The growth of a Jewish culture would cease to be the concern of the whole people; social experiments would have to be discarded as impractical luxuries; political thought would center around military strategy….
is negated by the fact that Israel has become the most advanced and modern country in that region.
I think they meant less how advanced they were and more that, as time goes on, and their surrounding get more hostile, they will slowly move away from developing a culture of Jewish identity and become more just a martial state.
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is negated by the fact that Israel has become the most advanced and modern country in that region.
I think they meant less how advanced they were and more that, as time goes on, and their surrounding get more hostile, they will slowly move away from developing a culture of Jewish identity and become more just a martial state.