Zionism - Chovei Tzion Flashcards
Since when have Jews been living in Eretz Yisrael Continously
Since the beginning of the 2nd Bais Hamikdash
2500 years ago
However from the year _____ there were never more than few ____ Jews in ____
1) 500-1500
2) 100
3) Eretz Yisrael
Around the year 1500 Jews from where began settling where (2 places)
Until when?
The Jewish presence was mostly….
1) Spain
2) ירושלים וtzfat
3) 1700
4) the Jewish presence was mostly sephardic
Eretz Yisrael was then ruled by…..
Who did what to the Sephardic Jews
As well as who
1) ottoman Turks
2) persecuted the Sephardic Jews
3) the local Arabs who treated the Jews poorly too
Who began coming to Eretz Yisrael mid 1700s
Groups of ashkenazi Jews
Followers of who
Established what in Eretz Yisrael
1) Bal Shem Tov
2) Vilna Gaon
3) small communities
Who was there an argument between?
That gave all ____ in Eretz Yisrael protection of their home countries
1) turkey and other European countries
2) foreigners
As a result of Ashkis living in Eretz Yisrael
They gained more power than the Sephardi Jews living there
By 1846 who was the most of Eretz
Yisrael
Jews
Why was living Eretz Yisrael extremely difficult in the 1800s
There was poverty, disease and an earthquake
How were Jews mostly supported?
In Eretz Yisrael
Charity sent by Jews living in their home
countries one Europe
Mid 1800s - what did Moses Montefiore build?
Why?
Where was this built?
1) flour mill
2) Jews would be self sufficient
3) in the 1st neighborhood outside of the walls of ירושלים
What movement became popular in the 1860s
Chivat Tzion
What were the followers of Chivat Tzion called?
Chavevi Tzion
What was the Shivat Izion's idea (3 reason) (Promote what) (Help…..) (And provide them what)
Promote Jewish immigration to Palestine
Help ppl get there and provide a means
for them to be self sufficient
Ppl of this movement was a strange mix
Who was in this movement
Some great rabbis
Atheists
Religious Jews and maskilim
what was the basis of the chivat tzion
the religious idea that Jews have a connection to the land of Yerushaliym
even though many of its followers were not religious
who was the spiritual leader of the Chivat Tzion
R’ Tzvi Hirsh Kalischer
What were the three things R' Tzvi Hirsh Kalischer talked about? #1: by returning to \_\_\_\_ we can \_\_\_\_\_ #2: Where should Jews be trained in? Why? #3: Jews should be encouraged to emigrate from \_\_\_\_ no matter \_\_\_
1) eretz yisrael bring Moshiach 2) Agriculture to be self-sufficient in Israel 3) Russia what the cost is
around the same time - what was released?
this inspired…
1) 2 secular books encouraging the move to Eretz Yisrael
2) many non-religious Jews to join the Chivat Tzion movement
why were non-religious jews and extreme maskilim against this movement
Chivat Tzion
didnt accept the concept of a Jewish nation would have nothing to do w/ Jews returning to Eretz Yisrael
Two major reasons why Religious Jews were against it
1) Large # of ____ and their ____ within the ____
2) The belif of some that we cannot___
1) secular Jews
influence
movement
2) force Moshiach to come
who was one of the main financial backers of the movement
who was he
looked for what
he devoted himself to ___
and considered it _____
It is estimated that he gave over ____ to _____
1) Baron Edmand De RothsChild
2) a major philanthropist
3) opt to give 2 charity
4) supporting the settlements in Palestine
5) to be his mission in life
6) 70 million gold franks
to purchase eland 4 ppl to move into
