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This @CNN "fast facts" page on Judaism totally omits any reference to the Jewish homeland until after WWI, makes it seem as if the State of Israel was only formed in response to the war and the Holocaust.

It wasn't.

The Land of Israel is *central* to Judaism.

According to Jewish tradition, all of creation began in Jerusalem.

Abraham, Issac and Jacob all passed through the city.

Kings David and Solomon built the Jewish temples there.

The Land of Israel is subject to numerous biblical laws, observed by religious Jews to this day.

One of the best known is the Shmita, which takes place every seven years. For an entire year, the lie must rest and lay fallow.

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The Land of Israel is deeply significant, with many Jews around the world ensuring that when they pass away, they are buried in the Holy Land.

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And while of course many Jews are buried around the world, there is a custom shared by many to symbolically sprinkle some earth taken from Israel in the coffin.

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Perhaps most notably, for centuries Jews around the world have fasted on two days each year (the 17th of Tamuz and the 9th of Av) to commemorate the destruction of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, as well as the various other calamities that occurred in the Land of Israel.

At Passover and Yom Kippur each year, as Jews around the world finish services, the words "L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim" are sung.

"Next year in Jerusalem."

But, to read @CNN's "fast facts" page, the connection of the Jews with the land seemingly only began roughly a century ago.

Ridiculous.

(Original tweet says "WWI" - it should read "WWII.")

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