“Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate, it is also inevitable”

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Many Israelis believe that while this rift between Israel and diaspora Jewry is unfortunate, it is also inevitable. Classical Zionism holds the view that non-Orthodox diaspora Jews are likely to intermarry and assimilate, that anti-Semitism will inevitably drive most other Jews to Israel and that ultimately the only viable Jewish future is in Israel. Many Israelis view Zionism as a revolution, a disengaging from the legacy of diaspora in favor of a new Hebrew civilization.

Gidi Grinstein, “Drifting Apart, Coming Together”, Israel Now: A Special Supplement to the Jewish Week (29 May 2015), 20-21.

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