On Our Movement in These Days

Moshe Kroneh

1939

Letter 11, December 1939 (Delivered at the Kibbutz Council in Ramat Hashomron)

Despair before loss. The first reaction in relation to our world movement and its status in wartime was among many: despair and loss of faith. The first reports from the movement front in embattled Europe had not yet arrived and there were not yet reports on the results…

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Moshe Kroneh

1913–1993

Moshe Kroneh was an Israeli educator affiliated with the religious Zionist movement. In 1945, he was the first Bnai Akiva shaliaḥ (envoy) to the United States. He later headed the Department of Torah and Culture of the World Zionist Organization and the religious education department of the Jewish Agency.

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