Quotation from Max Nordau “Zionism has nothing to do with theology” — Jul. 1897
Zionist leader very close to Theodor Herzl, in an article published in the Zionist newspaper Die Welt, aiming to completely dissociate Zionism from the Jewish religion.
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- Nordau, Max (1849-1923) ( 5 quotations )
- Zionism as a solution to the "Jewish question" ( 57 quotations )
- Contempt for non-Zionist Judaism ( 17 quotations )
"Zionism has nothing to do with theology; and if a desire has been kindled in Jewish hearts to establish a new common-wealth in Zion, it is not the Torah or the Mishnah that inspire them, but hard times.
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Quoted by Aviezer Ravitsky, Messianism, Zionism and religious radicalism. Univ. Of Chicago Press, 1993, p.93.
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