Judaism and Zionism?

Question

What are the differences? Who's right?

Answer 1

Judaism is the entire religion: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Ashkenazi, Sephardic and etc. No one has a problem with Jews practicing their religion. The controversy is where, and how far that goes. Zionism is a movement, partly religious, mostly political, that advocates there be a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Judaism became portable with the fall of the first Temple, the Babylonian exile, and the beginings of the Diaspora. With the fall of the second Temple, Judaism permanently lost its geographic roots and became a religion of Torah and synagogues. But after 1800 years of persecution by Christians and Muslims, as control of Palestine passed from the Ottoman Empire to the British Empire, a movement developed urging Jews to return to their ancestral homeland and re-establish themselves. The Holocaust of World War II engendered enough guilt in Europe and America that the United Nations established a nation of Israel in Palestine. The Palestinian Muslims living there resented the fact that they had not been consulted, so there's been fighting ever since.

There are degrees of Zionism and a wide range of opinions about whether it's good or not. At its simplest, it's a Jewish right of self-determination somewhere in Palestine. At its extreme, it's a Jewish state with a Jewish government, for Jews only, to Israel's greatest historical borders.

Since 1967, after repelling an attack from Egypt and other Muslim countries, Israel annexed the West Bank from Jordan, Gaza Strip from Egypt and Golan Heights from Syria, expanding far beyond its UN borders. It later moved the government from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in violation of the UN resolution. Recently it gave the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian government, then promptly bombed the main power station in response to Palestinian attacks. Israeli Zionists claim all this is necessary for security. Detractors, including some Jews, say the actions are unjust over-reactions.

The extent of Zionism as it unfolds in the real world is unknown and there is no one to define it. There is outrage, fear and distrust on all sides. As to whether Zionism, as currently practiced, is "right", that's your call.

Answer 2

Zionism is an international movement for the return of the Jewish people to Zion, the Land of Israel, while exercising the right to retain authority of government over the state of Israel, which was promised to them in the Hebrew Scriptures. (Genesis 12 and 15)

Christian Zionism is simply Gentile support of Jewish Zionism as based on the promises to Israel found in the Bible, passages such as Jeremiah 32 and Ezekiel 34. Christian Zionists are primarily evangelical, and give support in any way possible for the Jewish state of Israel. The return of the Jews to the Promised Land is the fulfillment of prophecy and is seen, especially by dispensationalists, as a sign that the world has entered the End Times.

Judaism: one of two things some believe you are Jewish if you are born of a Jewish mother, It is a not only a religion but a faith as well. you have to follow the torah and accept the 13 principles of faith.
There are five main forms or sects of Judaism in the world today. They are Orthodox, Conservative, Reformed, Reconstructionist and Humanistic.

Answer 3

Zionism is the movement to return Judaism to Israel as a National Entity in their Rightful Land.

Answer 4

Judaism and Zionism aren't conflicting. Judaism is a broad term used for the Jewish religion, culture, philosophy, etc.
Zionism is a specific philosophy, most often found within Jewish circles, that believes in the Jewish right to the land of Israel as a homeland.

Answer 5

A good and fair question:

Judiasm is a religion.

Zionism is the ideology (first promoted in the late 1800's by a european statesman named Theodore Hertzel)- supporting a state in Israel for the Jewish people, and isn't a religion, but a 'cause'.

The Jewish people are also a group- some of whom practice Judiasm and others do not. Some of whom are Zionists and others are not.

Answer 6

One is a religion and the other is a political ideology.

As to who's right, that doesn't make much sense.
That is like asking, "who's right, Neo-conservatism or Protestant Christianity?" In that case, one is a political ideology and the other a religion.

Answer 7

judaism s a religion from holy prophet moses...zionism s an ideaology..zionists r pro israel and the ppl who think all ppl exept jews(muslim or christian)deserve to die and jews r better thn any race..but real jews think all ppl are same and they are not agree with israel goverment..whos right?i say real jews

Answer 8

zionism = Jews should establish a state in the holy land and live there.
judaism = jews should optimally live in the holy land.

Answer 9

zionists support the right of the jewish people to exist... judaism is the religion of some jews...

christians can be zionist...
hindus can be zionist...

muslims usually arent haha

non zionist jews are essentially traitors to their people...

zionism doesnt mean israel exists.... it is about jews right to exist AT ALL...

I choose to exist... i am a zionist... all anti zionists can eat a bullet including traitor jews.