A Novel Approach – Historical Romance
Whether by Sir Walter Scott or by Abraham Mapu, the historical novel of the 19th century played a significant part in the rise of national consciousness that changed the face of Europe. The Jews of...
Asael Abelman
Dr. Asael Abelman, A lecturer specializing in modern religious and cultural history, Abelman also creates high school curricula in his field
A Soul Divided – Heinrich Heine
Though baptized at age twenty-eight, Heinrich Heine remained torn between Judaism and German nationalism, tradition and modernity Asael Abelman Poet, freedom fighter, and cosmopolitan in exile, Heinrich Heine bore the burden of an evolving modernity....
The Original Zionist Congress
Eastern European Locals Pave the Way for Herzl The Russian pogroms of 1881–2 and growing European anti-Semitism precipitated vast Jewish emigration from eastern Europe, mostly to the U.S. and western Europe. A tiny minority headed...
The Congress that Founded the Jewish State
Few famous names attended the first Zionist Congress in Basel, but it made Zionism a political movement no one could ignore Asael Abelman In February 1896, Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Discussed in...
