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POLITICAL ZIONISM

THEODOR HERZL

CULTURAL ZIONISM

ACHAD HA’AM

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 RENEWAL)

“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 RENEWAL - A VISION FOR TIKKUN ADAM, AM V’OLAM

• INPUT FROM THE JEWISH HERITAGE

PROPHET “MOVEMENT”

PRIEST

“ORGANIZATION”

CREATIVE

TENSION

CONTINUED CREATIVE SURVIVAL/ RENEWAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

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ZIONISM IN THE 21st CENTURYPOLITICAL 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 THE DIASPORA – PRO-ISRAELISM

•IN ISRAEL – “POST ZIONISM”

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 RENEWAL in 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.

THE CONCEPT OF ECO-ZIONISM• As derived from POLITICAL ZIONISM,

• “Like All the Nations” - Utilitarian – for our

benefit and for the benefit of future generations – “green movements”.

• As derived from CULTURAL ZIONISM

The integrity of CREATION as a whole and the environment in Israel as absolute Jewish (and universal) values. (Faith)

ECO - ZIONISM as SYNTHESIS7

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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 SEEKS: • 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 ZIONISMA REFORM INTERPRETATION OF A CULTURAL

ZIONIST VISION.

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

CURRICULUM K-12• INFORMAL EDUCATION (AUTONOMOUS YOUTH

MOVEMENT) EDUCATING TO PATHS OF REALIZATION IN

• 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

REFORM ZIONIST PERSPECTIVE

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JUDAISMJUDAISMRITUAL &SOCIAL

CLASSICREFORM1825 - 1925

CHALUTZIUTCULTURALZIONISM1900 - 1950

REFORM ZIONISM1975 –(SYNTHESIS)

RELIGION:BELIEF &BEHAVIOR(HALACHIC AUTHORITY)

AFFIRM butRE-FORMEGALITARIAN(HALACHA NOT AUTHORITATIVE)

NEGATESUBSTITUTEUNIVERSALIDEOLOGY(SOCIALISMS)

AFFIRM butRE-FORMEGALITARIAN(HALACHA NOT AUTHORITATIVE)

COMMUNITY &COMMUNITY ofCOMMUNITIES

(PEOPLEHOOD)

NEGATECOMMUNITY ofRITUAL ONLY.

SUBSTITUTEUNIVERSAL MISSION

AFFIRM butRE-FORMHEBREW LAND,LANGUAGE’LABOR,SOCIAL JUSTICE

AFFIRM butRE-FORMHEBREW LAND,LANGUAGE’LABOR,SOCIAL JUSTICE