When we start Zionism’s clock with Abraham, we risk overgeneralizing the term.
Zionism
“The Jews have every right to live in their homeland because of the commandment of God to Moses!”
Genesis makes it clear that Zionism is central to Abraham’s religious mission. So, why do many rabbis avoid speaking about Israel from the pulpit?
Today Israelis go to the polls, and many would like to know what the man with the long black beard actually thought about elections in a future Jewish state.
Zionism was never a unified ideal. It is a combination of ideological differences. The Israeli political landscape developed against this backdrop.
The anniversary of Theodor Herzl’s convening of the First Zionist Congress is cause for celebration; however, the ongoing battle to secure Jewish self-determination is far from over.
How Russian Christians thrilled at the Jews’ return to the Land in the late 1800s, joined in and helped restore the Galilee.
The Nachala movement understands the danger of illegal Palestinian construction in Judea and Samaria—and intends to do something about it.
The story of how that came about involves some surprising twists and turns, and a stormy debate about Jews and Arabs that could have been taken straight out of today’s headlines.
To hate Israel’s rebirth is to hate the Jewish people, no matter how much you couch it in the social justice expletives of our time
