A lot of feelings towards Zionism were based on the politics of the time. But was “Zionism” the real issue? Imagine, there is no WW2 and many Jews still live in Eastern Europe. Would “Zionism” be the biggest problem? No, it would be communists in Russia, all kind of secular movements all over Europe, German Reform, etc. So, just because the confrontations moved to EY and the only remaining secularists were Zionists does not change that the core problem was secular anti-religious movements in whatever form they happened. As you see now, Israeli left is not so Zionist any more, but it is still in confrontation with Judaism.
