Report of the Nature of the Ideology and Movement of Zionism (original) (raw)
2004 By Abraham Weizfeld B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. cand. l’Université du Québec a Montréal, Faculté de science politique et de droit 20 / 08 / 2003 RE : Grand Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction: The Jewish political cultural is as varied as it is of long duration. The task of this study is foremost to reveal the various dimensions under which one differentiates between the State of Israel and the Jewish People including its religious tradition, Judaism. In reference to the State of Israel one refers inclusively to the Zionist movement and its ideology. The differentiation of the Jewish political culture serves to demonstrate the fundamental antagonism that exists between the particular political tendency of Zionism and the Jewish national identity per se and in particular Judaism.
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