Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

A Reform declaration of Zionistic belief

A poem by Judah Halevi.

Early rabbinic literature does not devote much attention to the uniqueness of the Land of Israel.

In "escstatic" mysticism, the Land of Israel is a metaphor for the human body.

Medieval kabbalah offers various approaches to the Land of Israel.

With God's promise of the Land to the Israelites came responsibilities and consequences.

In viewing Judaism as a religion and not a nation, Reform Judaism saw the early Zionist movement as a threat.

A radical Orthodox rabbi, poet and mystic who devoted his life to synthesizing some of the most complex and contradictory trends in Jewish tradition.

In the book of Genesis, the patriarchs gained possession but not control of the Land of Israel.

In 13th-century mysticism, two streams of thought emerged regarding the Land of Israel.