Theodor Herzl : a new reading / Georges Itzhak Weisz ; translated by Diana File and Lenn Schramm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisz, Georges, 1938- author.

Standardized Title:

Hertsel, ḳeriʼah ḥadashah. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904.

Herzl, Theodor.

Zionism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Springfield, New Jersey : Gefen Publishing House, 2013.

Summary:

One would think that everything there is to say about Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism, has already been written and published. In fact, modern characterizations of Herzl are rampant with misunderstandings and downright distortions of the man, and can be seen as the clearest symptoms of the identity crisis that afflicts Israeli society today. More than a century after Herzl's death, the time has come to remove the various masks that still obscure his true face and restore the Jewish and universal dimensions to his enterprise. Such is the goal of the present study by Dr. Yitshak Weisz. The product of extensive research, it is not just another biography of Herzl, but an incisive critique of everything that has been written in the past and an invitation to take a close new look at the body of his work. From this novel and even bold new reading emerges a new Herzl, revitalized for the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Unconscious 29

The Stale Cliché of the Dreyfus Affair 29

The Wine of Eretz Israel 41

Chapter 2 A "Very Old" Idea - or, Childhood Lessons Herzl Did Not Forget 44

Herzl's Family Background 45

Rabbi Alkalai 47

Rabbi Natonek 51

Herzl's Bar Mitzvah 53

"The Period of Uncertainty" 56

Chapter 3 "The Return Home" 64

The Two Synagogues 64

The Return to the Place 72

The Jewish State, or the State of the Jews? 74

Judaism and Jewishness: One People 80

Zionism and Universalism 85

Jewish Identity and Religious Precepts 91

"The Menorah" - or, the Servant of Light 97

Chapter 4 The Ancient Redemption - or, the Exodus from Egypt 102

Will These Bones Live? 102

Herzl's Messianic Dream 106

Our Master and Teacher Moses 109

Moses and Herzl 111

Der Judenstaat and the Ingathering of the Exiles 123

Chapter 5 The Promised Land of Our Fathers - or, the Uganda Myth 165

The Holy Land of Our Fathers 167

An Affectionate Look 173

The Journey to the Land of Israel and Jerusalem 177

Historical and Legal Rights 180

Herzl and Pinsker 184

Palestine or Argentina? 187

Herzl's "Turkish March" 189

The Strategy of Expansion, "Like an Oil Slick" 192

The Sinai-el-Arish Project or the "Second Plan" 196

Double Speak 202

The Sixth Congress and Uganda 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.

ISBN:

9652295876

9789652295873

OCLC:

844245440

Publisher Number:

99957256299