jewish identity is too little and to personalized to sustain a community. It inevitably follows that there is only one possible mode for the survival of a Jewish community in a free society. It can live only by emphasizing what is unique to itself and by convincing its children that that uniqueness is worth having. [Full article...]By: Arthur Hertzberg
Jewish History > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
Jews Around the World
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Glorious Past, Uncertain Future: Youth Movements in Israel
Whereas the diaspora movements were built on hopes and dreams, the members who actually moved to Eretz Israel set about actively trying to bring those hopes to fruition. [Full article...]By: Carl Schrag
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Youth: On Zionist Youth Movements
Plaut examines what the role of Zionist youth movements should be in encouraging aliyah. [Full article...]By: Steven Plaut
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Education
Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations
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Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
This article contains the speeches entitled Efficiency in Public Service, The Pilgrims had Faith, The Human Resource, Realization Will Not Come as a Gift, The Only Promising Road, Palestine Has Developed Jewish Character, Jews and Arabs, A Zionist's Vow, and Jews Will Continue to Enter Palestine. [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
Included in this document are the speeches entitled The Common Cause of the Jewish People, Zionism Brings Understanding and Happiness, Members, Money, Discipline, and The Time is Urgent. [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
Included in this document are the speeches entitled Numbers Count, The Victory of the Maccabees, Not by Charity Alone, Blackstone and Herzl and Democracy Means Responsibility, [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
Included in this document are the speeches entitled A Call to the Educated Jew, Group Liberty, and Dreams May be Made into Realities. [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
Included in this document are the speeches entitled Sympathy for the Zionist Involvement, A Great Vision, To Be a Jew, The Jewish People Should be Preserved, Strain Every Nerve, and The Fruits of Zionism. [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
American Zionism: The Faith of Louis D. Brandeis, Zionist.
Horance Kallen explores the tremendous contribution Brandeis. "The People's Lawyer" made to American life and Zionism. [Full article...]By: Horace Kallen
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Brandeis on Zionism: A Collection of Addresses and Statements by Louis D. Brandeis
Included in this document are the speeches entitled True Americanism, and The Jewish Problem and How to Solve it. [Full article...]By: Louis Brandeis
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
American Zionism: Brandeis' Way to Zionism
Louis D. Brandeis, an object of controversy and vituperative attack in his time, he became a secular saint in his later years, and now stands suffused in an aura of liberal piety and general regard. [Full article...]By: Ben Halpern
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Louis D. Brandeis 1856-1941: Patriot, Judge, and Zionist
Louis D. Brandeis played an integral role in promoting Zionism in the United States during the early part of the 1900's. Read on to learn more... [Full article...]By: Josef Fraenkel
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Quotes: Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events and Men.
In the quotes that follow, Herzl speaks on the topics of Zionism, the Homeland, the Uganda Offer, The Jewish State, Language in the State, the Envisioned Altneuland, and the Vatican. [Full article...]By: Theodor Herzl
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Quotes: Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events and Men
In the quotes that follow, Herzl speaks on the topics of the reaction to publication of The Jewish State, Organizing the Zionist Movement, and the Zionist Congress. [Full article...]By: Theodor Herzl
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Quotes: Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events and Men.
In the quotes that follow, Herzl speaks on the topics of Jewish immigration, the Galut, philanthropy, himself, other men, religion and rabbis. [Full article...]By: Theodor Herzl
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Quotes: Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events and Men.
In the quotes that follow, Herzl's addresses the topics of the Jewish People, Jewish Society, The Jewish Question, and Anti-Semitism. [Full article...]By: Theodor Herzl
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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Women Zionists: Golda Meir (1898-1978)
I believe we will have peace with our neighbors. But I am certain that if Israel is not strong there will not be peace.” [Full article...]By: Rochelle Mass
International Relations
Israel > Politics
Jewish History > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
Judaism > Jewish Women
People > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Women Zionists: Hadassah in Palestine
Address delivered at the dedication exercises, April 30, 1929. [Full article...]By: Henrietta Szold
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Judaism > Jewish Women
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
An Address: Henrietta Szold to the Women of Hadassah
This address was presented at the 14th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh on June 27th, 1928. [Full article...]By: Henrietta Szold
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Judaism > Jewish Women
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Towards a Homeland: Understanding Jewish Nationalism
What is Jewish nationalism and it's relationship to Judaism? How can an understanding of Jewish nationalism help us understand the meaning of being a Jew in today's world? [Full article...]By: Eliezer Schweid
Jewish History > 0600 - 1789: Middle Ages
Zionism
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Peoplehood: The Centrality of the Jewish People
Israel can occupy an indispensable place in Jewish life only if it becomes and remains part of an inseverable dimension of greater centrality- the centrality of the Jewish people. [Full article...]By: Gershon Cohen
