About Zionism: Speeches and Lectures by Professor Albert Einstein. Translated and Edited With an Introduction by Leon Simon. London, Soncino 1930, Macmillan, 1931. See also: Albert Einstein Albert Einstein and Zionism
Herzl and Zionist leaders en route to Eretz Israel. In Herzl’s diary, he describes the end of the voyage: “When day broke we began to search for the Jewish coast… it is strange to see what emotion this barren land arouses in most of the travelers: The elderly German priest from South Africa, the Russian […]
From right to left: Joseph Seidener, Moses T. Schnirer, Theodor Herzl, David Wolffsohn, Max Bodenheimer.
The bodies of victims of the Kischinev (Chisinau) pogrom which took place on April 19, 1903. The anti-Jewish riots in Kishinev, Bessarabia, are worse than the censor will permit to publish. There was a well laid-out plan for the general massacre of Jews on the day following the Russian Easter. The mob was led by priests, […]
In the face of a more active opposition to Zionism from amongst various Jewish leaders, Herzl called on the Congress to “conquer the communities.” In essence, this was a demand that the Zionist movement focus its attention not only on political activity for Palestine but also on work within the Jewish communities. At this Congress, […]
Herzl wrote this Zionist novel in 1902, which describes the future Jewish state as a social utopia.
Das neue Ghetto, play in four acts, by Theodor Herzl. First published in German in Die Welt. Location: Vienna, 1893. The play was written following the Dreyfus trial which Herzl surveyed as a journalist. It focuses on an assimilated Jewish lawyer who tries and fails to break through the social ghetto enforced on Western Jews. The […]
In Der Judenstaat, Herzl outlined his vision of the Jewish State: 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 […]
New analysis of a previously known scrap of a Biblical text provides fascinating insight into the formation of the Hebrew Bible. Known as the Ashkar-Gilson Hebrew Manuscript #2, the text is a remnant of a Torah scroll from the seventh or eighth century C.E. and contains a crucial section of the Book of Exodus. Although […]