The revival of our language, ingathering of our exiles, attainment of independence and unification of Jerusalem merely represent stages in a larger ongoing revolution we are meant to participate in.
Rabbi Mike Feuer joins a discussion on the historic significance of Yom Yerushalayim and the need for a uniquely Hebrew Universalism in the wake of Zionism’s success.
While the return of the Jewish people to the city that had been the central focus of our dreams for thousands of years would be sufficient to warrant establishing a new festival, Yom Yerushalayim actually commemorates so much more.