Showing posts with label Israel and Zionism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel and Zionism. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2014

Israel and Zionism

Summary:

There is a crisis in Zionism combined with a worldwide crisis filled with sectarian and nationalistic wars, disease and economic malaise. Yet, part of the crisis of Zionism stems from a blurring of the line between political Zionism—a nationalistic struggle for a Jewish state—and a Messianic, utopian Zionism embedded within traditional Jewish religion. For the sake of both of these visions, the boundary between them should be consciously reestablished.