The Jewish State; An attempt at a modern solution of the Jewish Question
New York, N.Y. American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946. 50th Year Special Anniversary Edition, presumed first printing thus. Wraps. 160 pages. Some darkening to pages and some bottom page corners creased. Cover worn. This translation of The Jewish State, based on a revised translation published by the Scopus Publishing Company, was further revised by Jacob M. Alkow, editor of this book. The biography was condensed from Alex Bein's Theodor Herzl, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America. The bibliography and the chronology were prepared by the Zionist Archives and Library. Theodor Herzl (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel. Herzl is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as "the spiritual father of the Jewish State", i.e. the visionary who gave a concrete, practicable platform and framework to political Zionism. However, he was not the first Zionist theoretician or activist; scholars, many of them religious such as rabbis Yehuda Bibas, Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Judah Alkalai, promoted a range of proto-Zionist ideas before him. Contains an Introduction by Louis Lipsky, a Biography based on the work of Alex Bein. Also contains a Preface and Introduction, as well as chapters on The Jewish Question; The Jewish Company; Local Groups; Society of Jews and Jewish State; and Conclusion; as well as a Bibliography and a Chronology. More