September 13, 2002 • Page Image 65
…WITH RATES THIS BIG, WHO NEEDS A GIMMICKY HEADLINE? the political process, was resistant to Zionism. Its leaders felt "land and territory never united Jews — we had the Torah." Also, the idea of starting over again in Palestine just "seemed like insanity," she said. Over time, Neugroschl said, the idea for a Jewish refuge was "hijacked by other Jews," who saw messianic purposes in a return to Eretz Yisrael. She said Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kalische...…

















































