This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Brit Shalom (Hebrew: ברית שלום, lit.
Its goal was the creation of a centre for Jewish cultural life in Israel, echoing the earlier ideas of Ahad Ha'am.
Brit Shalom supporters and founders included economist and sociologist Arthur Ruppin, philosopher Martin Buber, Hugo Bergmann, historian Hans Kohn, Gershom Scholem, Henrietta Szold and Israel Jacob Kligler.
A letter from Arthur Ruppin to Hans Kohn in May 1930 states:In the foundations of Brith Shalom one of the determining factors was that the Zionist aim has no equal example in history.
The group disintegrated by the early 1930s due to the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the increased necessity to encourage jewish immigration.