Segula Jewish History Magazine

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

Herzl’s Psychodrama

Internal Eruption Surprisingly, prior to October 1894, even Theodor Herzl didn’t think a Jewish state was possible. On October 17, reviewing a play for his longtime employer, Vienna’s Neue Freie Presse daily, Herzl slammed the...

Historic Characters

Painter of Jerusalem

Naomi Samuel

Ludwig Blum Often an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and peers. Ludwig Blum was one such. Born in Moravia (now the Czech Republic) to an Orthodox Jewish family, young Blum...

Independence Day|Jerusalem Day

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

From Book to Congress In February 1896, Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Discussed in dozens of Jewish newspapers, the pamphlet was soon translated into English, French, Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Romanian, and Bulgarian. The...

Independence Day

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Herzl’s Psychodrama

Painter of Jerusalem

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

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