Zionism
We have begun to compile information regarding the relationship of Reform Judaism towards Zionism.
An essay that I wrote--summarizing what has transpired during the past two centuries illustrates the challenge this political philosophy has posed to theology, particularly in America.. Others such as Rabbi Jacob Neusner have also weighed-in.
Any historical overview must begin with the "Declaration of Principles" adopted during the 1885 Pittsburgh Conference that determined the thrust of Reform Judaism in America for the subsequent century. The key "operational phrase" therein was as follows: "We consider ourselves no longer a nation, but a religious community, and therefore expect neither a return to Palestine, nor a sacrificial worship under the sons of Aaron, nor the restoration of any of the laws concerning the Jewish state. "
These views have been perpetuated—despite the subsequent creation of the State of Israel—by the American Council for Judaism, which is an anti-Zionist organization founded over 50 years ago dedicated to the advancement of Judaism as a religion of universal and prophetic values, consonant with the ideals of a democratic society; it rejects any effort to impose Jewish nationality upon all Jewry.