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.

|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.

|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.

|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.

|ByHODAYA RAN

Would Israel’s founders approve of modern Zionism? - opinion

What would Israel’s early Zionist leaders think of today’s state? From political shifts to evolving peace efforts, we reflect on whether modern Israel meets their visions and dreams.

JULY 28, 2024ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
ISRAEL’S FIRST prime minister, David Ben-Gurion

A brief history of Zionism, 1860-1949

A brief rundown of major historical events in the history of Zionism.

MAY 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
David Ben-Gurion publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, in the old Tel Aviv Museum of Art building on Rothschild Street.

'Theodor,' the Hebrew opera about Herzl, to hit cinemas on Israel Independence Day

The filmed adaptation of Theodor offers wonderful insights that might have been missed even by those who attended the live performance.

MAY 6, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A SCENE from ‘Theodor.’

Blinken and Herzl: Tough choices in Vienna 130 years apart - opinion

2024, another Shabbat in Munich, another arrival; and again, the Jewish nation was asked to make a “tough choice.”

FEBRUARY 24, 2024ByGOL KALEV
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Opera about Theodor Herzl filmed over weekend

The opera, which centers on two periods in the life of the founder of modern Israel, premiered last May to great acclaim.

DECEMBER 24, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from the Israeli Opera’s ‘Theodore.’

Zionism's founder had a green, climate-friendly vision for Israel - opinion

With the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai approaching, the Jewish state should revisit the vision of modern Zionism’s founding father.

DECEMBER 2, 2023ByYOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ
Theodor Herzl from the book ‘Herzland’ by David Harel.

Can applying Jewish values save the Earth from a climate catastrophe? - opinion

Animal-based agriculture is the main cause of climate change, and using it violates at least six fundamental Jewish teachings.

DECEMBER 2, 2023ByRICHARD H. SCHWARTZ
Can Jewish values help save the Earth from climate change? (Illustrative, composite image)

Next generation of Zionists must rise - opinion

We are never going back into hiding.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByJUDAH WAXELBAUM
NEARLY 300,000 pro-Israel activists take to the Capitol Mall in Washington, last Tuesday. While this moment should bring pride to the Jewish community, it cannot be where our activism ends, says the writer.

The Uganda proposal - short story

A short story marks 120 years of the ‘road not taken’ in the history of Zionism.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023ByNACHSHON MEIR SPIEGELMAN
In background R, a Jewish community burns; at upper L, US president Theodore Roosevelt asks the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, ‘Now that you have peace without, why not remove his burden and have peace within your borders?’

The crucial strength of diaspora Zionism - opinion

Zionism’s foundation was built on the dream of returning to the land of Israel and never forgetting Israel, a sentiment that is uniquely Diaspora-centered. 

JULY 23, 2023ByURI PILICHOWSKI
A pro-Israel demonstration in the US.