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Originally Posted by Richard
Zionism as we know it today came out of the East European socialist and growing antisemitic movements of the latter decades of the 19th Century. The core thought was that the diasporal Jews had misinterpreted the idea that they were to await God's approval to return to the lands of the tribes of Israel, and that they had to unite to force a return to those lands to show God that they were indeed worthy, once again, of his trust. Theodr Herzl, the movement's leader, first posited the position at the First Jewish Congress in Basle in 1897.
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The power of myth....
Thanks for the leads on the books.