28 May 2010

Quote of the Week: Dr. Moritz Güdemann

Jerusalem day


"Zionism is a suicide attempt on the part of Judaism."

-- Dr. Moritz Güdemann, chief rabbi of Vienna, 1897. (Cited by Jacob A. Rubin, Partners in State Building: American Jewry and Israel; New York, 1969; p.35).

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Photo: A Palestinian woman whose house has been occupied by Jewish settlers faces Israelis who came to celebrate Jerusalem Day in the mainly Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem (Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images). Source, WSJ via Mondoweiss.

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