Poll: Rabbi Kook most influential Jewish leader
YNet (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3540900,00.html)
Thousands of Israelis surveyed rank Zionist-religious leader as most influential in sculpting Jewish State's identity. Cultural representatives chosen as best role models
In a survey conducted by Ynet and Gesher Society in honor of Israel's 60th Independence Day, Abraham Isaac Kook was chosen to be the largest contributor to the shaping and building of the State of Israel. The Zionist-religious leader was awarded first place in the survey, which asked thousands to rank Jewish leaders according to their contribution to the State.
In second place was Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, who also gave the State's founding speech. Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, also known as Rabbi MiLubavitch, came in third, and Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, founder of Zionism, was ranked fourth.
Other leaders ranked among the top 10 were Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, Shulamit Aloni, Hayyim Nahman Bialik, and Hannah Senensh.
Rabbi Kook (1865
Why do those motherfuckers always capitalize the word "state?"
It's hard to claim it's just Likudniks that are messed up when the population itself nominates notorious creeps like Schneerson.
Look at those demon eyes, they burn with the fires of communism/masonry!
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