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The following article sets forth the basic positions—which can be described as biblically sound—of the Torah-observant Jewish community, which is highly active yet deliberately excluded from the media, regarding political Zionism (the English name of the movement is: True Torah Jews Against Zionism, that is Torah-Faithful Jews Against Zionism). By publishing the following two articles, we also wish to highlight just how dangerous it is for Christians to view the fulfillment of biblical prophecies concerning Israel as taking place in the Zionist Jewish state. This, in fact, results in a significant distortion of the prophecies. Devoted but misguided zeal stemming from a lack of knowledge has no place in an age when deception and the falsification of truth are the primary tools of the great adversary, Satan, and his human servants. At the same time, we emphatically state that the Church of I-n does not consider any branch of modern rabbinical or Talmudic Judaism to be either the present-day followers of the religion laid down in the Old Testament or its valid legal heirs! However, we acknowledge the insight of those religious Jewish people who see the future and true restoration of the Jewish people solely in the coming of the Messiah and solely in a return to the teachings of the Torah, and who thereby declare the ideas of political Zionism to be heresy. We also feel it is our duty to correct those errors that obscure the national distinction between the house of Israel and the house of Judah. For this reason, we draw attention in the form of footnotes to the fact that Israel and Judah (the Jewish people) are two distinct nations, each with its own unique and specific prophetic role; thus, the prophecies concerning the two tribes must not be confused. The prophecies concerning the house of Israel have never been fulfilled in the Jews, nor will they be in the future.
Introductory remarks
These days, self-proclaimed interpreters of biblical prophecies present us with a highly distorted picture. It has become customary in the lectures of such „renowned prophecy experts” to wave the Bible in one hand and the daily news in the other, seeing some prophecy „fulfilled” in nearly every single daily event. It is therefore not surprising that, according to their fundamental view, the establishment of the state known as Israel—created by the Zionist political movement—marked the fulfillment of those ancient prophecies that foretold the „restoration of Israel.” As a result, they focus all their attention on this state; this state stands at the center of their explanations and interpretations. Naturally, every They also interpret other related prophecies in line with this view. The result is a highly convoluted and false eschatological interpretation, as well as a peculiar and regrettable phenomenon of our time: so-called Christian Zionism. The greatest irony of it all is that a very large number of Jews who are truly faithful to the Torah and genuinely believe in the Bible oppose Zionism! With this stance, Christian Zionists attribute greater credibility to Jews driven by atheistic, secular, and political ideologies than to religious Jews who strictly adhere to the Bible. For Christian Zionists support the ideals of Zionism unreservedly, with commitment and devotion, refraining from all criticism, and often in a servile manner, serving them when necessary. They do this by invoking religion, God, and the Bible, while ignoring the relevant positions of truly religious Jews. This unnatural partisanship has created a very strange, paradoxical situation: the zealous masses of religious „Christian believers” have become the most devoted, and perhaps the most committed, supporters of an atheist, that is, a completely secular worldview, a humanist-rooted, extremely chauvinistic political ideology that rejects and denies biblical laws and values. Let us emphasize this once more: all this in the name of the Bible and God! Thus, the adherents of Christian Zionism reduce themselves to being subordinates and idol-worshippers of the largely secular Jewish state—a role even truly religious, genuinely God- and Torah-centered Jews reject. Let us therefore examine the barely audible and strictly censored views of these religious Jews on Zionism and its implications. Hopefully, this will help many Christians realize the sad reality that their renowned teachers have not the faintest idea under what circumstances the houses of Israel and Judah—still separate to this day—will be reunited and restored under the rule of G-d.
Part I
The divide between Judaism and Zionism
G. Neuburger
Regarding the Torah’s passage describing the creation of the first man, one of the most prominent Jewish commentators, Rashi adds the interpretation that the earth from which God formed Adam was not taken from a single place, but was gathered from various regions of our planet and kneaded together. Thus, human dignity does not depend on where an individual was born, that is, it does not depend on any single geographical location. Nor is personal dignity determined by a person’s appearance or physical features. Jews believe that Adam was created in the image of God, and that all people descend from him.
In this early phase of history, there was no place for a privileged class that could do whatever it pleased to others. Human life is sacred, and no one has the right to deny the rights bestowed upon human beings, even if they invoke the now-well-established „national security interests” or anything else. No one knows this better than the Jews, who have lived under oppression so often and for so long. Most Zionists, of course, do not agree with this view. This is understandable, since Judaism and Zionism are by no means one and the same idea. In fact, in reality they are completely incompatible and irreconcilable with one another: a devout Jew cannot be a Zionist; for if he is a Zionist, he is no longer a devout Jew.
