Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “The rescue of thousands of Jews is not for me but temporary lives” — 1935
Speech given in 1935.
Author :
- Weizmann, Chaim (1874-1952) ( 25 quotations )
- Zionism as a solution to the "Jewish question" ( 57 quotations )
- The fate of the Jews of Europe is not our problem ( 24 quotations )
- Contempt for non-Zionist Judaism ( 17 quotations )
" I am afraid that we replace today the concept of rescue of Jews with that of redemption...When I consider if these men [German refugees] can fit in the style of life we are creating here...I should say sincerely: No...Zionism is eternal life, whereas the rescue of thousands of Jews is not for me but temporary lives. "
From an English version, translated from Hebrew by Noah Sissani (Lien ) from a paper of Daniel Doron in Haaretz, October 4, 1991
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Quoted by Moshe Machover and Mario Offenberg, Zionism and its Scarecrows
in Khamsin 6, London, 1978, p.43, rapporté par Lucas Catherine, Israël, la dernière colonie ?
EPO, 2003,
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