simcha613:
I’m sure Rav Elchonon was careful in the words he chose and that he meant exactly what he wrote.
First, I am not looking to judge anybody. I’m also not sure what zealotry has to do with this. I certainly agree that our MO and “Religious Zionist” brethren do not intend to CH”V worship idols.
I am merely pointing out what Rav Elchonon and others wrote. Rabbi JB Soloveichik, too, said that his father also held that Zionism is A”Z.
So this is not a radical idea, and that’s what great rabbanim paskened.
You have a kasha of what about most of the world that has been fooled by Zionism?
Ask your LOR how this is resolved. But Rav Elchonon’s psak that Zionism is A”Z does not change.
I suppose it wouldn’t help your incredulity to point out that a shockingly large part of Klal Yisrael during Eliyahu haNavi’s time worshipped the Baal. That’s with Eliyahu haNavi in their midst. Today, with the yeridas haDoros and no navi, why is it so shocking that so many people would fall prey to the lies of Zionism?