For my part, I have fought against Zionism for more than sixty years, just as my father did before me, and so I can say that I am very familiar with the current situation. For those who have only joined the movement in the past decade, my words may come as a surprise, or even be shocking. In any case, these things must be said, openly and purposefully, because if we do not diagnose the cancer of Zionism, we will not be able to find a cure for it. For a long time, opponents of Zionism have merely nurtured empty hopes and wasted their precious time on vain fantasies. In order to recognize Zionism for what it truly is, we must first be clear on one important point: what Judaism teaches about Zionism, which trivializes Judaism and Jewish history. I will not use the time available to me here to describe the deeds of Zionism; others will do that in the appropriate manner. For me, as a Jewish person, my main goal a debate over the legitimacy of Zionism, because the ideology constitutes open rebellion against I and treason against the Jewish people.
Let’s start with the definitions: who counts as Jewish? According to the traditional [rabbinic Jewish] interpretation, it is someone whose mother is Jewish, or anyone who HalachaAnyone who converts to Judaism in accordance with [Jewish religious laws] is Jewish. This alone rules out any accusation of racism.
Judaism does not seek out converts, but it welcomes those who wish to convert and treats them as fellow believers with full equality. The extent to which this is true is evidenced by the fact that many of the most renowned and respected rabbis were converts to Judaism. It is the custom of Jewish parents to bless their children every Sabbath evening and on the eve of holidays, a practice that has been observed for centuries. When they bless their daughter, they do so with the following words: „May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.” ”Well, none of the matriarchs mentioned here were born Jewish; they all converted to Judaism.” *
If the child is a boy, they say this blessing: „May He bless you, as He blessed Ephraim and Manasseh.” The mother of these two boys was an Egyptian woman who became Jewish** after marrying Joseph. Moses, who was perhaps the greatest Jewish*** man of all time, married a Midianite woman who became Jewish. And of course, the Tanakh, The Jewish Scriptures include the Book of Ruth. Ruth was not born an Israelite, but was a Moabite, and the Moabites were enemies of the Jews. The Book of Ruth describes how she adopted the Jewish faith.**** The Book of Ruth is read annually on the day celebrating the giving of the Torah, or the Law, and at the end of this book we see that Ruth was the great-grandmother of King David, the greatest king of the Jews.
Notes: * Sára, Rebbeka, Rákhel és Lea nem a judaizmust vették fel, hanem az igaz hit elkötelezettei voltak. A judaizmus a későbbi Ószövetség egy sajátos értelmezésének a vallása. **József felesége, Ashenát sem zsidóvá, hanem izraelitává lett, s szintén az Ószövetség előtti igaz hitet gyakorolta. József önálló izraelita törzs volt, két fia, Efraim és Manasse váltak az északi izraelita nemzetségek vezető törzseivé, akiket az asszír fogság után az elveszett törzsek közé sorolunk. *** Mózes természetesen nem volt zsidó, hiszen Lévi törzséből származott, nem Judáéból. Felesége sem zsidóvá, hanem Israelitává vált. Rúth szintén Izrael részévé lett, de mivel ő a Juda törzséből való Boázhoz ment feleségül, így elmondhatjuk, hogy ő valóban zsidóvá lett. **** Rúth vallási értelemben izraelita, vagyis az ószövetség gyakorlójává lett, ami egyáltalán nem egyezik meg a ma judaizmusnak nevezett vallással. Rúth a házasságán keresztül a zsidó nép részévé vált, aki mivel elfogadta az Ószövetség Istenét, azzal egy ószövetségi izraelitává vált.
Incidentally, apart from the Zionists, only the Nazis regarded Jews as a separate race, thereby merely demonstrating their own senseless and idiotic racism, since they had no way of proving whether Mrs. Muller or Mr. Meyer were Jewish or Aryan. The only way they could determine whether someone was Jewish or not was by looking up the religious affiliation of their parents and grandparents. So much for racial nonsense.
It was racial pride that led to the downfall of those Jews who were blinded by their narrow-minded chauvinism. This brings us to the second question: Is there a unified Jewish people? If so, what is their mission? Let’s be clear: the Jewish nation wasn’t created a generation ago thanks to certain Zionist politicians! The Jewish nation was born when they said this at Mount Sinai: „We will do everything the Lord has said,”, and they embraced the Torah that He had given them and their future generations. The statement that „Today you have become the people of the Lord, your God” is just as true today as it was when it was spoken thousands of years ago.
