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| the jewish state theodor herzl: A Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2021-04-10 'A Jewish State' is a book written by Theodor Herzl. He was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2014-04-14 Zionism is Jewish ethno-nationalism in its purest form. The creation of the state of Israel is the most successfully-executed plan to create an ethnically homogenous territory in modern history. As such, it is worth of study by any group seeking its own ethnically-based homeland.This book, written in 1896 by the founder of the Zionist movement-and thereby the de facto founder of Israel-lays out the plan and route by which Jewish statehood was achieved.Herzl describes in detail how the state was justified, how the Jews would go about managing the physical occupation of the territory, and the logistical steps which had to be taken in order to achieve a Jews-only state.In these times of demographic change in the West, those seeking a solution to the impending crisis facing European man will do well to study this plan. No matter what the current problems of Israel may be, the reality is that it is a Jewish homeland, majority occupied by Jews and a basis from which that people will be able to survive whatever racial demographic invasion might swamp the West.European survival will depend upon the creation of geographic, territorial enclaves, and this book tells how it can be done. Significantly, Herzl points out that anti-Semitism would be one of the biggest push factors which would drive Jews to the Zionist state. This is of bearing to Europeans, given what will be the increasingly anti-white nature of many of the multi-racial Western states.This book is more than a historical document. It is a manual, a guidebook for those seeking to create an ethno-state. It should be read by all those serious about creating such a haven for the increasingly beleaguered European people.ContentsINTRODUCTIONTheodor Herzl: A BIOGRAPHYPrefaceChapter I. IntroductionChapter II. The Jewish QuestionChapter III. The Jewish CompanyChapter IV. Local GroupsChapter V. Society of Jews and Jewish StateChapter VI. Conclusion |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: A Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2015-03-04 Theodor Herzl: A Jewish State. Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question First published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. Translated by Sylvie d'Avigdor and Jacob De Haas, 1917. Vollständige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Illustration von Tim Tempelhofer. Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Herzl Shlomo Avineri, 2014 Born in Budapest in 1860, Theodor Herzl was a daydreamer who aspired to follow the footsteps of De Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal. As the Paris correspondent for Neue Freie Presse, Herzl followed the Dreyfus Affair, a notorious anti-Semitic incident in France in which a French Jewish army captain was falsely convicted of spying for Germany. Herzl came to reject his early ideas regarding Jewish emancipation and assimilation, and to believe that the Jews must remove themselves from Europe and create their own state. In 1896, he published 'The Jewish State' to immediate acclaim. This is his story. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2015-11-29 The idea I have developed in this pamphlet is an ancient one: It is the restoration of the Jewish State. . . The decisive factor is our propelling force. And what is that force? The plight of the Jews. . . I am profoundly convinced that I am right, though I doubt whether I shall live to see myself proved so. Those who today inaugurate this movement are unlikely to live to see its glorious culmination. But the very inauguration is enough to inspire in them a high pride and the joy of an inner liberation of their existence. . . The plan would seem mad enough if a single individual were to undertake it; but if many Jews simultaneously agree on it, it is entirely reasonable, and its achievement presents no difficulties worth mentioning. The idea depends only on the number of its adherents. Perhaps our ambitious young men, to whom every road of advancement is now closed, and for whom the Jewish state throws open a bright prospect of freedom, happiness, and honor perhaps they will see to it that this idea is spread. . . It depends on the Jews themselves whether this political document remains for the present a political romance. If this generation is too dull to understand it rightly, a future, finer, more advanced generation will arise to comprehend it. The Jews who will try it shall achieve their State; and they will deserve it. Theodor Herzl |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Old New Land Theodor Herzl, 2015-03-04 Theodor Herzl: Old New Land. (AltNeuLand) First print Leipzig 1902. Translated by Dr. David Simon Blondheim, Federation of American Zionists, 1916 Vollständige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Paul Gauguin, Am Fusse des Berges, 1892. Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2013-02-04 'The Jewish State' is a book written by Theodor Herzl. It is subtitled with Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question, and originally called Address to the Rothschilds referring to the Rothschild family banking dynasty.It is considered one of the most important texts of early Zionism. As expressed in this book, Herzl envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. He argued that the best way to avoid anti-Semitism in Europe was to create this independent Jewish state. Herzl, who had lived as a secular, largely assimilated Jew, was fluent in neither Hebrew nor Yiddish. His lack of contact with Jewish culture and intellectual currents, and his limited contact with Jews less assimilated than he was probably the reason he abandoned fundamental Jewish principals and rekindled Zionism with this text. The book was used to encourage Jews from all across Europe to purchase land in Palestine. