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Como judeu, estou ciente da importância da existência de Israel para a sobrevivência de todos nós. E, como tenho orgulho de ser judeu, estou preocupado com o crescente antissemitismo e antissionismo no mundo
Molly Haskell • Article
Leo Strauss and Hasidic master Yoel Teitelbaum have therefore argued that Zionism (or at least political Zionism) is in some respect anti-Judaism (or at least anti-rabbinic Judaism).
Shaul Magid • The Necessity of Exile
Yuval Harari just published a piece on Zionism in the @washingtonpost. He argues:
"Nothing in this Zionist idea implies that Jews are superior to others, whether they are Greeks or Poles — or Palestinians." @harari_yuval
A short🧵. https://t.co/stLXrvQ0n5
In complicated ways, after the destruction of the Second Temple (hurban) in 70 CE, the rabbinic sages reconceived the biblical covenant by radically reconceptualizing it, placing exile at its center. In some way, the radicalism of Zionism was an attempt to subvert that rabbinic innovation by, as Scholem framed it, ending exile.