A common rationale one hears from Haredim for their rejection of Zionism is that the founder, Theodore Herzl, was a thoroughly assimilated non-observant Jew. How could someone so far gone Jewishly possibly be a leader of the Jewish people? This critique altogether misses the point that precisely because of his outsider background, Herzl was able to be deeply troubled by the antisemitism he observed in the enlightened, civilized Europe of his time. — Just as Moshe emerged from the sheltered, privileged life of the Egyptian royal palace to be outraged by the sight of an Egyptian abusing a member of his own people.
A common rationale one hears from Haredim for their rejection of Zionism is that the founder, Theodore Herzl, was a thoroughly assimilated non-observant Jew. How could someone so far gone Jewishly possibly be a leader of the Jewish people? This critique altogether misses the point that precisely because of his outsider background, Herzl was able to be deeply troubled by the antisemitism he observed in the enlightened, civilized Europe of his time. — Just as Moshe emerged from the sheltered, privileged life of the Egyptian royal palace to be outraged by the sight of an Egyptian abusing a member of his own people.
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Eli Rubinstein
Raanana / Toronto
very interesting!
People literally called him the modern Moses
Chag sameach!