Reclaiming Secular Zionism’s Religiosity
David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”
February 24, 2021
Reclaiming Secular Zionism’s Religiosity
David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”
A recent article in an Israeli political journal argued that anyone who wishes to revive Israel’s moribund left must stay true to its secular heritage and “take a stand against both religion and religious people.” But to Gershon Hacohen this claim rests on a profound misunderstanding. While it is true that David Ben-Gurion and other early leaders of the Zionist left were secular insofar as they were agnostic and did not observe halakhah, their ideology was deeply enmeshed with the Hebrew Bible and Jewish traditions:
February 24, 2021
Palestinian Textbooks Still Glorify Terror and Anti-Semitism, and Britain Still Pays for Them
Math with martyrs.
Turkey’s Emerging Friendship with Pakistan
And the Chinese connection.
Recent Discoveries Present New Evidence for the Biblical Account of the Origins of Ancient Israel
King Solomon’s mines.
A Television Drama Libels Hasidic Jews as Benighted Bigots
While a comedy does the same to Israel.