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.

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

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

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


Today in History: The beginnings of Zionism

Without the Jewish people and Judaism, Jesus wouldn’t have existed.

Picture by Henri Meyer on the cover of ‘Petit Journal’, January 13, 1895, captioned ‘The Traitor.’

The Novelist and the Zionists

The Jerusalem Post

Borderline views: British Jewry and their attitudes toward Israel

It is nothing short of a British understatement to state that it is not easy in today’s climate of renewed terrorism to focus on human rights.

Hassidic Jews in the United Kingdom

Raising the Zionist bar

The struggle to keep Mount Herzl relevant to contemporary life.

Pope Francis, flanked by former president Shimon Peres (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at Mount Herzl during his visit to Israel last May.

‘Self-ghettoization’ in the State of Israel

Ze’ev Jabotinsky was a fierce critic of the majority-rule interpretation of democracy.

Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl

Fundamentally Freund: Bring Herzl’s grandparents for reburial in Jerusalem

Over the past decade Israel has gone to great lengths to fulfill one of the dying wishes of Theodor Herzl, the founding father of modern political Zionism.

Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl

Circles of gold and fire – Tel Aviv to Vienna

The streets of Tel Aviv may show off sleek Bauhaus architecture in place of the ornate palaces of the Ringstrasse, but are no less than Herzl's Vienna.

THE FACADE of the Hotel Palais Hansen Kempinski in Vienna.

A Dose of Nuance: The night Ahad Ha’am could have declared victory

At Beit Avi Chai on Shavuot, Jews of all kinds came to learn together and showed a tremendous amount of respect.

A map of Shavuot learning lessons throughout Jerusalem.

Herzl: The interesting character that inspired a nation

The Jerusalem Post

Keeping the (Israeli) flag flying in Budapest

With the fourth-largest Jewish population in Europe, Hungary’s Israel Cultural Center is engaging a new generation of Jews.

Vered Glickman  (left), director of the ICI, stands with co-chair Gabor Rona in the Herzl Center.