RABBI WEIN ON IT IS CLOSING DOWN

One of the great cardinal errors of early Zionism was its complete negation of the millennia old Exile and the achievements of the Jews in that Exile. The early Zionist leaders did not stress the spiritual, national and psychological allure of the Land of Israel as much as they emphasized the shortcomings of Jewish life in the lands of Jewish dispersion. This philosophy generated a great deal of opposition to Zionism, an opposition that in many respects still remains active today in many communities outside of Israel.