What is the difference between Zionist and Sephardic Jew?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Zionism is the Jewish desire to live in our ancestral homeland. Although there is a secular/political variant of zionism, religious zionism is a part of Judaism so there is no difference.

Answer 2

Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel. It is entirely political in nature and largest number of Zionists are Christians.

Judaism is a religion that recognizes the Torah as its holy book and follows traditions of Divine Origin that are established and interpreted by Rabbis. Judaism has both a religious and ethnic component.

Answer 2

A Zionist is a person who favors the return of the Jewish people to biblical Israel (Zion). A Sephardic Jew is a Jew who is a descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain until they were expelled in 1492 CE by the Spanish monarchs. The two terms (Zionist & Sephardic) are not mutually exclusive. There are many types of Jews:

1) By diaspora origin a few of these are: Sephardic (from Spain), Ashkenazic (from Eastern Europe), Mitzrahi (from the Middle East), Falasha (from Ethiopia), Bene Israel (from India), also from central Africa, asia, Yemen, and other areas).

2) By Jewish religious affiliation the main are: Rabbinical Orthodox, Rabbinical Conservative, Rabbinical Reform, Rabbinical Reconstructionist, Rabinical Renewal; non-Rabbinical are the Karaites, the Samaritans, the Ethiopian Falasha. [The non-Rabbinical denominations do not historically recognize the Oral Law / Talmud, although most Ethiopian Falasha did accept Orthodox Rabbinical Judaism when they migrated to Israel].

So, you can have any combination of #1 and #2 (at least theoretically speaking). And a person of any such combination can be Zionist or non-Zionist.

Answer 3

Answer 1

There is no difference. Zionism, which is the Jewish desire for a homeland in Israel, is a core aspect of Judaism.

Answer 2

They are fundamentally different concepts.

Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel. It is entirely political in nature and largest number of Zionists are Christians.

Judaism is a religion that recognizes the Torah as its holy book and follows traditions of Divine Origin that are established and interpreted by Rabbis. Judaism has both a religious and ethnic component.

The fact that most Jews are Zionists is something we would expect in the same way that most followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church support Armenia and that most followers of the Greek Orthodox Church support Greece. If an ethno-religious group has a state that identifies with people of that ethno-religious group, the group will identify with that state since they are like family.

Answer 4

Answer 1

There is not necessarily any difference. Zionism, which is the Jewish desire for a homeland in Israel, is a core aspect of Judaism. Chassidic Jews are religious Zionists.

Answer 2

They are fundamentally different concepts.

Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel. It is entirely political in nature and a large number of Zionists are Christians.

Judaism is a religion that recognizes the Torah as its holy book and follows traditions of Divine origin that are established and interpreted by Rabbis. Judaism has both a religious and ethnic component. Hasidic Judaism in particular is a rather fervently religious component of Judaism and often does not discuss questions of a political nature like Zionism.

The fact that most Jews are Zionists is something we would expect in the same way that most followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church support Armenia and that most followers of the Greek Orthodox Church support Greece. If an ethno-religious group has a state that identifies with people of that ethno-religious group, the group will identify with that state since they are like family.