Israel became a magnet for the type of Jew that early Zionists never reckoned with. "Before World War II." he said. "most Jews arriving in Palestine were educated Europeans. But six and onehalf million of these were killed. After the war we received only Europes sick and shattered survivors of nazism. "Instead of building a nation with educated. sophisticated citizens. we had to build with the uneducated of Asia and North Africathe poor. the diseased. the peddlers of the world. "But we took everyone. despite those who said we must restrict immigration. How could we? That was the purpose of the State.
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Generalizations about Jews from Europe, Asia, and North Africa.