“Anti-Zionists, last of all, exhibit a distaste for certain words. It was Thomas Hobbes who, anticipating semantics, pointed out that words are counters, not coins; that the wise man looks through them to reality. This counsel many anti-Zionists seem to have neglected. They are especially disturbed by the two nouns nationalism and commonwealth, and by the adjective political. And yet these terms on examination are not at all upsetting.” MenLooksTwoRealitySeemsLastsPoliticalCertainTermWiseIsraelUpsetNationalismCoinsExaminationNeglectedDisturbedExhibitsAdjectivesCommonwealthZionistNounsHobbesDistasteSemantics Author:Milton Steinberg
“Jewish nationalism means no more than recognition of the peoplehood of Israel, and of the propriety of that people's being a religio-cultural group in America, a nationality in Eastern Europe, and in Palestine an actualized nation.” PeopleMeanAmericaNationsGroupsEuropeIsraelRecognitionNationalismEasternPalestineNationalityZionistProprietyEastern Europe Author:Milton Steinberg
