Theodor Herzl, who founded modern political Zionism in the late 1800s, had a long beard and looked like a Biblical prophet. Yet he was thoroughly secular and assimilated – he evenlit a Christmas treewith his family. Herzl’s movement to encourage more European Jews to migrate to the Holy ...
Hasidic Jews believe in a form of ultra-Orthodox Judaism that originated in 18th century Europe. They are easy to spot by their traditional dress andpayot(long, curly sidelocks). Early Zionism was actuallyopposedby Hasidic Jews because of what they see as Zionism’s tendency to champion secular...