Theodor herzl

Herzl, Ahad Ha’am, and the Jewish question we still haven’t answered

The unfinished synthesis between sovereignty and civilization has now matured into something more dangerous than exile: a crisis of intelligibility.

APRIL 21, 2026|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS

Theodor Herzl and Ahad Ha'am Asher Ginsberg.

THEODOR HERZL leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois.

What I discovered about Herzl’s room in Basel

When we celebrate Independence Day, it is easy to forget that the idea of the Jewish State was not born in the desert or in the Middle East, but in Basel, on the cool banks of the Rhine River.

APRIL 20, 2026|ByJACOB MAOR

CHAIRMAN YAAKOV HAGOEL on the World Zionist Organization balcony in Jerusalem, in homage to Theodor Herzl’s iconic pose at the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, in the early 1900s.

Closing the circle: Inside the campaign to bring Theodor Herzl’s grandparents to Mount Herzl

WZO Chairman Yaakov Hagoel says the reburial is part of a larger argument: the myth of the assimilated Herzl has done real damage to Zionist education.

APRIL 17, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Herzl statue at Mikveh Israel before it was vandalized.

Statue of Theodor Herzl vandalized in central Israel days before Independence Day

According to findings at the scene, the vandals sawed off the bronze legs of Herzl's statue, which stands about seven meters tall, in an attempt to topple it.

APRIL 17, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN

Will France's National Assembly perpetuate antisemitism? - opinion

In the National Assembly, 131 now represent the hard-left bloc of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and a further 89 are from Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. Both have been accused of antisemitism.

JULY 21, 2022ByMARK REGEV

ON SUNDAY, French President Emmanuel Macron visits the newly inaugurated Shoah memorial at the former Pithiviers’ train station, as part of a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup, in Pithiviers, France.

The Herzl Museum in Jerusalem is now appealing to Arab-Israelis

The museum will translate all of its exhibits into Arabic.

FEBRUARY 23, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

A general view of the first interactive Zionist wall at The Herzl Museum in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2013. The Herzl Museum revealed the first interactive Zionist wall today. The interactive wall is meant to educate about Zionism and enrich the study of Zionism.

Jews of Egypt, Europe were bound by mental enslavement - opinion

The Hebrews in Egypt during Moses’s time, and the Jews in Europe during Herzl’s time, failed to envision the path to freedom.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByGOL KALEV

BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as 'notorious Jewish spy'

Alfred Dreyfus, subject of the antisemitic Dreyfus Affair that inspired Zionist founding father Theodor Herzl, was described in a BBC drama summary as a "Jewish spy" despite being exonerated.

OCTOBER 10, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR

"The traitor: Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus, degradation in the Morland Court of the military school in Paris"

A deep dive into the writings of visionary Theodor Herzl

CENTER FIELD: If there was one thing Herzl was famous for, it was for giving up on Europe and the Diaspora, and recognizing Palestine as their only viable long-term option.

AUGUST 3, 2021ByGIL TROY

A man dressed as Theodor Herzl reinacts his famous pose in New York City's Times Square

American Zionist Movement to honor Herzl's 'Der Judenstaat', 125 years on

The initiative coincides with the 125th anniversary of the February 4, 1896 publication of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl's Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State).

FEBRUARY 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF