Herzl

William Hechler in Arab dress while visiting the land of Israel

64 | Nisan 5783 | March 2023

Herzl used the stage to examine his own attempts to assimilate into European culture. Protagonist Jacob Samuel breathes his last in the final scene of The New Ghetto, 1898

Herzl’s Psychodrama

Writing The New Ghetto clearly changed Theodor Herzl. Could this forgotten play have been the crucible that forged The Jewish...

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

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

Though few famous names attended the first Zionist Congress in Basel, the enormous energy Herzl invested to ensure the dignity...

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