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl Derek Jonathan Penslar, 2020-02-18 From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a masterful new biography of Theodor Herzl by an eminent historian of Zionism An excellent, concise biography of Theodor Herzl, architect of modern Zionism. . . . An exceptionally good, highly readable volume.--Publishers Weekly, starred review An engrossing account of a leader who, by converting despair into strength, gave an exiled people both political purpose and the means to attain it.--Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal The life of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) was as puzzling as it was brief. How did this cosmopolitan and assimilated European Jew become the leader of the Zionist movement? How could he be both an artist and a statesman, a rationalist and an aesthete, a stern moralist yet possessed of deep, and at times dark, passions? And why did scores of thousands of Jews, many of them from traditional, observant backgrounds, embrace Herzl as their leader? Drawing on a vast body of Herzl's personal, literary, and political writings, historian Derek Penslar shows that Herzl's path to Zionism had as much to do with personal crises as it did with antisemitism. Once Herzl devoted himself to Zionism, Penslar shows, he distinguished himself as a consummate leader--possessed of indefatigable energy, organizational ability, and electrifying charisma. Herzl became a screen onto which Jews of his era could project their deepest needs and longings. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives: Excellent. - New York times Exemplary. - Wall St. Journal Distinguished. - New Yorker Superb. - The Guardian |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 2015-03-24 [...] Theodor Herzl was born on Wednesday, May 2, 1860, in the city of Budapest. Almost next door to his father's house was the liberal-reform temple. To this house of worship the little boy went regularly with his father on Sabbaths and Holy Days. At home, too, the essentials of the ritual were observed. One ceremony which Theodor learned in childhood remained with him; before every important event and decision he sought the blessing of his parents. Even stronger than these impressions, however, was the influence of his mother. Her education had been German through and through; there was not a[...]. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Zionism Michael Stanislawski, 2017 This Very Short Introduction discloses a history of Zionism from the origins of modern Jewish nationalism in the 1870's to the present. Michael Stanislawski provides a lucid and detached analysis of Zionism, focusing on its internal intellectual and ideological developments and divides-- |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl, Bonni-Dara Michaels, 1997 |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Theodor Herzl, Alex Bein, American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946 |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine Tamar Amar-Dahl, 2016-11-07 After half a century of occupation and tremendous costs of the conflict, Israel is still struggling with the idea of a Palestinian state in what is often perceived as the Biblical Eretz Israel. Mapping Zionism, enemy images, peace and war policies, as well as democracy within the Jewish State, the present study offers original insights into Israel’s role in this conflict. By analyzing Israeli history, politics and security-oriented political culture as it has been evolving from 1948 on, this book reveals the ideological and political structures of a Zionist-oriented state and society. In doing so, it uncovers the abyss between the Zionist vision of Eretz Israel on the one hand and the aspiration to achieve normalization, peace and security on the other. In view of this conflict-laden bi-national reality, the Palestinian question is identified as the Achilles‘ heel of Jewish statehood in the Land of Israel. Thus, Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine provides a fresh, innovative, critical and yet accessible perspective on one of the most controversial issues in contemporary history. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Jewish State Yoram Hazony, 2009-04-30 In what may be the most controversial book on Zionism and Israel published in the last twenty years, Yoram Hazony graphically portrays the cultural and political revolt against Israel's status as the Jewish state. Examining ideological trends in academia, literature, media, law, the armed forces, and the foreign policy establishment, Hazony contends that Israelis are preparing themselves for the final break with the Jewish past and the Jewish future. In a dramatic new reading of Israeli history, Hazony uncovers the story of how Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt, and other German-Jewish intellectuals bitterly fought against the establishment of Israel, and later used the Hebrew University as a base for deposing David Ben-Gurion and discrediting Labor Zionism. The Jewish State is a must-read for anyone concerned with Israel's present and future. