Theodor Herzl Dreamed Not Just of Jewish Safety, but of Jewish Flourishing
“The world will be freed by our freedom, and made great by our greatness.”
August 25, 2022
Theodor Herzl Dreamed Not Just of Jewish Safety, but of Jewish Flourishing
“The world will be freed by our freedom, and made great by our greatness.”
Having recently edited a three-volume English-language edition of Theodor Herzl’s writings, Gil Troy considers the common myths about the founder of the modern Zionist movement. The most misleading of these is that Herzl was motivated solely by his reaction to European anti-Semitism, which suggests that he saw the Jewish state as nothing more than a refuge for a persecuted people, and possessed no positive vision. But this is not so:
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