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Israel Advocacy and Zionist Education: Reframing Zionism on Campus
In the fight for Israel on campus, Yanai recommends a broader Israel education focus over a single-minded effort to defend Israel in the political arena. [Full article...]By: Shachar Yanai
Education
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Media and the Press
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Exile: Abstract Condition and Concrete Community
The Hebrew Galut means the abstract condition of exile, or bondage. Golah refers to a concrete community in exile. [Full article...]By: Ben Halpern
Aliyah InfoBase
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Return from Exile: The Primacy of Israel
I suggest that the concept of Israel's centrality in relation to the Diaspora be replaced by Israel's preferential status, its primacy, over the Diaspora. [Full article...]By: Nathan Rotenstreich
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Emancipation: Zionism as a Movement of National Liberation
Emancipation and the unprecedented integration into larger society presented opportunities but also many challenges Jews had never faced before and were not prepared to face. [Full article...]By: Shlomo Avineri
Jewish History > 1789-1860: Haskala (Emancipation)
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Diaspora Jewry: The American Context of Galut
For all the matters that are crucial to the actual experience of the individual Jew, as Jew, within America, the tempo of life as such has inevitable to favor Christianity and to act against Judaism. [Full article...]By: Arthur Hertzberg
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
A Discussion: Is Liberal Zionism Still Credible
Marie Syrkin and Shlomo Avineri discuss the question of "Is Liberal Zionism Still Credible?" [Full article...]By: Shlomo Avineri Marie Syrkin
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Jews in the Modern World: Jewish Nationalism and Emancipation (1897-1899)
If the cause of anti-Semitism is the existence of the Jews as a nationality, its effect is to make this nationality more tangible for the Jews, to make them more aware of the fact that they are a people. [Full article...]By: Bernard Lazare
Artistic Expressions
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
On Making Aliyah: Letters to an American Jewish Friend
The same classical Zionist beliefs that justified modern Jewish settlement in Palestine, and that justified the establishment of a Jewish state, justify this country to this day. [Full article...]By: Hillel Halkin
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A Social, Psychological Analysis: Zionism and Pro-Israelism
Zionism is more than the expression of a positive attitude to Israel and it also connotes more than Aliyah. Zionist ideology represents an all-encompassing approach to the problems of the Jewish People. [Full article...]By: Simon Herman
Zionism
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Zionism in Modern Times: Can There be a Revival of Zionist Ideology?
The situation in which we lack a Zionist ideology today is characterized by two elements: the existence of the State of Israel and the shift of world Jewry to the American continent. These two elements must be seen not as dependent upon each other, but as coexistent. [Full article...]By: Nathan Rotenstreich
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
The Rise and Fall of the Builders of Zion Bulletin: Finchley Cowboys
Our movement's bulletins discussed anything and everything -from nuclear disarmament and ethical relativism to the future of religion and, of course, Zionism. [Full article...]By: Mordechai Beck
Artistic Expressions > Literature
Zionism
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Israel's Role: The Unity of the Jewish People
Is Israel a unifier or divider of the Jewish people? What currently threatens and preserves the unity of the Jewish people? Read on... [Full article...]By: Eliezer Schweid
Israel
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
A Jewish State: The Significance of Israel for Jews and for the Nations
The State of Israel may be regarded as one of the outstanding instances of consummation in history and yet, also, as one of its most mordant ironies. A dream cherished as part of the sacred history of the Jews and of mankind has been transformed into political reality; prayer and prophecy have been fulfilled in the creation of a new polity, the ingathering of the Jewish people, the reconstitution of Jerusalem as its capital city, the revival of Hebrew as a national language. [Full article...]By: Israel Kolatt
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Aliyah: Then and Now
Balint looks at the way aliyah, and the way people make aliyah, has changed since the 1960's and 1970's. [Full article...]By: Judy Lash Balint
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How the Arabs Convinced the World that Zionism is Racism: Politics
Why are the Arabs able to make a compelling argument that Zionism is racism and what can be done about this? [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
International Relations
Israel > Advocacy
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Supporting Israel: How to Criticize and Not De-Legitimize
This article gives so guidelines for Israel supporters outside of Israel who want to advocate for Israel in public. [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Israel > Advocacy
Media and the Press
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Post-Modernism: Zionist Dreams as North American Dreams
For too long, what we have feared has dictated our Jewish agenda, and our Zionist agenda. Jean-Paul Sartre overstated it in 1946 when he claimed that "it is the anti-Semite who makes the Jew." But it certainly seems that it is the anti-Semites who make most Jews Zionists. Even during this crisis, we have to look for what we love, what we can love, and what we can learn from, both from Judaism and from Israel. [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Multiculturalism: Why I Need to be a Zionist
Troy prescribes Zionism as a cure for the ills of modern Jewish life in North America. [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Not Essential to Jewish Nationalism but Essential to Judaism: Zionism
Can you be a committed Zionist and live in North America? In what ways can Zionism enrich Jewish life in the Diaspora? Read on... [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Who is a Zionist?