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl Jacques Kornberg, 1993-11-22 An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood figure. A great book. -- Bernard Avishai Excellent... a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon. -- Michael Marrus Other biographers... have illuminated aspects of [Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zionist and why he was literally consumed with promoting Zionist goals. -- Cithara With compassion and critical balance, placing his subject well within his Austrian milieu, Kornberg analyzes Herzl's rhetoric, tergiversations, and profound ambivalence over his politics and identity. -- Choice ... a masterful display of the sources... -- American Historical Review ... stimulating, provocative and agreeably iconoclastic... powerful and compelling. -- German History A novel and provocative explanation of Theodor Herzl's founding of Zionism as a way of resolving his personal crisis over his Jewish identity. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: A Knight at the Opera Leah Garrett, 2011 A Knight at the Opera examines the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannh user played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book analyzes how three of the greatest Jewish thinkers of that era, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Herzl, and I. L. Peretz, used this central myth of Germany to strengthen Jewish culture and to attack anti-Semitism. Readers will see how Tannh user evolves from a medieval knight to Peretz's pious Jewish scholar in the Land of Israel. The book also discusses how the founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was so inspired by Wagner's opera that he wrote The Jewish State while attending performances of it. A Knight at the Opera uses Tannh user as a way to examine the changing relationship between Jews and the broader world during the advent of the modern era, and to question if any art, even that of a prominent anti-Semite, should be considered taboo. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Herzl Shlomo Avineri, 2013 The first biography in almost a generation of the founder of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel. Drawing extensively on his diaries as well as his published works, this intellectual biographical follows Herzl's transformation from a private person into the founder and leader of a political movement which made the quest for a Jewish state into a player in international politics. Contrary to the conventional view which saw the Dreyfus affair as the trigger for Herzl's loss of belief in the promise of Jewish emancipation, Avineri shows how it was the political crisis of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg Empire, torn apart by contending national movements, which convinced Herzl of the need for a Jewish polity. In response to the wide resonance for his 1896 The Jewish State, Herzl convened the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, which established the World Zionist Organization with its representative and elected institutions; this in turn became the foundation for Israel's democratic political system. In his efforts to gain international support for a Jewish state, Herzl met with the Ottoman Sultan, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, Pope Pius X, British, Russian and German ministers, as well as an enormous number of other government and public opinion leaders of most European countries. By the time of his early death in 1904 at the age of 44, Herzl succeeded in putting Zionism on the map of world politics, no longer an esoteric idea held by a small group of Jewish intellectuals in Eastern Europe. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl Gideon Shimoni, Robert S. Wistrich, 1999 How and why did this highly assimilated Austrol Hungarian journalist and playwright arrive at his Zionist revelation in Paris in 1895? What was the connection between the pre-Zionist Herzl and his subsequent meteoric career as leader of the movement for Jewish national redemption? The path-breaking original essays in this volume, especially written by foremost Herzl scholars worldwide, provide novel and at times surprising answers to these and many more questions. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: A Jewish State Theodor Herzl, 1917 |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Labyrinth of Exile Ernst Pawel, 2011-04-01 At the age of thirty-five, the fashionable Viennese playwright and journalist Theodor Herzl fantasized about the collective conversion of the Jews in a mass ceremony at the cathedral of St. Stephen. By the time he died, a mere nine years later, he had redefined Jewish identity in terms of a modern secular faith and created a national movement which, within less than half a century, led to the foundation of the Jewish state. So begins Ernst Pawel's remarkable study of Herzl. In The Labyrinth of Exile Pawel restores the vital link between the myth of the founding father of Zionism and the human being and demonstrates that the reality of Herzl's life is much more complicated and far more interesting. Legendary and all too human, Herzl remains one of the emblematic figures of modern times. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: A Jewish State Theodor Herzl, Sylvie D'Avigdor, Jacob De Haas, 2015-02-26 Theodor Herzl: A Jewish State. Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question Large print, 16 pt First published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. Translated by Sylvie d'Avigdor and Jacob De Haas, 1917. Minion Pro, 16 pt. