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Essay / Zionism and Non-Zionists - 1178
Zionism states that “the Jews are more than a purely religious body, they are not only a race but also a nation” (Berkowitz 376). Theodor Herzl, the father of political Zionism, declared: “We are one people, one people.” Both Herzl and Berkowitz have interesting key points about the Jewish state, the Jewish religion in general, and how to solve current problems in the religion. A state is formed by a social contract and is still being created today. Rousseau specifies: “The conditions of this contract are so precisely defined by the nature of the agreement that the slightest modification would render them null and void. The consequence is that, even where they are not expressly stated, they are everywhere identical and everywhere tacitly accepted and recognized. States are primarily created by a nation experiencing social and political conflict. They are difficult to train due to land opportunities. For example, most territories are formed due to a break from their motherland. “Our livelihood depends on the nations that welcome us, and if we did not have hosts to support us, we would starve. » Herzl claims that Jews faithfully repeated the words of anti-Semites due to unjust accusations and the need to realize that the world is constantly changing and adding new properties. Even though Zionist and non-Zionist hearts bleed together over the cruelty and mistreatment of Jews, there are many differences such as the portrayal of Jews. “The basic proposition is that three-quarters of the world's Jews live in desperate poverty. Of these ten million people, half live in the settlement zones in Russia, in conditions which have been repeatedly described with horror to civilized humanity. A million are in Galicia, nor...... middle of paper ......duty which gave the Jew a seat of honor in the German Parliament. Another example of a political path for social purposes is that of Isaac Lyon Goldsmid in England. Goldsmid attempted to completely remove all civil disabilities from England's Jews. Sir Moses Montefiore also attempted to encourage coreligionists to advance their work in many countries (Berkowitz 364). Berkowitz, with his simple statement of solution, has detailed testimony on an answer: "the genius[s] of the liberated Jews [will] work on this Jewish problem, we, under God, will work out its solution along the practical lines which recommend themselves to the times and times in which we live” (378). Herzl and Berkowitz have similar and radically different views, but both agree that something must be done and the importance of the Jewish religion to its people...