http://fresnozionism.org/archives/197 A pro-Israel voice from California's Central Valley Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/197#comment-122 Shalom Freedman Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:50:32 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/197#comment-122 Once again I read an analysis by Vic Rosenthal and am a bit taken aback at its astuteness. Consider a major claim often made against Israel i.e. that only the 'Shoah' brought it into existence. Here Rosenthal simply presents the accurate historical picture about the Yishuv's having built institutions and a society which was on its way to Statehood, and could only have been strengthened had there not been a Shoah and more Jews come to Israel. In general this entry is a powerful one, and one which the great majority of Jews in America , who are not especially religious, would do well to read. For it shows how solid Israel's case for statehood is even if one does not use the religious arguments which are so powerful to some. Once again I read an analysis by Vic Rosenthal and am a bit taken aback at its astuteness.
Consider a major claim often made against Israel i.e. that only the ‘Shoah’ brought it into existence. Here Rosenthal simply presents the accurate historical picture about the Yishuv’s having built institutions and a society which was on its way to Statehood, and could only have been strengthened had there not been a Shoah and more Jews come to Israel.
In general this entry is a powerful one, and one which the great majority of Jews in America , who are not especially religious, would do well to read. For it shows how solid Israel’s case for statehood is even if one does not use the religious arguments which are so powerful to some.

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