Berl Katznelson Quotes

Belarus, Newspaper Editor
January 25, 1887 – August, 12, 1944.

Berl Katznelson (Hebrew: 25 January 1887 – 12 August 1944) was one of the intellectual founders of Labor Zionism, instrumental to the establishment of the modern state of Israel, and the editor of Davar, the first daily newspaper of the workers' movement.

We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses.

Berl Katznelson
Throughout all the pain of enslavement and despotism, of inquisition, forced conversion, and massacre, the Jewish people has carried in its heart the yearning for freedom and has given this craving a folk expression which includes every soul in Israel, every single downtrodden pauperized soul!

Berl Katznelson
- Heart
- Soul
- Freedom

We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.

Berl Katznelson
- Truth
- Gloomy
- Counterfeit
There is only a single step between impurity and purity.

Berl Katznelson
- Step
- Purity
Those who will find here a hold for their souls, an anvil for their hands, and vitality for their hearts, will build both their lives and the land.

Berl Katznelson
- Hands
- Hearts
- Souls