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    Issue 14 | December 2012

    Issue 14 | December 2012

    Portrait of Theodor Herzl by Gustave Wertheimer, oil on canvas, Paris, 1895

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  • The Shrine on the Mountain – Herzl’s Tomb

    Ophir Yarden

    Herzl’s tomb and the nearby military cemetery have become central locations in the celebration of Israel’s national holidays. Why did this hill in modern Jerusalem supersede more traditional sites? And what does that choice reveal about the

  • The image that became a Zionist symbol: Herzl speaking from the podium at the first Zionist Congress||||||||||

    The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

    Asael Abelman

    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 dozens o

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