Posts Tagged: Herzl
A Bicentennial to Mark Modern Zionism
Not many Jews today recall a 19th-century Jewish leader who wrote a booklet that inspired young Jews to move to the Land of Israel. The man...
If You Will It, It Is No Dream… but Only on Our Terms
In his address to the Zionist Congress in London on August 2, 1900, Theodor Herzl said: Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured home in...
The Audacity of Herzl
“With audacity,” Napoleon Bonaparte once observed, “one can undertake anything, but not do everything.” As Derek Penslar’s new book Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader makes clear, few...
A Lesson From Abraham on Jewish Diplomacy
Among the vignettes of Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs in the Torah portion of Chaye Sara, the genesis of Jewish history is revealed. Through principled diplomacy...
