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| | The Future of Zionism (Rachel 7) January, 1999 |
 | | Another way was by clinging steadfastly to their land, even after the destruction of the second Temple. |
 | | As a matter of fact, the phrase "returning after 2,000 years" is, at best, mistaken and misleading, since throughout all those years, when many Jews were indeed in Galut, there was always a vibrant, creative Jewish community present in their own land. |
 | | The major wave of this Socialist Aliyah constituted the socalled "Second Aliyah." (It seems strange to speak of a "First Aliyah" or a "Second Aliyah" in the 19th and 20th centuries, if you consider that Zionism's actual First Aliyah was the return of the Jews from Babylon.) |
| www.freeman.org /m_online/jan99/rachel7.htm (2090 words) |
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