▁pre - Z ion ist ▁Ali y ah , ▁even ▁before ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁the ▁year ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁practical ▁Z ion ism . ▁ ▁The ▁Re formed ▁Jews ▁rejected ▁this ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁Z ion . ▁The ▁conference ▁of ▁rabb is , ▁at ▁Frankfurt ▁am ▁Main , ▁July ▁ 1 5 – 2 8 , ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁deleted ▁from ▁the ▁rit ual ▁all ▁pray ers ▁for ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁Z ion ▁and ▁a ▁rest oration ▁of ▁a ▁Jewish ▁state . ▁The ▁Philadelphia ▁Conference , ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁followed ▁the ▁lead ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁rabb is ▁and ▁decre ed ▁that ▁the ▁Mess ian ic ▁hope ▁of ▁Israel ▁is ▁" the ▁union ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁the ▁conf ession ▁of ▁the ▁unity ▁of ▁God ". ▁The ▁Pitts burgh ▁Conference , ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁re iter ated ▁this ▁Mess ian ic ▁idea ▁of ▁reform ed ▁J uda ism , ▁express ing ▁in ▁a ▁resolution ▁that ▁" we ▁consider ▁ourselves ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁nation , ▁but ▁a ▁religious ▁community ; ▁and ▁we ▁therefore ▁expect ▁neither ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁Palest ine , ▁nor ▁a ▁sacrific ial ▁worship ▁under ▁the ▁sons ▁of ▁A aron , ▁nor ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁laws ▁concerning ▁a ▁Jewish ▁state ". ▁ ▁Jewish ▁settlement s ▁were ▁proposed ▁for ▁establishment ▁in ▁the ▁upper ▁Mississippi ▁region ▁by ▁W . D . ▁Robinson ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 9 . ▁O thers ▁were