Moreover, from its beginning, America was about the renewal of the ancient promise: The establishment of the new Jerusalem, the return to the new Zion, rejection of the oppressive dogmas of the European past, as well as the return to God and freedom of worship. From the onset, Americanism was a form of abstract Zionism. When tangible Jewish Zionism began to take shape, it was synergistic with the American version of Zionism.
