Theodore herzl

A second Herzl moment: Why Zionist institutions must reform now - opinion

It’s time to pause and ask: Do Zionist institutions serve the Jewish people today, or primarily themselves?

 Batel Blaish-Sultanik is the Executive Director & Founder of the AID Coalition
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Capitol in Washington on Monday upon his inauguration.

The Jewish state at a crossroads: New realities or status quo? - opinion

Israeli flag.

We can operationalize the dream of unity into a reality - opinion

 PARTICIPANTS WAVE Israeli flags at the annual International March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau, on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

The Jewish Zionist story is one of rebirth - opinion


Israel’s future: A tale of two (or three) Zionisms - opinion

The lines between religion and state are being blurred.

  THE ISSUE under discussion this Passover, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of Israel, is how do we perceive the origin story of Zionism?

Celebrating 75 years of Theodor Herzl's Zionist idea - opinion

The world recognized Theodor Herzl's old-new Zionist idea, Jews are a people tied to a particular homeland with the right to establish a Jewish state in their homeland.

 CELEBRATIONS TAKE place in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the UN voted to pave the way for the creation of Israel, on November 29, 1947

IDF officers learn about Herzl, leadership in Budapest

The "Leadership Sees the Future Journey," as the program is called, deals with the importance of formulating a Zionist vision even today.

 20 IDF officers go to Budapest to learn about Zionism and leadership.

125 years on, this is my Zionism - opinion

Zionism and the state of Israel means a lot to the Jewish people, why?

THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.

What is the connection between Herzl and haredim? - opinion

IN CONTRAST to all these negative sentiments about the Zionist movement, there were rabbis who advocated the return of world Jewry to the Land of Israel before Herzl came on the scene.

 A HAREDI man pays his respects at the grave of Theodor Herzl on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

What Zionist lessons can we learn from Passover?

Like Moses, early Zionists weren’t disheartened by initial setbacks and rejections. They persisted and used diplomacy and resistance.

 IRAN’S ATOMIC Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami (right) and IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi attend a news conference in Tehran last month. Today’s Zionists must stand up to Iranian nuclear aspirations.

What was the breaking point of historical Zionism?

Herzl collected some unusual supporters, such as an antisemite fan. Then a reverend showed up at Herzl’s doorstep, “with the long gray beard of a prophet.”

 THE SCHLOSSPLATZ, at Karlsruhe – home of the Grand Duke of Baden.

What do the American Revolution, Moses and Herzl have in common?

Unlike in Herzl’s France, Israel’s stability is provided by that secret formula planted in Deuteronomy by Moses: Political delegation.

 The Israel Museum's Wine Festival showcased the revived Israeli wine industry this past week

Zionism: a historic force for Jewish life

Exploring the relationship between Hebrew literature, modern Hebrew and Zionism

HERZL’S IDEAS were at the center of debates about Hebrew and the future Jewish state.

Parasha & Herzl: Passover as Jewish particularity

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

Parasha and Herzl: The Golden Calf reappears

Forty days without Moses is a long time.

‘WHILE THE Golden Calf surprised Moses, Herzl was ready to confront it.’