The Dream of Zion by Lawrence J. Epstein

Author:Lawrence J. Epstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

The song is interesting in reflecting the depth of German culture’s penetration into the European Jewish intellectual soul. Wagner had even been played for entertainment one night at the Congress. Surely, the words would be seen in horror just forty years later as the Nazis solidified power and prepared for war and the destruction of the entirety of the Jewish people. But on this last day at Basel, the voices were jubilant.

Herzl went off to a small side room and said his simple good-byes. He had slept no more than twelve hours during the previous five days.

The Congress had inserted itself into history. It had renewed a national identity for the Jewish people and provided unity for those who sought such a nation. It created a Zionist program and had established a Zionist Organization, two indispensable steps on the road to statehood.

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