The Eastern European new immigrants came from areas where Zionism was popular, and they were not part of the American Jewish establishment that had long rejected Zionism. Also, they did not enjoy the success and integration into the American elite that the establishment Jews had, and to which Zionism represented a threat. But the reality remained that the Jews “who mattered” were opponents of Zionism. The German Jews rejected Zionism, and being the only voice of Judaism in America that counted, it became evident that American Jewry rejected Zionism. However, this reality changed right on time.
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