Land, Work, and Redemption in the Religious-Zionist Philosophy of Isaiah Aviad (Oskar Wolfsberg)

This article seeks to examine R. Dr. Isaiah Aviad’s outlook with regard the Land of Israel, worldly labor, and redemption, as reflected in his teachings. Aviad (Oskar Wolfsberg) (1893–1957) was born Germany. He one religious Zionism’s main thinkers. a pediatrician, since establishment Israel served an Israeli diplomat Scandinavia Switzerland. thought that Zionism is complete Judaism, which combines Torah spirit, matter—multi-dimensional. In addition, believed natural redemption human effort, linking cultivation earth. activism—i.e., redeeming soil cultivating it, precept will bring about redemption.