Neturei Karta - Orthodox Jews United Against Zionism
composed of only Haredi Jewish families. Suchcommunitiesare highly family-oriented with a high birth rate and a near absence of interfaith marriage, and they have their ownsynagoguesand schools. Unlike the Orthodox, the ultra-Orthodox continue to rejectZionism—at least in principle—as blasphemous...
to religious study. With the advent ofZionismin the late 19th century, new stripes of Jewish immigrants, who were not as observant and who were accustomed to modern European lifestyles, moved to Palestine. Rather than becoming united in a single identity and project, the mélange of Jews ...
Unlike the Orthodox,the ultra-Orthodox continue to reject Zionism—at least in principle—as blasphemous. In practice, the rejection of Zionism has led… The ultra-Orthodox, in contrast, insist on separating themselves from Gentile society, as well as from Jews who do not follow the religious l...
During the Holocaust, the vast majority of observant Jews in Eastern Europewere murdered. Afterward, many survivors who had previously opposed Zionism sought refuge in the new state of Israel. On the eve of Israel’s independence, David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of the state-to-be,entered...
in their view, the desecration of the dead byarchaeologists. Since theSix-Day War, however, most Ashkenazi Haredim have tended to support the position of the militant religious Zionists against “land for peace,” despite their continued theoretical opposition to Zionism and the state it produced....