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Zionist Ideas Gil Troy, 2018 The most comprehensive Zionist collection ever published, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland--Then, Now, Tomorrow sheds light on the surprisingly diverse and shared visions for realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state. Building on Arthur Hertzberg's classic, The Zionist Idea, Gil Troy explores the backstories, dreams, and legacies of more than 170 passionate Jewish visionaries--quadruple Hertzberg's original number, and now including women, mizrachim, and others--from the 1800s to today. Troy divides the thinkers into six Zionist schools of thought--Political, Revisionist, Labor, Religious, Cultural, and Diaspora Zionism--and reveals the breadth of the debate and surprising syntheses. He also presents the visionaries within three major stages of Zionist development, demonstrating the length and evolution of the conversation. Part 1 (pre-1948) introduces the pioneers who founded the Jewish state, such as Herzl, Gordon, Jabotinsky, Kook, Ha'am, and Szold. Part 2 (1948 to 2000) features builders who actualized and modernized the Zionist blueprints, such as Ben-Gurion, Berlin, Meir, Begin, Soloveitchik, Uris, and Kaplan. Part 3 showcases today's torchbearers, including Barak, Grossman, Shaked, Lau, Yehoshua, and Sacks. This mosaic of voices will engage equally diverse readers in reinvigorating the Zionist conversation--weighing and developing the moral, social, and political character of the Jewish state of today and tomorrow. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Herzl Amos Elon, 2019-07-31 Born in Budapest to a well-to-do assimilated Jewish family, Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) and his family moved to Vienna when he was 18. He studied law before he began writing plays and pieces of journalism. Herzl became the Paris correspondent for Vienna’s leading newspaper, the Neue Freie Presse, and covered the Dreyfus affair, which shocked and galvanized him to write The Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question, published in 1896. After the first Zionist congress of 1897, Herzl wrote in his diary: “In Basel I founded the Jewish state. If I said this aloud today, I would be answered by universal laughter. Perhaps in five years, and certainly in fifty, everyone will agree.” “A great dramatic biography.” — Alfred Kazin, The New York Times “Any reader familiar with the sources can appreciate the brilliance, restraint and fidelity of Elon’s narrative... the excitement of events and the quality of their prime mover come through admirably.” — The New Republic “You could not put the book down without admiring Theodor Herzl’s courage and practical achievements — his romance turned into a Congress, a bank, a diplomacy.” — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker “A quite astonishing portrait... positively rewarding” — Kirkus Reviews “Elon’s 1975 biography of Herzl... vividly portrayed the man with all his quirks, inventiveness and shortcomings” — Lawrence Joffe, The Guardian “considered one of the best biographies to date of Zionist founder Theodor Herzl” — Benjamin Spier, Jerusalem Post “arguably the best biography ever written of the founding father of Zionism, Theodore Herzl” — Tom Segev, Ha’aretz “A fascinating book ... it has the fascination of a novel on the grand scale.” — Arthur Miller, Washington Post “A skillfully written human look at the man whose life reads like a novel...” — Miami Herald |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Israeli Century Yossi Shain, 2021-11-02 “The Israeli Century is one of the most important books of our generation, emphasizing how Israel is becoming the center of the Jewish People’s existence and is laying the solid foundations for its future.” —Isaac Herzog, President of Israel In this important breakthrough work, Yossi Shain takes us on a sweeping and surprising journey through the history of the Jewish people, from the destruction of the First Temple in the sixth century B.C.E. up to the modern era. Over the course of this long history, Jews have moved from a life of Diaspora, which ultimately led to destruction, to a prosperous existence in a thriving, independent nation state. The new power of Jewish sovereignty has echoed around the world and gives Israelis a new and significant role as influential global players. In the Israeli Century, the Jew is reborn, feeling a deep responsibility for his tradition and a natural connection to his homeland. A sense of having a home to return to allows him to travel the wider world and act with ease and confidence. In the Israeli Century, the Israeli Jew can fully express the strengths developed over many generations in the long period of wandering and exile. As a result, Shain argues, the burden of preserving the continuity of the Jewish people and defining its character is no longer the responsibility of Diaspora communities. Instead it now falls squarely on the shoulders of Israelis themselves. The challenges of Israeli sovereignty in turn require farsighted leaders with a clear-eyed understanding of the dangers that confront the Jewish future, as well as the incredible opportunities it offers. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl Georges Weisz, 2013 You would think that everything there is to say about Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism, has already been written and published. In fact, the rampant misunderstandings and downright distortions of the man can be seen as the clearest symptoms of the identity crisis that afflicts Israeli society today. More than a century after Herzl s death, the time has come to remove the various masks that still obscure his true face and to restore the Jewish and universal dimensions to his enterprise. Such is the goal of the present study by Dr. Yitshak Weisz, the product of more than eight years of research. This is not just another biography of Herzl, but an incisive critique of everything that has been written in the past and an invitation to take a close new look at the body of his work. From this novel and even bold new reading emerges a new Herzl, revitalized for the twenty-first century. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Deconstructing Zionism Gianni Vattimo, Michael Marder, 2013-11-21 This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy series provides a political and philosophical critique of Zionism. While other nationalisms seem to have adapted to twenty-first century realities and shifting notions of state and nation, Zionism has largely remained tethered to a nineteenth century mentality, including the glorification of the state as the only means of expressing the spirit of the people. These essays, contributed by eminent international thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Luce Irigaray, Judith Butler, Gianni Vattimo, Walter Mignolo, Marc Ellis, and others, deconstruct the political-metaphysical myths that are the framework for the existence of Israel.Collectively, they offer a multifaceted critique of the metaphysical, theological, and onto-political grounds of the Zionist project and the economic, geopolitical, and cultural outcomes of these foundations. A significant contribution to the debates surrounding the state of Israel today, this groundbreaking work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, philosophy, Jewish thought, and the Middle East conflict. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature Adam Kirsch, 2016-10-04 An accessible introduction to the classics of Jewish literature, from the Bible to modern times, by one of America’s finest literary critics (Wall Street Journal). Jews have long embraced their identity as “the people of the book.” But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little known to nonspecialist readers. The People and the Books shows how central questions and themes of our history and culture are reflected in the Jewish literary canon: the nature of God, the right way to understand the Bible, the relationship of the Jews to their Promised Land, and the challenges of living as a minority in Diaspora. Adam Kirsch explores eighteen classic texts, including the biblical books of Deuteronomy and Esther, the philosophy of Maimonides, the autobiography of the medieval businesswoman Glückel of Hameln, and the Zionist manifestoes of Theodor Herzl. From the Jews of Roman Egypt to the mystical devotees of Hasidism in Eastern Europe, The People and the Books brings the treasures of Jewish literature to life and offers new ways to think about their enduring power and influence. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Complete Diaries Theodor Herzl, 1960 |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The First Zionist Congress , 2019-02-27 An indispensable primary source in the history of Zionism. The First Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland, in August 1897, was arguably the most significant Jewish assembly since antiquity. Its delegates surveyed the situation of Jews at the end of the nineteenth century, analyzed cultural and economic issues facing them, defined the program of Zionism, created an organization for planning and decision-making, and coalesced in camaraderie and shared aspiration. Though Zionism experienced multiple conflicts and reversals, the Congresss goal was ultimately realized in the establishment of Jewish sovereignty in Palestinethe State of Israelin 1948. As Theodor Herzl, the Congresss principal organizer, declared: At Basel I founded the Jewish state. This volume presents, for the first time, a complete translation of the German proceedings into English. Michael J. Reimers accessible translation includes explanatory annotations and a glossary of key terms, events, and personalities. A detailed introduction situates the First Zionist Congress in historical context and provides a summary of each days events. The Congresss debates supply a case study in the history of nationalism: they feature imagery and tropes used by nationalists all over Europe, while appealing to the distinctive heritage of Judaism. The proceedings are also important for what they sayand omitabout the Ottoman state that ruled Palestine as well as the Palestinian Arab people living there. This is a foundational primary source in modern Jewish history. This translation of the protocols of the First Zionist Congress will be of immense benefit to students and scholars of Jewish and Middle Eastern history, nationalism studies, and colonial and postcolonial studies. Reimers long introduction is thoughtful and provocative, the translation is faithful, and the notes and biographical dictionary are enormously helpful. Derek J. Penslar, Harvard University This is an important and even fantastic piece of work. Reimer makes an excellent and perhaps understated case for the need for such a complete and annotated translation. Michael Berkowitz, author of Zionist Culture and West European Jewry before the First World War |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: What Ifs of Jewish History Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, 2016-09-08 Counterfactual history of the Jewish past inviting readers to explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Beyond the Nation-State Dmitry Shumsky, 2018-10-23 A revisionist account of Zionist history, challenging the inevitability of a one-state solution, from a bold, path-breaking young scholar The Jewish nation-state has often been thought of as Zionism’s end goal. In this bracing history of the idea of the Jewish state in modern Zionism, from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century until the establishment of the state of Israel, Dmitry Shumsky challenges this deeply rooted assumption. In doing so, he complicates the narrative of the Zionist quest for full sovereignty, provocatively showing how and why the leaders of the pre-state Zionist movement imagined, articulated and promoted theories of self-determination in Palestine either as part of a multinational Ottoman state (1882-1917), or in the framework of multinational democracy. In particular, Shumsky focuses on the writings and policies of five key Zionist leaders from the Habsburg and Russian empires in central and eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Leon Pinsker, Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha’am, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, and David Ben-Gurion to offer a very pointed critique of Zionist historiography. