Title: Hastening redemption
Description: Arie Morgenstern argues the roots of modern Zionism go back to a group of messianic Jews in the early 1800s. Morgenstern shows how the belief in the messianic modern significance of the year 1940 spurred immigration to Israel by Jews from all over the world.
Subjects: History, Jewish messianic movements, Jews, Judaism, Jews, palestine, history, Palestine, history
Places: Palestine
Time periods: 1799-1917, 19th century