| The Jewish State Contributor(s): Herzl, Theodor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1420942883 ISBN-13: 9781420942880 Publisher: Digireads.com OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 956.940 |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.28 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theodor Herzl was born in 1860 in Budapest, Hungary, and raised by an Orthodox Jewish father and an unobservant Jewish mother. It was quite a journey from there to becoming the founder of the World Zionist Organization and an influential figure in the establishment of the state of Israel. Fueled by anti-Semitic attitudes of late-nineteenth-century Europe, Herzl promoted the concept of an entirely Jewish state, a homeland for Jewish people, in Palestine. He published "The Jewish State" in 1896, in which he outlined a theory to employ diplomacy to get other powerful nations to support the foundation of such a nation, and thereby liberate the Jews from a constant state of poverty and repression. This work has been reprinted in over eighty editions, in over eighteen different languages, and has been an integral force in the promotion of a Jewish national identity. |
