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* Learning, learning, learning—that is the secret of Jewish survival. | * Learning, learning, learning—that is the secret of Jewish survival. | ||
** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref> | ** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref> | ||
*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which the land will be regenerated. | *The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which [[Eretz Yisrael|the land]] will be regenerated. | ||
**In “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/6530 The Wrong Way],” 1889. Translated in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html Ten Essays]''. | **In “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/6530 The Wrong Way],” 1889. Translated in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html Ten Essays]''. | ||
*More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel. | *More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel. | ||
**From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]” | **From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]” | ||
*In Palestine we can and should found for ourselves a spiritual center of our nationality. | *In [[Palestine]] we can and should found for ourselves a [[spiritual center]] of our nationality. | ||
**In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2913 Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet].” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays''] | **In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2913 Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet].” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays''] | ||
*[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt. | *[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt. | ||
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*The existence of an original Hebrew culture needs no proof. So long as the Bible is extant, the creative power of the Jewish mind will remain undeniable. | *The existence of an original Hebrew culture needs no proof. So long as the Bible is extant, the creative power of the Jewish mind will remain undeniable. | ||
*Zionism for us means simply the foundation in Palestine, by means of diplomatic negotiations with Turkey and other powers, of a ‘safe refuge’ for all oppressed and persecuted Jews... | *Zionism for us means simply the foundation in Palestine, by means of diplomatic negotiations with Turkey and other powers, of a ‘safe refuge’ for all oppressed and persecuted Jews... | ||
*The solution of the Jewish problem lies in the revival of the spirit. | *The solution of the [[Jewish problem]] lies in the revival of the spirit. | ||
**In “[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/The_spiritual_revival_%28IA_spiritualrevival00ahadiala%29.pdf The Spiritual Revival].” | **In “[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/The_spiritual_revival_%28IA_spiritualrevival00ahadiala%29.pdf The Spiritual Revival].” | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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