According to Jewish tradition, the seven Noahide Laws apply to all people.* Then there are the Ten Commandments, which lay down the fundamental moral principles of monotheistic religions. In addition, Jews have been given 613 binding commandments that every Jew must observe, as prescribed by the Halakha. The mitzvot, ...in other words, observance of the commandments constitutes the essence of Jewish existence, and it is upon these that the Jewish people’s covenant with God is founded.
*Note: A non-biblical, Talmudic interpretation of the Noahide laws The Noahide Laws is presented in the article titled.
In what sense are the Jews the „chosen people”? Whenever a Jew is called up to read from the Torah [in the synagogue], he often begins with the following introduction: „He who chose us from among the nations and gave us His Torah.” That is the answer; that is why the Jews were chosen. In other words, the Jewish people were not chosen to oppress others, conquer territories, and wage war, but to serve God—and, by extension, to serve humanity. A statement attributed to Isaac reads as follows: „The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hand is Esau’s hand.” According to traditional Jewish interpretation, the phrase „the hand of Esau” here refers to the violent way of life practiced by Esau. Physical violence is not a true Jewish virtue or tradition! The Jewish people were not set apart to set an example for others in the areas of military superiority and technological advancement, but rather in the areas of striving for perfection, moral conduct, and spiritual purity. The greatest sin of political Zionism is also its most fundamental sin, from which all its other faults stem: namely, that from its very inception, Zionism sought to separate the Jewish people from God, declaring the covenant with God null and void, and instead making „modern” statehood and pseudo-sovereignty the supreme ideal of the Jewish people.
One of the tried-and-true Zionist tactics for deceiving Jews and many non-Jews is the appropriation of the names and sacred symbols used by biblical Judaism, and their exploitation for their own purposes. The Zionist Jewish state itself is designated by a sacred name, the name Israel*. The foundation established to appropriate the territory was named using a term that refers to the reward of righteousness, good deeds, and charity. They made the menorah the state’s coat of arms. What hypocrisy and perversity on the part of the Israeli army to fight under an emblem that, in the Tanakh (on a previous occasion of returning to the Holy Land), is associated with the following quote: „“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,” said the Lord of Hosts.”
*Note: In fact, after the division of the nation unified under David, the ten northern tribes bore the name Israel, while the southern kingdom—that is, the land of the Jews—is consistently referred to in Scripture as the House of Judah. The house of Israel is the „ten lost tribes” of today, and true biblical Israel will only be restored when God brings the houses of Israel and Judah back to their own land (cf.. Ezekiel 37:15–28, See also The House of Israel – The Ten Lost Tribes (from the article titled). Referring to the Zionist state as “Israel” is therefore not biblical and is decidedly misleading.
The notorious founder of political Zionism—may his name be cursed— only discovered his own Jewishness when, during the wave of anti-Semitism in France following the Dreyfus affair, various ideas for solving the „Jewish problem” came to the fore. This individual once proposed the resettlement of Jews in Uganda, and on another occasion saw the solution in their conversion to the Catholic faith. Only after these events did the idea occur to him to Jewish State, —that is, the creation of an exclusively Jewish state. Thus, from the very beginning, Zionism was fueled by anti-Semitism, and in fact the two ideologies are entirely similar, since Zionists and anti-Semites sought to achieve the same goal: to resettle all Jews in one place, a Zionist state, uprooting Jewish communities that had existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. Loyalty to the Torah was replaced by loyalty and commitment to the Zionist state, thereby turning this state into a modern „golden calf.” The Zionists declared faith in the Torah and the fulfillment of religious obligations to be a private matter for the individual, rather than a duty of every single Jew and of the Jewish people as a whole. In other words, the Zionists subjected the laws of God to parliamentary votes and instead introduced their own rules of conduct and morality.
Neither the founder of political Zionism nor any of the prime ministers of the Zionist State of Israel to date have believed in the divine origin of the Torah, or even in God’s existence. Every prime minister to date has been a member of a party that was staunchly anti-religious, viewing the Bible merely as a collection of writings preserving ancient folklore, devoid of any real religious value. Paradoxically, these very same Zionists then lay claim to the Holy Land based on biblical promises, and chose their name from the very Bible whose authenticity they cast doubt upon. However, they conveniently overlook the message of the prayer recited on Jewish holidays, which states that „We were cast out of our homeland because of our sins”„, and they ignore the fact that this exclusion is a divine decree, and that the Jewish people were not only forbidden but not even permitted to occupy the Holy Land before the Messiah’s return. The Jews, of course, keep alive within themselves that special spiritual bond to the land that they Eretz Israel...is called.
