SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: The idea that there's a 4,000 year old Jewish connection to Zionism is absurd.

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.@toddrichman
, you ask: "What does it mean to embrace Jewish people and Jewish traditions while rejecting the Jewish people's 4,000 year connection to the land of Israel and Zionism?"

The idea that there's a 4,000 year old Jewish connection to Zionism is absurd. There's an ancient Jewish longing for Zion. From the days of the Talmud until the late 19th century that was accompanied by the insistence that the restoration of Jewish kingdoms in Zion would be left to messianic times. (See Ketubot 111a). Which was why Zionism--a largely secular movement that aimed at the restoration of Jewish sovereignty (or at least cultural autonomy)--was initially opposed by Jewish religious authorities as a violation of Jewish law.

If you want to claim that Zionism was and is good, that's a different argument. But claiming that it's an ancient Jewish belief is historically and religiously illiterate.

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Listening to @AbdulElSayed on @Morning_Joe, two statements stood out as serious warnings for the Jewish community and the U.S.-Israel relationship. I’m not even sure how he can clarify these remarks, because he stated his positions so clearly.

First, he has moved from opposing