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To: Thomas M. who wrote (266)	7/12/2002 1:56:40 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Another important problem facing the new Zionist movement was the attitude of orthodox members within it. Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever was the one important Rabbinic figure who joined the ranks of the Hibbat Zion after the 1881 pogroms. In his many years in the movement, Mohilever fought the battle for his beliefs from within. It was not easy for him to sit alongside som of the secular Maskilim who led the meovement -- and several times he attempted to take control of the movement himself. His reason for staying in the movement despite his frustrations was that he had thoroughly identified with its actions and overall aims. When Herzl came on the scene, after some hesitation, Mohilever decided to support the new leader, hoping to guide the movement from within. The rabbi was, however, already and old and sick man. He did not attend the first Congress, because of his poor health, and died within a year. The Zionist movement thus lost its only Rabbinic leader, although the vacuum was soon filled by Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines, who was to emerge as the leader of the orthodox camp in the movement. Reines, who had been involved in the Zionist movement for many years, soon found himself in a difficult position in Herzl's organization - a problem common to the entire Rabbinic and orthodox group. As far as they were concerned, the political facets of the movement's work -- those aimed at achieving a framework for Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael -- could be managed by Herzl and his colleagues. All those aspects, however, relating o the type of society to be developed within that framework should, they felt, come under Rabbinic control -- as should any educational program aiming to recruit more people to the movement. Their demands were rigidly opposed by the non-orthodox majority; they had no intention of allowing Rabbinic control of the movement in this respect. Some of the Rabbis decided to leave the movement and side with the opponents of Zionism; those who remained found themselves in an increasingly untenable position. Unable to influence from the inside and under ever greater attack from anti-Zionist orthodoxy outside, action was imperative jajz-ed.org.il