Word: zionistic
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Finkelstein graduated from high school in three years, then moved on to New York's City College. He was president of the student Zionist organization - and one of the few Jewish students on friendly terms with the boys in the Roman Catholic Newman Club. But he did not really find his element until he entered Jewish Theological Seminary...
...vote went 49 to 42 against the government. Having expected no less, Ben-Gurion resigned, prepared for new elections in May or June. He believed that he might find a new and more compatible partner in the moderate right-wing General Zionist Party, which now has only seven Knesset seats, but has shown up-&-coming strength in recent municipal elections and may well increase its ballot. Once more President Weizmann went through the motions of peacemaker. It seemed no use. Ben-Gurion wanted a new political bride...
...American Jew really wants to assimilate, says Daiches, but he feels guilty about it and "gets his assimilationist urge horribly mixed up with the fiercer kind of Zionism ... No one would be more astonished or upset than the American Zionist if out of Zion were really to come forth the Law and Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He hopes that out of Zion will come forth good Rotarian Israelites and Hebrew-speaking hot-dog sellers...
...Under Cohen's editorial hand, Commentary has devoted a sizable part of its space to Jewish problems. It has printed articles for & against Zionism, though some readers have called it anti-Zionist. Others have even accused it of being too calm about anti-Semitism because it didn't join the popular hoorah over such tracts as the novel Gentleman's Agreement and the movie Crossfire...
...Times was also pronouncedly anti-Zionist. Sulzberger's position, which he still holds, was that Judaism is a matter of religion, not nationality, and he thought an American ought to feel that way even though he was (as Sulzberger...