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Auto-emancipation Leon Pinsker, 1906 |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl and the Origins of Zionism Ritchie Robertson, Edward Timms, 1997 This volume commemorates Theodor Herzl, the Viennese journalist and writer who, incongruously, founded Zionism as a political movement which led ultimately to the founding of the State of Israel. The contributors look at Herzl and seek to place him in historical context. In particular, they examine his relations with Viennese contemporaries, his use of his position as a prominent journalist to obtain audiences with world leaders, his negotiations with Germany and Britain to obtain a national territory for the Jews, and his attempts to analyze and reshape the Jewish character in his fictional writings. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Theodor Herzl: the Jewish State (der Judenstaat) Theodor Herzl, 2017-01-31 No human being is wealthy or powerful enough to transplant a nation from one habitation to another. An idea alone can achieve that and this idea of a State may have the requisite power to do so. The Jews have dreamt this kingly dream all through the long nights of their history. Next year in Jerusalem is our old phrase. It is now a question of showing that the dream can be converted into a living reality. For this, many old, outgrown, confused and limited notions must first be entirely erased from the minds of men. Dull brains might, for instance, imagine that this exodus would be from civilized regions into the desert. That is not the case. It will be carried out in the midst of civilization. We shall not revert to a lower stage, we shall rise to a higher one. We shall not dwell in mud huts; we shall build new more beautiful and more modern houses, and possess them in safety. We shall not lose our acquired possessions we shall realize them. We shall surrender our well earned rights only for better ones. We shall not sacrifice our beloved customs; we shall find them again. We shall nor leave our old home before the new one is prepared for us Those only will depart who are sure thereby to improve their position; those who are now desperate will go first after them the poor; next the prosperous, and, last of all the wealthy. Those who go in advance will raise themselves to a higher grade, equal to those whose representatives will shortly follow. Thus the exodus will be at the same time an ascent of the class. THEODOR HERZL |
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| the jewish state theodor herzl: Churchill's Promised Land David Makovsky, Michael Makovsky, New Republic, 2007-01-01 A comprehensive examination of Churchill s complex political, diplomatic, and intellectual response to Zionism |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The Story of Israel Martin Gilbert, Sir Martin Gilbert, 2011 Just over 100 years ago, Theodor Herzl launched the Zionist movement. Fifty years later, after the Holocaust, the State of Israel came into being, established so that Jews anywhere in the world could have a homeland. Yet in the years since, five wars have tested Israel's ability to survive. Influxes of emigrants added to the country's cultural riches yet strained its social fabric, even as Israel's Arab neighbors sought to redress their own grievances through violence. Now Israel's fascinating story is told by renowned historian Martin Gilbert, enhanced with 15 rare facsimile documents, some of which have never before been published. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Edward Said and the Religious Effects of Culture William D. Hart, 2000-04-13 This book provides a distinctive account of Edward Said's critique of modern culture by highlighting the religion-secularism distinction on which it is predicated. It refers to religious and secular traditions and to tropes that extend the meaning and reference of religion and secularism in indeterminate ways. It covers Said's heterogeneous corpus--from Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography, his first book, to Orientalism, his most influential book, to his recent writings on the Palestinian question. The religion-secularism distinction lies behind Said's cultural criticism, and his notion of intellectual responsibility. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: The War of Return Adi Schwartz, Einat Wilf, 2020-04-28 Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no right of return. In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group—unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath of World War II and other conflicts—has remained unsettled, demanding to settle in the state of Israel. Their belief in a right of return is one of the largest obstacles to successful diplomacy and lasting peace in the region. In The War of Return, Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf—both liberal Israelis supportive of a two-state solution—reveal the origins of the idea of a right of return, and explain how UNRWA - the very agency charged with finding a solution for the refugees - gave in to Palestinian, Arab and international political pressure to create a permanent “refugee” problem. They argue that this Palestinian demand for a “right of return” has no legal or moral basis and make an impassioned plea for the US, the UN, and the EU to recognize this fact, for the good of Israelis and Palestinians alike. A runaway bestseller in Israel, the first English translation of The War of Return is certain to spark lively debate throughout America and abroad. |
