During the early years of Zionism, the great Jewish scholar Gershom Scholem – who was born in Berlin – said that the Jews were embarking on a difficult journey, a return to history. In other words, the Jews, who based their identity in the diaspora on mythological memory and time, were now returning to its clear-cut elements: a territory defined by borders, and a detailed chronological understanding of their own history.
在犹太复国主义的早期，一位出生在柏林的伟大犹太学者Gershom Scholem曾说犹太人正在踏上一次艰难的旅程，一次重返历史的旅程。换言之，将自己在离散中的认同建立在传说中的回忆和时间之上的犹太人，现在正重返一个真实的家园：一片拥有边界的领土和一种对自身历史的详尽而编年式的理解。