Abstract
High on the ideological and theological agenda of extreme Haredi groups is the delegitimization of the Zionist enterprise, its institutions, and the State of Israel, and the subsequent expectation of their rank-and-file to thoroughly isolate them selves from them. Based on existing scholarship and previously undiscovered primary sources, this article traces the conduct of extremist Haredi leaders vis-à-vis Zionist institutions during the British mandate in Palestine and after the establishment of the State. As we shall see, some extreme Haredi leaders elected to implicitly recognize the Zionist enterprise and its institutions. The specific circumstances surrounding the different cases enable us to understand the general phenomenon and to advance some preliminary observations.
Translated title of the contribution | Extreme Haredi Leaders and their Isolation from the Zionist Enterprise: Between Ideology and the Challenges of Reality |
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Original language | Hebrew |
Pages (from-to) | 199-226 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | עיונים : כתב עת רב-תחומי לחקר ישראל |
Volume | 36 |
State | Published - 2021 |
IHP Publications
- ihp
- Fundamentalism
- Leadership
- Social isolation
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews
- Zionism
- Zionism and Judaism
RAMBI Publications
- RAMBI Publications
- Teitelbaum, Joel
- Bengis, Selig Reuben -- 1864-1953
- Zionism and Judaism
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Eretz Israel -- Attitudes
- Anti-Zionism
- Eretz Israel -- Social conditions -- 1917-1948, British Mandate period