Every morning, noon, and evening, they mention Zion and Jerusalem in their prayers, and in fact, a Jew does not sit down to eat until he has done so. For a Jew, the land of the Holy Land is completely different from the land of any other place in the world, and wherever a Jew lives, he turns toward Jerusalem when he prays. Living in the Holy Land, or even just being buried there, has always been a lofty goal.
The Jews’ love for the Holy Land, their longing to return home, and their hope for the coming of the Messiah have been exploited countless times over the past two thousand years. In this regard, the Zionists had many predecessors, but every such movement brought only a curse upon the Jewish people. Individuals who proclaimed themselves to be the expected Messiah frequently appeared, and from time to time a messianic movement would flare up, from Roman times through the Middle Ages to modern Zionism. These self-proclaimed pseudo-Messiahs often posed as rabbis or national leaders, even though some of them later became representatives of a different faith. Many of them succeeded in deceiving Jewish individuals, rabbis, and even entire Jewish communities for varying lengths of time. In time, however, the falsehood of every such deceiver was proven, causing bitter disappointment—and often tragedy—to those who had placed their hope in them.
In the early stages of the development of modern Zionism, the Micrahi established what was known as „religious Zionism,” which sought to combine faith with political Zionism. This, in turn, led to constant conflict between the requirements of religious law and the demands of Jewish nationalism. At Zionist congresses, Micrahi’s position was voted down on most occasions, and thus essentially served only to lend a pseudo-religious aura to the Zionist movement. In other words, when the occasion called for it, the Zionist government utilized these „religious” Zionists, generally to lend religious credibility to their nationalist movement. The Zionist state generously rewarded the National Religious Party for consistently approving nationalist measures and decrees. The rewards were either financial in nature or took the form of various government posts. The chauvinism of these „religious” Zionists often surpassed even that of the secular Zionists, which they disguised through the use of religious terminology—a shocking example of the abuse of religion. The events of recent years clearly demonstrate the corruption of these “religious” Zionists, as it has come to light that their two highest-ranking leaders committed embezzlement and fraud amounting to millions of dollars.
The World Jewish Congress was founded in 1912 on the German-Polish border with the sole purpose of fighting Zionism. This organization, Agudath Israel [Alliance of Israel], was founded to represent true Judaism in the world and to expose the false and undesirable claims of Zionism. Rabbis from all corners of the world joined Agudath Israel, as did masses of religious Jews. Their anti-Zionist congresses were held in Vienna and Marienbad. In some countries, such as Poland, there were even Agudists among the members of parliament. Fifty years ago, under the leadership of Agudath, the Jewish community in the Holy Land opposed Zionism and received permission from Britain—the Mandatory Power in Palestine—to declare in writing they did not wish to be represented by the Zionists or any other political party, especially not by such quasi-governmental Zionist organizations as the Va’ad Leumi (National Council).
Shortly thereafter, Jacob de Haan, the leader of Agudath Israel in Palestine (who had previously been a distinguished Dutch diplomat), initiated negotiations with Arab leaders regarding the establishment of a state in which Jews and Arabs would enjoy completely equal rights. This was their only hope of preventing the establishment of a Zionist state. Despite receiving repeated death threats, de Haan, fully aware of the dangers posed by a Zionist state, continued the negotiations he had begun. On the very day he was to depart for England to meet with the authorities there, members of the Zionists’ military-style organization, known as the Haganah, assassinated him in the center of Jerusalem just as he was finishing his evening prayers. It has been more than fifty years since this far-sighted Jew sacrificed his life in the struggle he considered more important than anything else, at a time when the entire world stood blind and deaf to the problems and difficulties that the establishment of a future Zionist state would entail.
The aggressive and coercive pressure exerted by the Zionists gradually wore down Agudath Israel, which ultimately opted for compromise. During the Nazi era, they entered into various forced agreements and compromises with the Zionists, even though their goal was essentially to fight against Zionism. After the establishment of the Zionist state, Agudath Israel abandoned its original intentions, participated in the Zionist government, and by this time, Agudath members had also been elected to parliament. Agudath Israel remained nominally anti-Zionist, and even established an independent school system in the Holy Land, but today the Zionist state provides the majority of the budget for their schools.
