25/Special - Rabbi Louis Jacobs on Israel and Zionism

This very recently discovered audio tape has just been digitized. This lecture, although spoken almost 50 years ago is an important contribution to the debate on Zionism. Simon Eder, Education Director of The Louis Jacobs Foundation introduces the talk:-

Replacing this weeks podcast, we share a recording from Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs z"l in 1981. Speaking at a rabbinic conference in Israel, he sets out clearly how a Masorti approach to Zionism differs from Religious Zionism, and yet, with no less passion, or dedication to the sanctity of the land and what our commitment to the State of Israel should entail. As we grapple today, with what the future of Zionism should mean, his words, then are just as relevant for us now.