The jewish confederates is a 2001 history book authored by robert n. The jewish state theodor herzls program for zionism. In a state at any cost, a controversial historian explores david bengurions singleminded dream of building a jewish state in palestine. Theodor herzl was born in 1860 in budapest, hungary, and raised by. The focus of the book is not about the land of israel, in fact, herzl is indifferent to the jewish state being in palestine or in argentina. It is this paradox, says historian michael brenner the jewish peoples wish for a homeland both normal and exceptionalthat shapes israels ongoing struggle. It depends on the jews themselves whether this political pamphlet remains for the present a political romance. The israeli demand to be recognised as a jewish state by the palestinians is an inherently problematic concept. The earth resounds with outcries against the jews, herzl wrote, and these outcries have awakened the slumbering idea. More than that, creating a new jewish state would provide the opportunity to evolve it under advanced western democratic ideals and structures. The jewish state theodore herzl 1896 the ideological. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The word is derived from zion, a hill near the city of jerusalem. Herzls famed book reads more like a manual to colonize a land the way christians had but for jews, than a jewish national liberation movement.
On may 14, 1948, on the day in which the british mandate over a palestine expired, the jewish peoples council gathered at the tel aviv museum, and approved. Several articles and books advocating the zionist idea had appeared beginning in the 1840s, and small zionist groups such as hovevei tzion lovers of zion had begun recruiting immigrants to palestine, but no group had a coherent plan or modern ideology. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. Translated by sylvie davigdor, it includes an introduction by louis lipsky, and a biography of herzl based on the work of alex bein. Rosen about jewish citizens of the confederate states of america who served in the confederate states army csa during the american civil war of 18611865. If the present generation is too dull to understand. Several articles and books advocating the zionist idea had appeared beginning in the 1840s, and small zionist groups such as hovevei tzion lovers of zion had begun recruiting immigrants to palestine, but no. The present volume is a complete and unabridged republication of the jewish state, reproduced from the edition published by the american zionist emergency council, new york, 1946. This became the centerpiece of secular political zionism. The jewish state 1896 theodor herzls program for zionism. Setting the record straight new perspectives on jewish studies. Setting the record straight new perspectives on jewish studies faber, eli on.