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TWO PATHS TO ZIONISM

CULTURAL ZIONISM

ACHAD HA’AM

POLITICAL ZIONISM

THEODOR HERZL

ZIONISM: A JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY

1860 -1904 1856 - 1927

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POLITICAL ZIONISM

***************************STATE FOR THE JEWS

FINITE AIM –

SAVE JEWS

(PHYSICAL SURVIVAL)

“LIKE ALL NATIONS”

LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC

CULTURAL ZIONISM

***************************JEWISH STATE

INIFINITE AIM –

SAVE JUDAISM

(CULTURAL SURVIVAL)

“UNIQUE” and PURPOSEFUL

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POLITICAL ZIONISM

***************************STATE AS A FRAMEWORK

FOR PARAMETERS OF NATIONAL POLICY

• SOCIAL-ECONOMIC

• EDUCATION-CULTURE• LAND: SETTLEMENT / ECOLOGY

• INTER-NATIONAL RELATIONS

(MILITANT – MODERATE)

POLICY PARAMETERS –

WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES

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CULTURAL ZIONISM***************************

• A JEWISH STATE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL POLICY AND A VISION FOR TIKKUN AM VE OLAM

• INPUT FROM THE JEWISH HERITAGE

CREATIVE

TENSION

PRIEST

“ORGANIZATION”

PROPHET “MOVEMENT”

•CONTINUED CREATIVE SURVIVAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

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ZIONISM IN THE 21st CENTURY

POLITICAL ZIONISM

•FINITE END AIM ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL AS A SOVEREIGN STATE

•POLICY PARAMETERS OF WESTERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES EXPRESSED THROUGH ISRAELI POLITICAL PARTIES. THEREFORE:

•IN ISRAEL – “POST ZIONISM”

•IN THE DIASPORA – PRO-ISRAELISM

THE LINK WITH CULTURAL ZIONISM:

ISRAEL AS A “JEWISH AND DEMOCRATIC” STATE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

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ZIONISM IN THE 21st CENTURYCULTURAL ZIONISM

THE STATE AS A MEANS FOR TIKKUN (TRANSFORMATION) OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE

JEWISH PEOPLE, AND THE WORLD.

• VISIONS OF THE JEWISH STATE “WITHOUT VISION THE PEOPLE BECOME UNRULY”

(PROVERBS 28:19)• PARAMETERS DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY, THE DIVINITY OF ERETZ ISRAEL,

ENVIRONMENT, JEWISH LAW AND RITUAL.

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REFORM JUDAISMIn Israel it relates to:

“POST ZIONIST” ISRAEL “LIKE ALL THE NATIONS” (LIBERAL AND DEMOCRATIC)

WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE • EQUAL RIGHTS (PLURALISM) FOR ALL STREAMS OF

JUDAISM

• EMPHASIS ON CONGREGATIONAL (RITUAL) JUDAISM

• OUTREACH BY MEANS OF SUPERMARKET FOR RELIGIOUS RITUAL NEEDS

• PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

In the Diaspora it relates to:• PRO ISRAELISM & SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAEL

MOVEMENT FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM

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REFORM ZIONISM

A REFORM INTERPRETATION OF A CULTURAL ZIONIST VISION.

WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES?• IDEOLOGY: A COGNITIVE MAP• FORMAL REFORM ZIONIST EDUCATIONAL

CURRICULUM K-12• INFORMAL EDUCATION (AUTONOMOUS YOUTH

MOVEMENT) EDUCATING TO PATHS OF REALIZATION

• COMMUNITIES THAT REALIZE A REFORM ZIONIST WAY OF LIFE AS A “TORAT CHAIM”

• PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT (LED BY VOLUNTEERS) – PERSONAL COMMITMENT

MOVING SOCIETY TOWARDS THE VISION