Daily Podcasts Video Research

Are Zionists and Anti-Zionists Arguing for the Sake of Heaven?

JL;DR SUMMARY The piece delves into the persistent debate between Zionists and anti-Zionists, questioning whether these disagreements fall under the category of arguments 'for the sake of Heaven,' a concept in Judaism that honors debate as long as it is constructive. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish HistoryJewish TraditionZionismJewish ValuesAnti ZionismDebateCommunity UnityHillel And ShammaiElisha Ben Abuya

Places mentioned

United States
"For most American Jews, protesters who chant from the river to the sea are ipso facto antisemitic."
Israel
"For most American Jews, protesters who chant from the river to the sea are ipso facto antisemitic: What could be more hostile to Jews than calling for the destruction of the worlds only Jewish state?"
Germany
"Perhaps the Jewish people could flourish spiritually only by casting off halakhah and redefining Judaism as an ethical creed, as the Reform movement did in Germany."
Jerusalem, Israel
"They were living in the aftermath of the Jewish revolt against Rome in 6670 c.e., which culminated in the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the massacre and exile of hundreds of thousands of Jews."
Putumayo, Colombia
"During World War I, Luxemburg wrote to a friend from her German prison cell that she had no interest in Jewish welfare (chas vshalom!): I am just as much concerned with the poor victims on the rubber plantations of Putumayo."
South Africa
"During World War I, Luxemburg wrote to a friend from her German prison cell that she had no interest in Jewish welfare (chas vshalom!): I am just as much concerned with the poor victims on the rubber plantations of Putumayo, the black people in Africa."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 48089
Cairo Source ID 29
Retrieved 2025-04-03 05:30:23 UTC
Curated 2025-04-03 08:32:59 UTC