When Theodor Herzl was making the rounds of Europe at the end of the nineteenth century, trying to gain support for the establishment of a state for the Jews, he was often rebuffed by rich and powerful Jewish grandees, who saw him as a troublemaker. Instead, he found eager supporters among pious Protestants, for whom Jews belonged in their own holy land rather than in Europe.
当然，有些时候这些损友也是有利用价值的。当西奥多·赫兹尔在19世纪末奔走于欧洲各国，尝试为犹太建国运动争取支持时，迎接他的常常是那些犹太财阀的粗暴回绝——这些人认为他是个捣乱分子。而最后他却从那些虔诚的的新教徒那里得到了热心的支持，因为那些人相信犹太人就该离开欧洲，回到他们的圣地（巴勒斯坦）去。