Two Paths To Zionism
- 1. TWO PATHS TO ZIONISM ZIONISM: A JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY 1860 -1904 1856 - 1927 CULTURAL ZIONISM ACHAD HA’AM POLITICAL ZIONISM THEODOR HERZL
- 2. 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 SURVIVAL) “ UNIQUE” and PURPOSEFUL
- 3. 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
- 4. CULTURAL ZIONISM *************************** A JEWISH STATE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL POLICY AND A VISION FOR TIKKUN AM VE OLAM INPUT FROM THE JEWISH HERITAGE CONTINUED CREATIVE SURVIVAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE CREATIVE TENSION PRIEST “ ORGANIZATION” PROPHET “MOVEMENT”
- 5. ZIONISM IN THE 21 st CENTURY POLITICAL 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 ISRAEL – “POST ZIONISM” IN THE DIASPORA – PRO-ISRAELISM THE LINK WITH CULTURAL ZIONISM: ISRAEL AS A “JEWISH AND DEMOCRATIC” STATE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- 6. ZIONISM IN THE 21st CENTURY CULTURAL ZIONISM THE STATE AS A MEANS FOR TIKKUN (TRANSFORMATION) OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND THE WORLD. VISIONS OF 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.
- 7. REFORM JUDAISM In Israel it relates to: “ POST ZIONIST” ISRAEL “LIKE ALL THE NATIONS” (LIBERAL AND DEMOCRATIC) WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STATE 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
- 8. REFORM ZIONISM A REFORM INTERPRETATION OF A CULTURAL ZIONIST VISION. WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES? IDEOLOGY: A COGNITIVE MAP FORMAL REFORM ZIONIST EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM K-12 INFORMAL EDUCATION (AUTONOMOUS YOUTH MOVEMENT) EDUCATING TO PATHS OF REALIZATION 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