Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reconstructionist Zionism


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The result was   merge to Religious Zionism.  MBisanz  talk 14:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Reconstructionist Zionism

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The article contains no sources. A Google search for the phrase "Reconstructionist Zionism" yields few if any reliable sources. The information contained in this article would better fit in other articles about fringe religious Israelis. GHcool (talk) 06:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I only created it because the goals are, IMO, extensive of a form of religious nationalism that seeks to further entrench Jewish power in the country (if not "hasten the return" of the Jewish messiah) by rebuilding currently-extinct institutions of Jewish power (an independent Jewish state, for example). Unlike other "reconstructionisms" (even Reconstructionist Judaism or Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism), it is deriving from the religious but is almost entirely political in its outlook. I just don't have any other word to describe or sum up this movement, which is not even representative of Religious Zionism's adherents. --Toussaint (talk) 14:50, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete and merge with Religious Zionism. The term is problematic, as it is easily confused with the Zionist philosophy of Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. Kaplan's Zionism posited the coexistence of the Diaspora and the State of Israel, a view opposed to the Zionist philosophy of Ben-Gurion, that all Jews must make aliyah, and that the diaspora should cease to exist. Kaplan's view is the prevailing form of Zionism today, and is sometimes refered to as "Reconstructionist Zionism". (It's not that I'm so smart - it's just that I, by chance, heard a lecture on this yesterday.) --Ravpapa (talk) 15:14, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Actually, you're not talking about a school of Zionism (political ideology) but a sect of Judaism (religion), particularly Reconstructionist Judaism. Ben-Gurion and Herzl were Jewish (and secular) Zionists, while Kaplan is just Jewish. EDIT: and Reconstructionist Zionism is mostly confined to Israel in terms of activity, since it is mostly involving ancient Israelite and Judean religiopolitical institutions rather than Jewish religious institutions. --Toussaint (talk) 22:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete but don't merge, I'm sorry but this term is non-existent/made up as a Google search shows, it might lead the reader to believe this is a real term/ and confuse the reader because of the Reconstructionist movement. This article is WP:OR. Epson291 (talk) 22:06, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and merge per Ravpapa and a side discussion on Ravpapa's talk page. I've realized that this is a better option and maybe more pertinent to Kaplan. --Toussaint (talk) 07:53, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete seems like original research to me. No point in merging unless reliable sources are introduced. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 01:36, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.