Under these circumstances, those Jews who wished to continue fighting against Zionism without compromise left Agudath Israel, reorganized themselves, and established theNeturei Karta alliance. The name consists of an Aramaic phrase meaning: The City's Defenders, where the city naturally refers to Jerusalem. In the meantime, Neturei Karta has grown into a worldwide movement, and its members are often referred to as „Friends of Jerusalem.”.
The most prominent figure in Neturei Karta was Rabbi Amram Blau, a perceptive and dedicated leader whose compassion was matched only by his courage. He could not remain silent when confronted with injustice, immorality, and hypocrisy. For this reason, he was loved by Jews and respected by Christians and Muslims alike. He was born in Jerusalem and never left the Holy Land throughout his entire life. In his writings, he very often emphasized that Arabs and Jews lived in harmony alongside one another until the emergence of political Zionism. Rabbi Blau was imprisoned in Jerusalem—not by the Ottoman Turks, not by the British, nor by the Arabs, but by the Zionist Jews. What had he done? Devotedly and honorably, without sparing his own physical well-being, he defended the sacred character of Jerusalem against the „innovations” and excesses of the Zionists. He fought to uphold the sanctity of the Sabbath and actively stood against the immorality and shamelessness creeping in under the Zionist regime. He consistently condemned the establishment of any Jewish state prior to the coming of the Messiah, which he considered blasphemous and a despicable act. Under his leadership, Neturei Karta proclaimed in the strongest terms that they recognize neither the legitimacy of the Zionist state nor the validity of its laws.
In the early stages of the fighting that broke out between the Zionists and the Arabs, the rabbis of Neturei Karta marched to the front lines carrying white flags, declaring that they had nothing to do with this war and were completely opposed to the establishment of a Zionist state. In his final statement, Rabbi Blau condemned the Zionists„ actions against Muslims and Palestinian Christians, and all the painful destruction the Zionists had wrought upon the Jewish people by altering the people’s mission when they transformed ”a priestly and holy nation” into a modern state built on chauvinism and military conquests, devoid of any spiritual foundation. „The number of your cities is your I,” The prophet Jeremiah rails against the current chauvinistic and idolatrous Jewish government. Today, the Zionists are working to establish yet another status quo in the territories occupied in 1967, where they are continually expanding the borders by establishing new Jewish settlements.
In his final statement, Rabbi Blau also strongly condemned the United Nations for admitting the Zionist Jewish state as a member, thereby granting it obvious legitimacy and national recognition. It is high time that anti-Zionist nations heed the rabbi’s words, accept his recommendations, set the record straight, and correct this fatal mistake.
It is a well-known fact that no steps were taken within the United Nations to expel the Zionist state because of fears that certain countries would subsequently refuse to provide further financial support to the UN. Now it is up to those nations opposed to Zionism—which have achieved material prosperity over the past generations—to take such action. These nations could demonstrate that they are not just talking but also taking action by making up for any financial shortfall the UN might face if Israel were expelled from the organization. Let the member states vote according to their clear conscience, free from all intimidation!
There have been times in Jewish history, as recorded in the Bible, when the masses were led astray, and only a tiny minority remained committed to the true mission of the Jewish people. One of the first such instances was the erection of the golden calf, a regrettable repetition of which we see in the establishment and worship of the Zionist state.
Until the emergence of political Zionism and its growing influence, Jewish leaders were chosen on the basis of their integrity, humanity, knowledge, as well as their justice and compassion. Today, however, it is common for so-called Jewish leaders—who are completely unqualified in terms of Jewish law and tradition—to make statements and decisions on behalf of and „in the interest of” the Jewish people as a whole. This is especially true in the United States, home to the largest Jewish population of our time. I will never forget the remark of a woman from Oklahoma who said: „Isn’t modern Judaism just wonderful? All we have to do is hand over our money.”
Even in death, Rabbi Blau refuted the claims of the Zionist propaganda machine that Neturei Karta is nothing more than an insignificant little sect numbering a few hundred members. For when Rabbi Blau passed away two years ago on a Friday morning in Jerusalem, no fewer than twenty-two thousand people gathered to bid him farewell within a matter of hours.
Recent history consistently demonstrates that those leaders who misled the Jewish people have, sooner or later, all ended up on the scrapheap of history, and only those leaders have proven themselves trustworthy who upheld the authority of the Torah and the Talmud (the commandments recorded in writing and through oral tradition), as well as the Halakha, and who resisted the demagogues. Neturei Karta follows this latter tradition. They are living proof of the judgment of Zionism to this day, and in our time they are the true spokespeople of Judaism, those who have not been misled by Zionism.
