Theodore herzl

For Zion’s Sake: Why two Catholic theologians are taking a stand for Israel

Today’s silence conjures memories of past pontifical silence during the Holocaust. For Jews and Christian Zionists, Pope Pius XII's silence remains a harrowing memory and indictment.

|ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Theodor Herzl in Palestine. November 1898. Photography by David Wolffsohn. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Theodor Herzl in Palaestina. Anfang November 1898.
Hakim Hadid, the owner of Pizzeria Valentino, in Vienna.

'From Palestine to Paris:' Herzl's Vienna home is now a Palestinian-owned pizzeria - interview

In the same building where Zionism moved from idea to organized political movement, now hangs a framed photograph with Yasser Arafat, the longtime leader of the PLO and later president of the PA.

|ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
IMAGES OF Albert Einstein and Emma Goldman are featured in "Ask Jewish Lives," an AI bot that bases its conversations on the "Jewish Lives" series of biographies.

New AI tool allows users to chat with Jewish historical figures

Jewish Lives says the site is designed to “enrich reader exploration of the Jewish experience.” They’ve created lesson plans to help educators use Ask Jewish Lives in the classroom.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
A fighter from the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) takes part in a training exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in February.

Israel and Kurdistan: Regional collapse reshapes the Middle East map - opinion

Israel and Kurdistan face shared adversaries, raising questions about new alliances as old Middle East borders weaken and fragment.

|ByMEM HUSEDIN

A comparison of Exodus from Egypt to 'Exodus from Europe'

Was the Exodus from Egypt only a dress rehearsal? Is it now?

FEBRUARY 7, 2020ByGOL KALEV
The 'EXODUS' ship following the Britsih takeover, with damage to its makeshift barriers. The banner reads, 'Haganah Ship Exodus 1947.'

PA official claims Herzl wanted Palestinians to 'be eaten in Africa'

In a recent sermon, a top PA religious official criticized Theodor Herzl as racist and Arthur Balfour as an antisemite.

DECEMBER 4, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Theodor Herzl: From vision to reality

Theodor Herzl is not only the visionary of The Jewish State; for the Jews he is a kind of modern biblical Moses.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByDR. NISSIM LEVY
SEALING STAMP of the Jewish National Fund depicting Theodor Herzl in his iconic posture on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, during the First Zionist Congress, 1897. The quoted Psalm 137, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning,” was how Herz

The need for Israel 71 years later

Ask yourself and then your child: would you travel to Israel for free? Now ask: if necessary, would you travel to Israel to live?

JUNE 29, 2019ByADAM HUMMEL
THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.

Know your Zionist history with new WZO Zionism Calendar

If you have ever wanted to know the answer to these key questions of Zionist history, then the new World Zionist Organization Zionist Calendar may be for you.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
Zionism, between the real and the ideal

Hate: Herzl’s unfulfilled vow

The Jewish state that was promised as antisemitism’s cure has become its excuse, focus and obsession.

JUNE 13, 2018ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Anti-Israel demonstrators at the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001

La déclaration Balfour, toujours sur le banc des accusés

100 ans après, la célèbre lettre ouverte du ministre des Affaires étrangères britannique reste un sujet de controverse. Qu’en pensent les descendants de Lord Balfour ?

NOVEMBER 5, 2017ByGOL KALEV
Carte postale créée par l’institut Betsalel en l’honneur de la déclaration Balfour

The Golden age of Jewish-Christian relations

Christian love demanded that they try and convert the Jews, but more often than not, Jews felt more wrath than grace.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017ByTULY WEISZ
Powerful docudrama produced by CBN.

Middle Israel: The Arab Herzl

Only Theodor Herzl’s "ism" has bucked the trend, remaining fresh, relevant, and a very big success 120 years after its launch.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
THE BIRTHPLACE of the ‘ism’ that has survived: Basel, Switzerland, scene of the First Zionist Congress, 1897

My word: From Herzl to the Zionists’ dogs

The anniversary of the First Zionist Congress has produced much pontification on what the Zionist visionary would have made of today’s State of the Jews.

AUGUST 31, 2017ByLIAT COLLINS
THE FAMOUS image of Theodor Herzl on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel is seen on a clock face in Jerusalem