One Hundred Years of Zionism: Vision and Reality -- Reality and Vision


 

Publication Date: June 1998

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Alvin I. Schiff

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Diaspora Relations; Jewish Identification; Israel Attachment

Type: Report

Abstract:

As the national liberation feature of Zionism comes to a close, it is time to turn to the historical Judaic vision of Zionism. Each component—the Hebrew language, the Jewish religious tradition, and the land of Israel--must become operative principles of Jewish life. Then Zionism can become a unifying factor, creating a sense of Jewish peoplehood with a common heritage and a common destiny.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.4, Summer 1998.