Even during the Roman occupation of the Holy Land, there were Jews who, driven by nationalist and racial pride, were certain they could not lose the war. They, like modern Zionists, rejected any compromise or agreement, determined to fight to the bitter end. But even then, nearly two thousand years ago, there was a rabbi, Yochanan ben Sakkai, who chose a completely different path. The state of war prevented him from leaving Jerusalem to begin negotiations with the Romans. So the rabbi lay down in a coffin, which his disciples carried out of the city to the Roman headquarters, where the rabbi told the Romans that the Jews had no need for weapons or armies, and asked the Roman authorities to allow him to establish a yeshiva, or Jewish religious school, in Yemnia. Later, this school became a symbol of the survival of Judaism and Jewish identity, rather than the actions of the militarists and their leaders.
It is particularly important to emphasize that not every Jewish person is a Zionist, and conversely, not every Zionist is of Jewish descent! The motives behind the commitment of non-Jewish Zionists, such as Lord Balfour and General Smuts, are debatable. From the very beginning of the Zionist movement and ideology, Christians were among its most devoted followers and advocates, especially its fundamentalist elements, for whom Zionism brought about the long-awaited renewal and the fulfillment of an important prophecy. They then became important supporters and servants of the principles of Zionism.*
[*Note: For more on this, see also The Hijacking of Modern Christianity [the article titled]
One of the main goals of Zionism is Aliyah, that is, the resettlement of the world’s Jewish population in Zionist Israel. Nevertheless, in recent years, hundreds of thousands of Jews have left the Zionist paradise, and American Jews are also „voting with their feet” when they decide they do not wish to move to Israel. These Jews recognize that the Zionist state is nothing more than a gigantic ghetto.
Instead of the Zionist state of Israel helping Jewish communities in other countries, American Jews are being mobilized to do everything they can for the parasitic Zionist state, thus making the U.S. its primary power base and source of influence. The Zionists have remained true to the original nature of their movement; even today, they see their security in cutting-edge technology and brutal military force—which, of course, is primarily provided to them by the U.S. as well. Nothing could be further from the true ideals of the Jewish people!
The Jewish people were chosen in the first place because they were „the least of all nations.” As the psalmist says, „The nations rely on chariots and horses, but we call upon the name of our Eternal One for help.”
There is one extremely important point that must be addressed. A former president of the World Zionist Organization stated that A Zionist must serve the interests of the Zionist state with complete dedication and loyalty, and in the event of any conflicts, must always act in accordance with the interests of the Zionist state. According to Jewish law, however, Jews must show civic loyalty and allegiance to the countries of which they are citizens, and, of course, no true Jew owes allegiance or loyalty to the Zionist state, which has been condemned even by the most distinguished rabbis of our time.
It is not my intention to address the question of how Zionism should be dealt with. But I would say that isolated and spontaneous actions against individual persons, or the mere adoption of UN or other resolutions, are not effective means of putting an end to Zionism. I would add, however, that the fight against Zionism must not begin on the Mediterranean coast, but in Zionism’s strongest bastion, the United States.
As an American citizen, I deeply regret that our government and politicians have adopted a course of action that runs completely counter to the advice of George Washington, the founding father of our nation. Instead of staying out of the affairs of foreign countries and establishing complex, intricate relationships with foreign powers, The political establishment in Washington has embraced Zionism with such dedication that, in their eyes, any criticism of the Zionist state is now considered a punishable offense, but even any UN member state taking action against political Zionism! And the American media, which serves the Zionists, doesn’t dare speak out against such absurdities.
Unfortunately, the influence of American Zionists has only grown year by year, and this has paved the way for events and developments that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago.
In the United States today, it takes extraordinary courage to oppose Zionism. Just as it took extraordinary courage during World War II to be anti-fascist in fascist Italy, or anti-Nazi in Nazi Germany. In the long run, when viewed in a historical context, Zionism is merely a temporary aberration in the long history of the world and the Jewish people.
Let us place all our faith and hope in the coming of that certain future, when there will be no more prejudice or injustice, and when the prophetic words are fulfilled, that representatives of every nation will regularly take part in a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, „for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Part II
„The Three Vows”
Jews Against Zionism
Biblical Judaism takes a clear and unequivocal stance on the reasons for the Jewish people’s dispersion and on the legitimacy of the State of Israel.
