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A Jewish State
- Narrated by: Adrian Praetzellis
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's Summary
"Der Judenstaat" (German, literally "The Jew State", commonly translated as "The Jewish State") is a pamphlet written by Theodor Herzl and published in February 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung. It is subtitled with "Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage", "Proposal of a modern solution for the Jewish question", and originally called "Address to the Rothschilds" referring to the Rothschild family banking dynasty.
It is considered one of the most important texts of early Zionism. As expressed in this book, Herzl envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. He argued that the best way to avoid antisemitism in Europe was to create this independent Jewish state. Herzl, who had lived as a secular, largely assimilated Jew, was fluent in neither Hebrew nor Yiddish. His lack of contact with Jewish culture and intellectual currents, and his limited contact with Jews less assimilated than he was probably the reason he abandoned fundamental Jewish principles and rekindled Zionism with this text. The book was used to encourage Jews from all across Europe to purchase land in Palestine. In Der Judenstaat, Herzl noted the possibility of a Jewish state in Argentina.
Herzl popularized the term "Zionism", which was coined by Nathan Birnbaum. The nationalist movement culminated in the birth of the State of Israel in 1948, though Zionism continues to be connected with political support of the State of Israel.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-10-30
A difficult but enlightening listen
Really hard to listen to with terms like "supremacy" being used in such a cavalier manner, but times were different, people were frank. Herzl's extensive opening disclaimer about his vision not being fantastical or utopian becomes more and more ironic as chapters go by, but is itself a very enlightening part of the book. Recommend for those with an eye on history, but don't expect an exact blueprint for the state of Israel.
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- Avi
- 2021-06-19
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I think this was a horrible hateful book. I would consider herzl a proto leftist.
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