Why is the home important to Jews?

Answer 1

Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view persists.

Answer 2

The home is the place where many of the Torah's commands are kept, including having children (Genesis ch.1 and ch.9). It is where part of the children's Torah education takes place (Deuteronomy ch.6).

Answer 3

Why is it important for Jews to have a home land?

1) Every group of people/ race/ nationality

2) We (the Jews) need a place that we can go if there is an emergency or issue where we live

3) We need some where we can call our own