The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

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The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat) is a work by Austro-Hungarian Jewish political activist Theodor Herzl, and first published in 1896. Considered the father of modern political Zionism, Herzl wrote this to outline his vision for the establishment of a sovereign homeland for the Jewish people. Herzl argued that antisemitism was an enduring problem in Europe and that assimilation had failed to protect Jews. He proposed that the only solution was for Jews to have their own nation-state, where they could live freely and safely as a people. While The Jewish State was initially met with skepticism by some Jewish leaders, it became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement, influencing the eventual establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Herzl’s vision and leadership earned him a lasting legacy as a central figure in Jewish history. This edition is taken from the work originally published in 1946 by the American Zionist Emergency Council, New York, based on a revised translation published by the Scopus Publishing Company, New York, 1943, which was, in turn, based on the first English-language edition, A Jewish State, translated by Sylvie d'Avigdor in 1896.

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