Reply To: Zionism, Why the Big Debate?

Frum Zionism exists today, however, and to lump ALL Tzionim with the ones of whom you disapprove from nearly 7 decades ago, is really inappropriate. The frum people who are settling in E”Y have brought with them many positive things, and there are more Yeshivos with kids from all over the world, than ever before. And before you write off the secular zionists, THEY gave blood, sweat, and tears to build up E”Y. They may have been lacking in some significant aspects of Yiddishkeit, but their love OF and devotion TO the LAND was never in question. They deserve better than the contempt in which they are held by some people who never could or would have done what they did. Were the secularists’ actions the ideal? No. But it surely was a start.