The New York Times · New York, New York · 24 November 1902
CP-1902-003
Zionism Attacked by Rabbi Silverman
Calls it a dream utterly impossible of realization — says greatest blessing in disguise that ever happened to Israel was the Palestinian Kingdom’s overthrow
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Transcribed from the clipping
In his sermon Rabbi Silverman said: “The principal Jewish problem is how to overcome anti-Semitism and to insure to Israel a position of equality among the people of the earth. Zionism is an endeavor to solve this problem of creating for Israel a State of its own in its ancient habitation—Palestine.
It is purely a political movement, designed to rehabilitate the ancient Jewish Kingdom or Commonwealth that existed two thousand years ago. For the past two thousand years it has been the dream of enthusiasts, sometimes of deluded false messiahs, to return to the Land of Zion.”
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The earliest Jewish objection to Zionism in this archive, in the New York Times, forty-five years before partition.
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"Zionism Attacked by Rabbi Silverman," The New York Times, 24 November 1902, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1902-003. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1902-003
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