dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) (02/11/85)
> That's not the way I read the history books. Most religious groups opposed > the declaration of the Jewish state. Only after the the state was proclaimed > and the Arabs attacked did the majority of those groups feel compelled to > support it. I just reread "The Chosen" the other night. Hadn't read it in many years, and I'd forgotten about the anti-Zionism it portrays on the part of the Chasidic community in the story. Does anyone have real data on how widespread the support for Israel was among the observant Jewish community before independence was proclaimed? Dave Sherman -- {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!dave {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave