The State of Israel does NOT represent Judaism · or the Jewish People.
Voices · From our communities
In their own words.
Selected reflections from members of Orthodox communities around the world, on why this mission matters to them.
"I grew up hearing the Rebbe speak. Every Shabbos,
every farbrengen, he came back to this: we are
waiting for Moshiach, not for Herzl. Seventy years
later I'm raising my great-grandchildren on the same
lesson."
— A grandmother in Williamsburg
"When reporters come to our neighborhood during a
war, they film the flags and assume we support what
the state does. We don't. We never have. We never
will."
— A yeshiva student in Jerusalem
"I spend my days translating Vayoel Moshe into
French and Dutch. Every page, the Rebbe's voice is as
clear as if he were writing today. The arguments have
not aged; the situation has only proved them."
— A translator in Antwerp
"People ask how we can be anti-Israel if we're Jewish.
They've confused a government with a religion.
Judaism is three thousand years old. The state is
seventy-seven. Do the math."
— A Satmar chossid in Monsey
"My shul has opposed Zionism since 1912. We are not
a fringe. We are the mainstream that the Zionist
movement papered over. Every time Torah Jews
publishes a statement, I see my congregation exhale."
— A rabbi in Manchester
"My children need to grow up knowing what the
Rebbe taught: that being a Jew is about Torah, not a
flag. That's what Torah Jews keeps saying to the world
for me."
— A young mother in Bnei Brak