| the jewish state theodor herzl: Zionism Without Zion Gur Alroey, 2016-05-02 Examines an alternative ideology to Zionism that attempted to build a Jewish State outside of Palestine. While the ideologies of Territorialism and Zionism originated at the same time, the Territorialists foresaw a dire fate for Eastern European Jews, arguing that they could not wait for the Zionist Organization to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. This pessimistic worldview led Territorialists to favor a solution for the Jewish state here and now—and not only in the Land of Israel. In Zionism without Zion: The Jewish Territorial Organization and Its Conflict with the Zionist Organization, author Gur Alroey examines this group's unique perspective, its struggle with the Zionist movement, its Zionist rivals' response, and its diplomatic efforts to obtain a territory for the Jewish people in the first decades of the twentieth century. Alroey begins by examining the British government's Uganda Plan and the ensuing crisis it caused in the Zionist movement and Jewish society. He details the founding of the Jewish Territorial Organization (ITO) in 1903 and explains the varied reactions that the Territorialist ideology received from Zionists and settlers in Palestine. Alroey also details the diplomatic efforts of Territorialists during their desperate search for a suitable territory, which ultimately never bore fruit. Finally, he attempts to understand the reasons for the ITO's dissolution after the Balfour Declaration, explores the revival of Territorialism with the New Territorialists in the 1930s and 1940s, and describes the similarities and differences between the movement then and its earlier version. Zionism without Zion sheds new light on the solutions Territorialism proposed to alleviate the hardship of Eastern European Jews at the start of the twentieth century and offers fresh insights into the challenges faced by Zionism in the same era. The thorough discussion of this under-studied ideology will be of considerable interested to scholars of Eastern European history, Jewish history, and Israel studies. |
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Herzl, as a cool thinker, argued that the propelling force needed to create a Jewish State exists in the misery of the Jews.
A Jewish state, an attempt at a modern solution of the Jewish …
Herzl, as a cool thinker, argued that the propelling force needed to create a Jewish State exists in the misery of the Jews'.; This "Jewish State," therefore, went through such violent natat^ …
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Theodor Herzl's pamphlet Der Judenstaat, The Jewish State, was published in 1896. It heralded the coming of age of the new, political movement of ‘Zionism’. Napoleon suggested the …
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of the Zionist movement, Theodor Herzl, the Jewish state ought to be “a portion of the rampart of Europe against Asia, an outpost of civilization as opposed to barbarism.” 10 Early Zionist …
Theodor Herzl's Conversion to Zionism - JSTOR
About the beginning of May 1895, Herzl was seized by the idea which led him early in June to begin composing his book, The Jewish State, in which he proposed the organized exodus of …
THE FORGOTTEN TRUTH ABOUT THE BALFOUR …
1897: “Zionism seeks to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public law.” Theodor Herzl had failed to land such a commitment, either from the Ottoman sultan or …
Theodor Herzl: Political Activity and Achievements - JSTOR
Jewish colonization had proved successful, and consistent efforts were being made to lay the foundations of a Jewish state. It took Wilhelm a month to reply to his uncle's letter.
Herzl's Legal ndEconomic Views in The Jewish State: A Scorecard
This paper compares Theodor Herzl's conception of the legal and economic institutions he envisioned in The Jewish State with those functioning Israel in 1995. His main goal, the …
Theodore Herzl: A Reevaluation - JSTOR
Until recently, Theodore Herzl was always celebrated unreservedly by his interpreters. The definitive biography of Herzl by Alex Bein, published in 1934, was a monument to the man, …
The Influence of Austrian Humanism in Theodor Herzl's Vision of …
As I examine Herzl's vision of the Jewish state, especially in his novel Old-New Land, the role if the poetic narrative will be a factor in discerning how the Austrian humanist tradition informed …
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Theodor Herzl, a Hungarian-Jewish journalist, is considered the father of modern Zionism. "Der Judenstaat" outlined his vision for a Jewish state in Palestine. The First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, marked the official birth of the movement.
Rights of Man, Reasons of State: Emile Zola and Theodor Herzl in ...
Beginning with Herzl's arrival in Paris in 1891 and concluding with Zola'sJ'Accuse in 1898-this article is divided into two parts. It first interrogates Zola's internal monologue about Jews and …
Forming a Nucleus for the Jewish State - CIE
8 Aug 2019 · the creation of Jewish and Arab states in 1937 and1947, respectively, clearly reflected the outlines of Jewish settlement building. By 1939, before one-third of world Jewry …
The Jewish State Theodor Herzl - flexlm.seti.org
Theodor Herzl, a Hungarian-Jewish journalist, is considered the father of modern Zionism. "Der Judenstaat" outlined his vision for a Jewish state in Palestine. The First Zionist Congress in …
Derek Penslar, Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (Jewish …
The Charismatic Leader is a publication by Derek Penslar within Yale University’s Jewish Lives series. Jewish Lives seeks to publish “deeply informed books that explore the range and depth …
A JEWISH STATE - Archive.org
Herzl, as a cool thinker, argued that the propelling force needed to create a Jewish State exists in the misery of the Jews.
