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Christian Zionism – Wikipedia

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For Christians who belong to Zionist denominations in southern Africa, see Zionist Churches. Christian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy. The term began to be used in the mid-20th century, superseding Christian Restorationism.[1][2] Traditional Catholic thought did not consider Zionism in any form.[3]Christian advocacy of the restoration of the Jews arose following the Protestant Reformation.

Is Zionism creepy? The question at the heart of a social-media controversy deserves an answer – Salon

| August 13, 2017

Is Zionism creepy? It is a strange question, prompted by the recent controversy surrounding Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.In early July, Sarsour addressed the annual meeting of the Islamic Society of North America, during which she is alleged to have advocated violentjihad.She did not, but her many online detractors nevertheless used the speech to reiterate their claims that Sarsour sympathizes with terrorists, is an anti-Semite, and is hostile to Israel.

According to Zioness organizer Amanda Berman, who had flown in from New York specifically to attend Chicago … – Tablet Magazine

| August 13, 2017

Traditionally, the villains of the Chicago Slutwalk have been the citys police officers, who organizers accuse of being part of the institutional rape culture and the misogyny driving it. This year, however, the march had a different focus: Israel and Palestine. Which, coming just a few months after the expulsion of three Jewish women from the Chicago Dyke Marchan event which sparked an international backlash and united left and right in condemnations of anti-Semitismshouldnt come as much of a surprise.

Zionist Activists Shunned At SlutWalk Chicago – Forward

| August 13, 2017

Getty A marcher at the Chicago Slutwalk in 2013. (JTA) About a dozen activists from the Zioness initiative attempted to participate in SlutWalk Chicago. The group, which calls itself progressive and Zionist, had announced prior to Saturdays demonstration that they would join in the annual demonstration against sexual violence to promote the idea that Zionism and liberal values are compatible

Young Jews find spirituality outside the synagogue – The Jerusalem Post

| August 13, 2017

NEW YORK Michelle Reyf isnt really a synagogue-goer. Until recently, the 28-year-old, who works for a Jewish nonprofit, was perfectly happy to get her spiritual fulfillment at Buddhist prayer services and meditation retreats. Synagogue did not appeal to her for a variety of reasons she found the crowd to be older and the atmosphere to be impersonal.

Newport congregation seeks rehearing in fight over Touro … – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| August 13, 2017

A view inside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. (Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) The congregation that worships in Americas oldest synagogue building will ask for a rehearing of the case that gave control of its pricey artifacts to the buildings historic trustees. The U.S.

‘Menashe’ offers a rare look at the lives and laws of Hasidic Jews – Washington Post

| August 13, 2017

People love to be transported somewhere else, says Joshua Z Weinstein, director and co-writer of Menashe. Its exciting to be transported to somewhere new thats just around the corner. For his first feature film, Weinsteins somewhere else is an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in Brooklyn

Alleged driver of car that plowed into Charlottesville crowd was a Nazi sympathizer, former teacher says – Washington Post

| August 13, 2017

(Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post) CHARLOTTESVILLE A man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of protesters here killing one person and leaving 19injured long sympathized with Nazi views and had stood with a group of white supremacists hours before Saturdays bloody crash. The alleged driver, James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Ohio, had espoused extremist ideals at least since high school, according to Derek Weimer, a history teacher

Man accused of ramming protesters pictured with racist group – ABC News

| August 13, 2017

The man accused of plowing a car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia had been photographed hours earlier carrying the emblem of one of the hate groups that organized the "Take America Back" campaign. Vanguard America denied on Sunday any association with the suspect, even as a separate hate group that organized Saturday's rally pledged on social media to organize future events that would be "bigger than Charlottesville." The mayor of Charlottesville and political leaders of all political stripes vowed to combat the hate groups and urged President Donald Trump to forcefully denounce the organizations that had promoted the protest against the removal of a Confederate statue. Some of those groups specifically cited Trump's election after a campaign of racially charged rhetoric as validation of their beliefs

Who are white nationalists and what do they want? – CNN

| August 13, 2017

As police dispersed the crowds, a car plowed into counterprotesters, killing one person and injuring 19 others.


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