In a state at any cost, a controversial historian explores david bengurions singleminded dream of building a jewish state in palestine. Zionism is about the pursuit of an independent jewish state. It is this paradox, says historian michael brenner the jewish peoples wish for a homeland both normal and exceptionalthat shapes israels ongoing struggle. The earth resounds with outcries against the jews, herzl wrote, and these outcries have awakened the slumbering idea. This became the centerpiece of secular political zionism. If the present generation is too dull to understand. Download our mobile app for onthego access to the jewish virtual library. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The israeli demand to be recognised as a jewish state by the palestinians is an inherently problematic concept. Why israel cant be a jewish state france al jazeera. Setting the record straight new perspectives on jewish studies.
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. The jewish state theodore herzl 1896 the ideological. Theodor herzl was born in 1860 in budapest, hungary, and raised by. 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. 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 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 depends on the jews themselves whether this political pamphlet remains for the present a political romance.