"The building of the land of the Bible and the foundation of the State of Israel represent, if you will allow me to use a daring formulation, a utopian retreat of the Jews into their own history," Scholem wrote. He considered an exclamation by the philosopher Hermann Cohen against the Zionists - "Those fellows want to be happy!" - the most profound statement made by an opponent of the movement.
George Prochnik
Stranger in a Strange Land
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