The World Council for Torah Education

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Religious Zionist Album

Work is beginning on a 400 page volume that will chronicle the history and development of Religious Zionism from its inception until the present day. The Religious Zionist Album, which is being developed by the World Council in cooperation with the Jewish National Fund, will serve as a resource for research on this subject as well as a pedagogical tool for the teaching of Religious Zionism.

The work will include five sections:

1.The History of Religious Zionism - From Rav Reines through Gush Emunim

2. Sociological, Political, and Anthropological Perspectives on Religious Zionism

3. Ideological Trends in Religious Zionism

4. Educational Innovations in the Religious Zionist Community

5. Religious Zionist Personalities

The following are examples of the many and varied topics that will be included in the work:

1. The Relationship between Religious Zionism and other Zionist Movements (i.e. Political, Socialist, Cultural, etc.)

2. The Uganda Plan

3. The Development of Kibbutz Hadati, the Religious Kibbutz Movement

4. Reactions to the Holocaust in Religious Zionism

5. New Educational Institutions:

1. Bnai Akiva Yeshiva High Schools

2. Yeshivot Hesder

3. Mechinot

4. Bar Ilan University

6. Communications

1. Religious Zionist Newspapers and Journals

2. Arutz 7

7. Gush Etzion: Its Fall and Rebirth

8. The Development of the Gush Emunim Movement

9. The Role of Women in the Religious Zionist Community

10. Causes of the Religious and Political Radicalization of the National Religious Party

11.The Meimad Party

12. Current Political Trends: Realignment

The Religious Zionist Album is being dedicated to the memory of Zevulun Hammer z"l, a leader of the Religious Zionist Movement.