A Jewish state, an attempt at a modern solution of the Jewish …
Herzl, as a cool thinker, argued that the propelling force needed to create a Jewish State exists in the misery of the Jews'.; This "Jewish State," therefore, went through such violent natat^ …
080318 The Jewish State - FINAL - lbc.org.au
Theodor Herzl's pamphlet Der Judenstaat, The Jewish State, was published in 1896. It heralded the coming of age of the new, political movement of ‘Zionism’. Napoleon suggested the …
The Jewish Question, The Jewish State, Theodor Herzl (1897)
After the publication of “The Jewish State” and the conduct of the First Congress, Herzl became the maestro for political Zionism, its cheerleader, organizational guru, and diplomatic envoy to …
Modern History Sourcebook: Theodor Herzl: On the Jewish State…
before Theodor Herzl (1860 1904) wrote his influential pamphlet, The Jewish State. But Herzl's work pushed the formation of a political movement to establish a Jewish homeland in …
HerZl’s ‘The jewish state’: Nationalism and homeland in …
This paper is a theoretical examination of Theodor Herzl’s ‘The Jewish State’ as a response to the Jewish Question, and its consequences and implications on the subsequent conception of …
Theodor Herzl's Conversion to Zionism - JSTOR
About the beginning of May 1895, Herzl was seized by the idea which led him early in June to begin composing his book, The Jewish State, in which he proposed the organized exodus of …
Theodor Herzl: Political Activity and Achievements - JSTOR
Jewish colonization had proved successful, and consistent efforts were being made to lay the foundations of a Jewish state. It took Wilhelm a month to reply to his uncle's letter.
THE FORGOTTEN TRUTH ABOUT THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
1897: “Zionism seeks to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public law.” Theodor Herzl had failed to land such a commitment, either from the Ottoman sultan or …
Theodore Herzl: A Reevaluation - JSTOR
Until recently, Theodore Herzl was always celebrated unreservedly by his interpreters. The definitive biography of Herzl by Alex Bein, published in 1934, was a monument to the man, …
Herzl's Legal ndEconomic Views in The Jewish State: A Scorecard
This paper compares Theodor Herzl's conception of the legal and economic institutions he envisioned in The Jewish State with those functioning Israel in 1995. His main goal, the …
The Influence of Austrian Humanism in Theodor Herzl's Vision of …
As I examine Herzl's vision of the Jewish state, especially in his novel Old-New Land, the role if the poetic narrative will be a factor in discerning how the Austrian humanist tradition informed …
A Century of Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Zionism’s ... - JSTOR
of the Zionist movement, Theodor Herzl, the Jewish state ought to be “a portion of the rampart of Europe against Asia, an outpost of civilization as opposed to barbarism.” 10 Early Zionist …
The Jewish State Theodor Herzl [PDF] - flexlm.seti.org
Theodor Herzl, a Hungarian-Jewish journalist, is considered the father of modern Zionism. "Der Judenstaat" outlined his vision for a Jewish state in Palestine. The First Zionist Congress in …
Rights of Man, Reasons of State: Emile Zola and Theodor Herzl in ...
Beginning with Herzl's arrival in Paris in 1891 and concluding with Zola'sJ'Accuse in 1898-this article is divided into two parts. It first interrogates Zola's internal monologue about Jews and …
Forming a Nucleus for the Jewish State - CIE
8 Aug 2019 · the creation of Jewish and Arab states in 1937 and1947, respectively, clearly reflected the outlines of Jewish settlement building. By 1939, before one-third of world Jewry …
Derek Penslar, Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (Jewish …
The Charismatic Leader is a publication by Derek Penslar within Yale University’s Jewish Lives series. Jewish Lives seeks to publish “deeply informed books that explore the range and depth …
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Theodor Herzl, a Hungarian-Jewish journalist, is considered the father of modern Zionism. "Der Judenstaat" outlined his vision for a Jewish state in Palestine. The First Zionist Congress in …
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Jewish Zionists actively lobbied among non-Jews, and even Herzl, after having failed with the Kaiser and the Sultan, had in 1900 turned to England. "From this place the Zionist Movement …
