As we celebrate the centennial of the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland (August 1897), it's apt to reflect on the ideals espoused by Zionism's founding father, Theodor Herzl. Looking at his ...

Though historians argue about the importance of individuals to the course of history, the significance of Theodor Herzl in the development of Zionism and the eventual creation of the state of Israel ...

This meticulously researched biodoc focuses on how Austro-Hungarian journalist-playwright Theodor Herzl catalyzed the political Zionist movement, ultimately leading to the creation of the modern state ...

Before Theodor Herzl was a modern Moses, he was a second grade student who brought home a report card from his school in Pest. “Moms keep things,” said Warren Klein, the curator of the new exhibit, ...

Theodor Herzl did not live to see Israel realized, but he is arguably the country’s most enduring visionary. In less than a decade, before his early death in 1904, at the age of 44, Herzl lifted the ...

David Matlow of Toronto has acquired the world’s largest collection of memorabilia of the father of modern political Zionism, now on tour You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

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Theodor Herzl was an assimilated Viennese journalist who became the unlikely founder of modern Zionism and a main catalyst for the creation of the Jewish State of Israel. That much most of us know in ...

A glowing tribute to the memory of Dr. Theodor Herzl, father of political Zionism and founder of the World Zionist Organization, was paid at the opening session of the Zionist Congress here by Nahum ...

Well-pedigreed biography of Zionist leader was produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. By THR Staff It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl Still - H 2012 The portrait begins with present-day ...