I was interested in learning why the Orthodox Jews are also so very against Zionism...they say their actions and sayings are blasphemy and totally against Jewish teachings and the Jewish faith...can anybody gimme a link or an explanation to why that is? Thanks in advance
Opposition to the modern Zionist movement on the part of important segments of orthodox Rabbinic leadership is as old as the Zionist movement itself. Some orthodox quarters nowadays may not feel very comfortable about it, but it is a fact that while some segments of Orthodoxy supported Zionism from the first, some outstanding Rabbinic personalities ranked foremost among the opponents of Zionism from its inception, and this opposition was
shared throughout the Jewish world, across the boundaries of Chasidim, Misnagdim, etc. - Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, the Lubavitcher rebbes, the Rabbinic and Chasidic leaders of Poland, Galicia and Hungary, the rabbis of German Orthodoxy were all equally opposed to Zionism from its very beginning.
This opposition was voiced in various styles and versions, varying according to individual and local background.
They all regarded the philosophy of Zionism as diametrically opposed to the most basic principles of Judaism. This author has made an attempt elsewhere* at analyzing this ideology in detail. Space does not permit more than a brief summary of its principles here:
Secular Zionism or Jewish Nationalism represents an attempt at transforming the Jewish people to a new identity, to “a nation among the nations” instead of “the Chosen People” of G-d. Hence, all the basic definitions become forcibly molded into the pattern of non-Jewish nationalism. Torah, the soul, the raison deter, the condition sine qua non for the existence of the Jewish people, nay of the entire world becomes a “religion” which, under modern concepts, is the private domain of each individual. Eretz Israel, the Holy Land, becomes the “national home”, and the State or - in former years - the striving to achieve the “Judenstaat”, is also part of the general trend of secularization and transformation of the hallowed idea of Messianic redemption. This trend, therefore, is seen as diametrically opposed to Torah, hence the fierce objection to Zionism. No one denies that there have been other orthodox Jews who - with more or less justification - held different views and some even regarded Zionism - and later the State of Israel - as “the dawn of the Messianic era.” It is not the intention here to go into that controversy, but it remains a fact that there has always been an orthodox anti-Zionist view, and that such views have been adhered to by very outstanding Rabbinic leaders.
When the State of Israel came into being, very few among these high-ranking orthodox leaders, if any, changed their views. The State of Israel being the realization, the implementation of Zionism, there could be very little done to change the objection in principle. Neither did the reality of the State warrant any such change of view or disprove the original negative attitude towards Zionism. There could, in the view of this trend, be only a question of what tactics should be applied, in light of the fact that what had formerly been an organization built on voluntary membership has now become a State with means of law-enforcement, etc.
On the other hand, it is a fact that very few among these Rabbinic leaders have spoken up for their own view since the inception of the State of Israel. Whether the reason was a lack of courage, a fear of the loss of funds for the institutions led by them, or otherwise - the fact remains. This has created the erroneous belief among the masses of Jews that non-Zionism on the orthodox side is confined to a small sect of fanatics. To put it very mildly and carefully, non-Zionism in Orthodoxy is still a quite powerful trend with a considerable following, although there may be differences of opinion as to the practical steps to be taken in demonstrating that view. This, in general outlines, is the world-picture of which Neturei Karta, basically, constitutes a local cell.
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