The Jewish tradition holds that, in the end of days, the Messiah will restore Jewish sovereignty in Jerusalem and the traditional Land of Israel, restoring worship to the Temple Mount and rebuilding the Temple, Judging all the earth. Starting with the disappointment caused by a series of failed claimants to the title of Messiah 2000 years ago (Simon Bar Kochba's revolt that was crushed in the year 135 was the last straw), the rabbinic tradition downplayed the messianic elements of Judaism, but in the Hassidic world, these elements have become central. As a result, many (not all) Hassidic Jews hold that re-establishing Jewish dominion in Israel before the Messiah comes verges on being an improper usurpation of the role of the Messiah.
On the other side of this are Orthodox Jews in the settler movement hold that establishing Jewish dominion can help bring the Messiah.
No. Zionism was created by Jews for Jews. It is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel. Precision : Among Haredim Jews, some are Anti-Zionists (some even having "friendly" relations with the Iranian president). However, even they do not accuse Zionism as being racist towards Jews. Their issue with the State of Israel is that they do not believe that Jews have a right to a state prior to the Messiah's arrival. It is not that they believe that the state or the ideology is discriminatory towards Jews.
Zionism is a support of the Jewish culture and state coupled with an opposition for Jews to assimilate into other cultures. Zionists highly advocate the relocation of Jews back to Israel in order for them to be a majority in their own nation.
Jews had a political aspiration to have their own independent state where they could regulate their own affairs and not be subject to the political whims of others, who often discriminated against them. This manifested in Zionism or Jewish Nationalism and a desire to Return to the State of Israel.
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 not a physical thing to be "used". Most Jews are Zionists, but the majority of Zionists are non-Jews, mostly Christians, but there are some Muslim, Atheist, Hindu, and Buddhist Zionists.
For Jews to live in our ancestral homeland in peace.Zionism is the movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in Israel.To reclaim Jerusalem as their own.Being a Zionist only means one thing: Believing that the Jews have a right to an independent State and that this State should be in the Land of Israel. Many people incorrectly believe that Zionism refers to the Anti-Semitic depictions of a worldwide Jewish Cabal or some other conspiracy theory. However, that is not what Zionism is.
Being a Zionist only means one thing: Believing that the Jews have a right to an independent State and that this State should be in the Land of Israel. As a result, the main goal of Zionism has consistently been the establishment and maintenance of such a state.Many people incorrectly believe that Zionism refers to the Anti-Semitic depictions of a worldwide Jewish Cabal or some other conspiracy theory. However, that is not what Zionism is.
Some Jews live in Israel.
Anti-Semitism is a hatred, revulsion, or denigration of Jewish people and a belief that those people are somehow (by dint of their genetics) more violent, conniving, mischievous, and dastardly than other people. In some cases, like the Nazis or Extremist Muslims, they are considered a "sub-human" race, on par with monkeys. Almost all Anti-Semites are not Jews for the simple reason that no person would willingly consider himself a putrid thing. Anti-Zionism is a rejection of Zionism. Zionism is merely Jewish Nationalism, the belief that Jews have a right to have their own country where they can determine their own future. Zionists can be both Jews and non-Jews and Anti-Zionists can be both Jews and non-Jews, because the question of whether the Jews have a right to a state is a political question. Since the Jews were able to create such a country, Israel, Anti-Zionism is usually seen as Anti-Israel sentiment. It is important to note that there are those who wish to argue that Anti-Semitism does not apply exclusively to Jews (since there are non-Jewish Semites), but the term Anti-Semite has never been used to describe anything but Jew-hatred. Additionally, people like to claim that Zionism is a code word for an international cabal of evil Jews trying to control the world. Aside from the fact that such a cabal does not exist, such a thing would fall under Anti-Semitism, not Zionism or Anti-Zionism since this cabal would not be concerned with Jewish Nationalism.
Many Jews consider Israel to be their homeland.
Being a Zionist only means one thing: Believing that the Jews have a right to an independent State and that this State should be in the Land of Israel. As a result, the main goal of Zionism has consistently been the establishment and maintenance of such a state.Many people incorrectly believe that Zionism refers to the Anti-Semitic depictions of a worldwide Jewish Cabal or some other conspiracy theory. However, that is not what Zionism is.
Some Orthodox Jews did not approve of the modern nation of Israel, because it was created by humans via the United Nations. It was not directly created by God. Most Jews have no problem with the modern nation of Israel, and those Orthodox Jews are in the minority as far as most Jews are concerned.
Partially because they don't fully accept Zionism and consider themselves as diaspora Jews. The use of modern Hebrew is considered "too modern"/inappropriate for them.Answer:I live in Israel and have some relatives who use Yiddish as their first language. The reason is that it's a wall against assimilation into the non-religious.