In the covenant he established, he warned his people that if they violated the terms of the covenant, they would lose the blessings, be cast out of the Promised Land, and be scattered among the nations (Deut. 28:15-69). After Solomon’s reign, the divided kingdom went into a steady decline. This resulted in the House of Israel, the ten northern tribes, being taken into Assyrian captivity, from which they never returned. The smaller part of the divided nation, the southern kingdom known as the House of Judah—which at that time consisted of Judah, Benjamin, and half the tribe of Levi—did not learn from Israel’s lesson; it also ignored the warnings sent by the prophets, and therefore God delivered them into the hands of the Babylonians. This captivity lasted only seventy years, after which, upon their return under Ezra and Nehemiah, the proper worship of God and the practice of biblical law were largely restored. At least for a time. We know that a few centuries later, apostasy and hypocrisy reached such a degree that the Romans destroyed the house of Judah in Jerusalem, the Temple was destroyed, and the Jewish people were scattered into a stateless diaspora until the establishment of the Jewish state in the twentieth century. Exactly as God had declared this would be the consequence of their unfaithfulness:
1 Kings 9:6–9 6 But if you and your descendants stubbornly turn away from me and do not keep my commands and decrees that I have set before you, but instead honor other gods and worship them, 7 Then I will wipe Israel out of the land I have given them, and I will cast this temple, which I have consecrated to my name, out of my sight; and Israel will become a byword and a mockery among all the nations. 8 And no matter how magnificent this temple may be, anyone who passes by it will gasp in horror and ask, “Why has the Lord treated this country and this temple this way?” 9 And this is what they will answer: “Because they abandoned the LORD, their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and clung to other gods, worshiping them and serving them.” That is why the LORD brought all this disaster upon them.
At the beginning of their Babylonian exile, he issued a strict decree instructing the Jews that even in captivity they had obligations they must fully observe, in the hope of their future restoration:
Jeremiah 29:7 ”Work for the welfare of the city [or country] where I have brought you; pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare is your welfare as well.”
Thus, this was the only defined and appropriate political stance—or permissible „foreign policy”—for the representatives of true biblical Judaism in the Diaspora, wherever they might be in the world! He was, of course, well aware that if the majority of the Israelites refused to obey even under His leadership and blessings, they would do so all the more in the Diaspora. That is why He warned them:
Jeremiah 29:8–9 8 This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Don't let them fool you the prophets and seers among you, and don’t listen to the dreams of dreamers! 9 “For they are prophesying lies to you in my name; I did not send them,” declares the LORD.
The warning in these lines naturally applies as well to those modern prophets and dreamers who lead the Jewish diaspora astray with their political ideologies, humanism, and other philosophical trends.* The communism of the Jew Karl Marx, and later the Zionist ideas of the Jew Theodor Herzl, belong precisely to this category of philosophically and politically human-derived concepts. They and political „prophets” and „visionaries” were entirely secular, that is, worldly-minded people who rejected Torah Judaism in its entirety, just as the uninhibited and Godless representatives of today’s wild liberalism also despise the Torah or the biblical value system. Another interesting modern phenomenon is the rise of „Christian Zionism,” which so fervently supports Zionism. This is particularly evident in certain Protestant „revival movements” that emphasize worldly success, prosperity, and material blessings in their teachings. This is not entirely coincidental, since the representatives of Zionism achieved and realized their goals through human influence and political means, which some Christians then regarded as blessings from God.
*Note: This is a warning that Christians should also take seriously.
For those who follow Torah Judaism, salvation lies solely in God. Woe to those who place their trust in human beings, or in physical abilities or efforts (Ps. 118:8; Isa. 2:22; Jer. 17:5):
Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and relies on human strength, but whose heart turns away from the LORD!”
It is not man, nor political and military means or their abuse, nor conspiracies, but the I alone who will protect, gather together, and then restore His people:
Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; proclaim it in the distant islands, and say: Anyone who scattered Israel, and gathers them together, and watches over them as a shepherd watches over his flock.
Well, yes, some might say, but why couldn’t the Lord have used people, kings, and politicians to bring about the establishment of the State of Israel? Yes, of course He can use human instruments and powers, provided that the restoration truly comes from Him, and the restoration truly a Restoration. We know that Israel will be gathered together by the One who scattered them, and He will do so only when the following prophecies are fulfilled:
Ezekiel 11:17–20 17 Therefore, say: “This is what my Lord, the LORD, says: I will gather you from among the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”. 18 And when they return home, they will remove every hideous and detestable idol from there. 19 I will give them a new heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may live according to my decrees, observe my laws, and carry them out. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
So, to put it briefly, our question would be: Has Zionist Israel repented and returned to the God of Israel, just as, just as Does the above outline the situation? Has the law been placed in their hearts so that they are willing to fulfill it? If the answer is no, the State of Israel cannot be the restored biblical Israel. At best, we can view the Jews living there as nothing more than a returning vanguard whose very existence hangs by a thread!
