Liberalism and Zionism

Benjamin Kerstein explains Joel Beinart's problems with Zionism (Hat Tip: Instapundit). It is worth asking what, one hundred or so years after Herzl, the verdict of history has been in regard to liberalism and the Jews. Despite the fervent belief of many Jewish liberals that liberalism is the one thing standing between them and the abyss, I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that