Jewish Autonomism
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Jewish Autonomism was a non-Zionist political movement that shaped up in Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century. One of its major proponents was a historian and activist Simon Dubnow.
The Autonomists believed that the future survival of the Jews as a nation depends on their spiritual and cultural strength, in developing "spiritual nationhood" and in viability of Jewish diaspora as long as Jewish communities maintain self-rule, and rejected assimilation.
Various concepts of the Autonomism were adopted in the platforms of the Folkspartei, the Sejmists and Socialist Jewish parties such as the Bund. Some groups blended Autonomism with Zionism: they favored Jewish self-rule in the diaspora until diaspora Jews make Aliyah to their national homeland in Zion.
After the Holocaust, the Autonomism practically disappeared from Jewish philosophy. In 1941, Simon Dubnow was one of thousands of Jews murdered in Rumbula.
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- Autonomism at JVL
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