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Diaspora Existance: Zionism in a Multiethnic World
A hundred years ago, Theodor Herzl proposed a radical idea-that the Jewish people would find a "normal" place among the nations if it reorganized itself into a nation-state. That would be the solution to "the Jewish Problem." [Full article...]By: Arthur Hertzberg
Jews Around the World
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Why I am Making Aliyah: To Keep the Blessing
Eisen shares his reasons for making aliyah- some of which may defy conventional wisdom. [Full article...]By: Arnold M. Eisen
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Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Realizing the Zionist Dream: Hagshama Atzmit
"Hagshamah Atzmit," the role of Zionism in our self-realization, is a many-sided phenomenon, which touches every aspect of both our personal and collective lives. [Full article...]By: Steven Katz
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Judaism under Threat: Zionism and Myths of Assimilation
The Zionist movement from its inception regarded assimilation as one of its central enemies, as a morally degrading position for any self-respecting Jew to adopt. [Full article...]By: Robert S. Wistrich
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
An Israeli in Madison: Between Radicalism and Complexity
Facundo Lerer, an Israeli student living in Madison Wisconsin, shares his struggles and conclusions regarding conflicting political views on campus. [Full article...]By: Ron Facundo Lerer
Media and the Press
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Still a Grand Old Word: Zionism
The word 'Zionism' often brings up negative connotations. In this article, Gil Troy advocates taking back the word 'Zionism' and re-claiming it as a positive concept which continues to speak to us today. [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Israeli Connections: Hungarian Roots, Branches and Zionism
It has always been fascinating for me to see how so much of history is enveloped by events that take place as much on the world stage as by seemingly inconsequential personal anecdotes. I watched this theory play out this past Shabbat, when I was an observer to a family reunion whose roots reach far back into Hungary and whose ancestors were responsible for some of the very first rumblings of Zionism in Europe. [Full article...]By: Ilene Bloch-Levy
Holocaust
Jews Around the World
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Zionism in Youth Movements: Where have all the Zionists gone?
I want to take you on a journey, looking back into our past to where the concept of Zionism in youth groups arose. [Full article...]By: Ilana Ordman
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Memoirs of a Bi-Patriot: From Vermont to the Red Sea
Elazar Larry Freifeld looks at the aliyah process from a personal perspective - and what we find is an emotional, and often amusing roller-coaster ride, following the trials and tribulations of his family's immigration and absorption into Israel. [Full article...]By: Elazar Larry Freifeld
Aliyah InfoBase
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Israel and the Diaspora: Connection in Crisis
In the first of a two-parter, Matt Plen looks at the strained relationship between the Diaspora and Israel, and wonders what led to this situation. Referring to diverse sources ranging from the Talmud, Ahad Ha'am and the New Statesman, he suggests that we should relate to one another in a different way. [Full article...]By: Matt Plen
Judaism > Jewish Identity
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Israel and the Diaspora: Aliya is a four-letter word
An article written by David Breakstone, (Head of the Department for Zionist Activities of the World Zionist Organization and a member of the Executive of the Jewish Agency and WZO), originally published in the Jerusalem Post. [Full article...]By: David Breakstone
Aliyah InfoBase
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Redefining the Israel-Diaspora connection: The Tnuot and the Shaliach
The old terms no longer apply to the increasingly complex Israel-Diaspora relationship; classic Zionism and classic Diaspora community organization are undergoing far-reaching changes. Their impact is evident in the day-to-day interchange, sometimes encouraging, sometimes downright embittered, that exists between them. Marky Levy is a long-time Israel Diaspora worker with ample experience and knowledge of the mutual needs and recriminations of both sides. He takes a perceptive stab at ways in which these changes can be channeled positively. [Full article...]By: Marky Levy
Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Fifty-two years of Israeli independence: The Diaspora and Israel: A Spiritual Connection With Economic Backing
After fifty-two years of Israeli independence, we would like to present an original opinion regarding the theme of Israeli-Diaspora relations. We are confronted with the permanent reality of the Diaspora-a fact which did not figure in the original calculations of the founders of the Jewish state. The Diaspora will continue to view Israel as the irrevocable center of the Jewish world, but not in a paternalistic sense. Israel will not define who is a Jew for the Diaspora, nor will it play the part of younger brother-pauper. Israel’s survival, like that of the Diaspora are mutually acceptable facts. Now we must speak as equals, for the first time ever. [Full article...]By: Aharon Mor
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora
Jewish Continuity : Introduction: The Identity Crisis
Laurence Weinbaum In 1958, the inaugural issue of World Jewry, a publication of the British section of the World Jewish Congress, carried an article entitled "Discovering Jewishness for the Sabra". That story drew attention to "the crisis of Israel's youth" and to the launching of a Jewish consciousness programme" to heighten Jewish identity among Israeli youngsters and to enhance their inadequate knowledge of Jewish subjects. [Full article...]By: Avi Beker Laurence Weinbaum
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