King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, warns us three times in a row in the Song of Songs, a text that also contains powerful allegorical messages:
Song of Songs 2:7 I implore you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field: Do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready! (cf. Song of Songs 3:5; 8:4).
This enigmatic-sounding statement contains a multifaceted allegorical message. It has significance regarding human, physical love, but it also has significance for the Israelites regarding the coming of the long-awaited Messianic age. [Note: it also has meaning for Christians, which we will not detail here] Jewish sages understood very well the significance of these lines as they pertained to them, which they referred to as „the three strong vows,” or simply „the triple vow.” According to Jewish sages, this triple vow consisted of the following:
1. They were prohibited from forcibly retaking the Holy Land [without I’s direct leadership];
2. Jews must not rebel [or conspire] against the countries that have taken them in and their governments;
3. They must not keep committing sins, thereby delaying the Messiah’s return (Ketuboth Treatise 1111a).
From the Babylonian captivity through the two-hundred-year Hellenistic rule, and then through the period from the destruction of the Temple until 1917, we remained faithful to the One by not breaking the threefold vow. And we prayed for the safety and prosperity of the cities and lands where we lived, and also that the nations that took us in would not become our oppressors. All of this turned out to our advantage.
Regardless of where they live or in which country, those Jewish politicians, bankers, businessmen, and „intellectuals” who violate the instructions of Jeremiah or disregard the vow of Solomon in the country where they reside endanger the well-being and future of the Jewish people as a whole, both in that country and throughout the world.
„The Lord has not sent them; do not listen to the words of the dreamers or to the lies of the prophets” (Jer. 29:8–9)!
Zionism is a humanist political ideology, and as such, by its very nature, it cannot accommodate a belief in divine providence. The realization of human goals through human strength and talent—and, if necessary, through brute force—does not come from God. In a peculiar way, according to the Zionist view, it is not religion or adherence to biblical values that unites the Jewish people, but rather a racial identity. Thus, the driving force of Zionism is a form of racial theory which—let us say it, because it is true—most closely resembles the racial theories propagated in Nazi Germany. Only those who do not want to see the wild excesses of this philosophy fail to notice them. The Zionists are well aware that a significant portion of the Jewish people are deeply religious, and although they themselves reject religion, they wish to present their movement as if it had fulfilled the expectations of religious people who believe in the Bible (thus Christians, not just Jews) regarding the restoration of Israel.
The conflict between religious Jews and Zionists has run through the history of Zionism, and as Zionist ideology gained strength, its opponents became increasingly vocal, because they recognized the dangers this secular movement posed to Judaism. In 1901, for example, Birnbaum made the following observation:
„It seems that we are better off in the bondage of the Gentiles than to fall into the bondage of those brothers of ours who have strayed from the Torah and its teachings. It is our own estranged brothers—a tiny minority compared to us—who persecute us and play into the hands of our persecutors; who not only interfere in our affairs but also take control of our own destiny out of our hands; they are the ones who do not allow us to live our lives in peace but seek to divert us forever from our own path.
Then, in 1903, another devout Jew, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Shulem ben Schneersohn, wrote:
„But the Zionists are far more cunning in their wickedness, having substituted nationalism for the Torah and the commandments. In his open letter, Mendel Stam stated that a Jew is not one who observes the commandments, but one who is a Zionist…. The leader of Zionism has thus raised the idol of nationalism, rebelling against the Lord, rejecting the Torah and the commandments, and he did this in none other than the very sanctuary of the Lord’s temple.”
According to the Maharal of Prague (Rabbi Betzalel Lowy), who lived in the 17th century, the Three Covenants remain binding on the Jewish people even if other nations were to force them to violate them.
A Netcach Yisroel In Chapter 24 of his book, he writes that the threefold vow cannot be reinterpreted in a way that would alter the state of dispersion, and this is stated in the Midrash Song of Songs 2:18.He supported this with his commentary on the -th poem.
„It is forbidden to alter the manner in which the Oath is to be observed, even if the nations were to force the Jews to do so through destruction and murderous torture. This applies to every oath, and this must be understood. Thus, it is not only forbidden for us to leave exile, even with the consent of the nations, but it would remain forbidden even if they sought to force the Jewish people to do so through deadly violence. Breaking these Vows is strictly forbidden and requires the same commitment as choosing death rather than converting to another religion. „
