prayed for a return to jerusalem,, next year in jerusalem, each year the passover seder include john kapoor, the day of atonement. do you know that, over half of the 613 commandments in the pentateuch relate to the land of israel and can only be fulfilled in the land of israel ? the jewish connection to the land is so strong that for thousands of years, wherever jews have lived, they have prayed for rain, not where they reside, but for rain in the land of israel. but, zionism, this essential component of jewish identity, is now under attack. those who deny jews the right to self-determination, who say jews do not have a right to a jewish state in any borders in the land of israel, their criticism of israel is anti- semitic, even if it is cloaked in human rights terminology. because, if you do not believe the jewish state of israel has a right to exist, you your criticism of israel is not intended to inform the policies of the government's role. it is intended to destroy the jewish state. to accurately identify anti- semitism masquerading as anti- zionism, we must learn to distinguish betwee