In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “strain of the concept of zionism that values jewish culture and history”. Today it says “strain of zionism that focused on creating a center in historic palestine with its own secular jewish culture a”.
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Strain in concept of Zionism Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginsberg) Eliezer Ben-Yehuda , working in his house in the Talpiot neighborhood. Cultural Zionism ( Hebrew : צִיּוֹנוּת רוּחָנִית , translit. Tsiyonut ruchanit , trans. 'Spiritual Zionism') is a strain of Zionism that focused on creating a center in historic Palestine with its own secular Jewish culture and national history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as Political Zionism . The founder of Cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha'am . With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Eretz Israel /Palestine, he confronted Theodor Herzl . Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strove for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews". The Jewish State and Jewish Problem, trans. from the Hebrew by Leon Simon c 1912, Jewish Publication Society of America, Essential Texts of Zionism [1]
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Cultural Zionism ( ) is a strain of the concept of Zionism that values Jewish culture and history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as Political Zionism . The man considered to have founded the concept of cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg , better known as Ahad HaAm . Supporters of this strategy promoted the revival and fostering of a Jewish national culture .
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Tsiyonut ruchanit ) is a strain of the concept of Zionism that values Jewish culture and history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as political Zionism . The man considered to have founded the concept of cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha'am . Supporters of this strategy promoted the revival and fostering of a Jewish national culture .
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda , working Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginsberg) Cultural Zionism ( , translit.Tsiyonut ruchanit ) is a strain of the concept of Zionism that values creating a Jewish state with its own secular Jewish culture and history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as political Zionism . The man considered to have founded the concept of cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha'am . With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Israel, he confronted Theodor Herzl .Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews".The Jewish State and Jewish Problem, trans. from the Hebrew by Leon Simon c 1912, Jewish Publication Society of America, Essential Texts of Zionism [1]
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda , working Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginsberg) Cultural Zionism ( , translit. Tsiyonut ruchanit , trans. 'Spiritual Zionism') is a strain in the concept of Zionism that valued creating a centre in historic Palestine with its own secular Jewish culture and national history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as political Zionism . The man considered to have founded the concept of cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha'am . With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Israel, he confronted Theodor Herzl . Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews". The Jewish State and Jewish Problem, trans. from the Hebrew by Leon Simon c 1912, Jewish Publication Society of America, Essential Texts of Zionism [1]
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strain of the concept of zionism that values jewish culture and history
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strain of zionism that focused on creating a center in historic palestine with its own secular jewish culture a
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