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On the Division between Zionism and Religion
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[ . . . ] I find myself obliged to commence with a general preface, which I bring to the fore on each occasion that I have occasion to speak about the way of “the Mizrachi” [movement] and its value…

Contributor:

Abraham Isaac Kook

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Date unknown, late 19th–early 20th century

Subjects:

Zionism, Mizrahi, Politics, Orthodox Judaism, Nationalism

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Theology
Interpolation of the Sokolover Rebbe
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The [Babylonian] Talmud in tractate Sanhedrin [109b] brings a statement that when a stranger came to the city of Sodom, he would be placed on a bed. Someone who was taller than the bed would have his…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Morganstern

Places:

Sokolov, Russian Empire (Sokolov, Czech Republic)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Hasidism, Zionism, Modernism

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology
Letter to the Editor: On Zionism and the Mizrachi
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Piety, Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Mizrahi

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Notes in Response to the Zionist Cause
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3 Shevat 5663 [January 31, 1903] From all the Zionist essays emerge that which we see with our very eyes: their entire purpose and effort is to instill the supposition among Jews that the Torah and…

Contributor:

Sholom Dov Ber Schneerson

Places:

Lubavitch, Russian Empire (Lyubavichi, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, Modernity, Piety, Nationalism

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology