Theodore herzl

The Torah between Abraham and Herzl: Israel’s call to moral leadership - opinion

The Torah portions Lech Lecha, Vayera, and Hayei Sarah form a trilogy of leadership, from vision to continuity. Abraham and Herzl lived in different worlds but shared a mission.

An illustrative image of God calling on Abraham to leave his country to the Promised Land.
 A silhouette of Theodor Herzl and an Israeli flag hanging from a pole attached to the side of a building in Jerusalem, Israel.

A New Zionist Home for a New Zionist Conversation - opinion

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks at a Security Council meeting this week. The Jewish state’s approach has always been the same as that of Caleb and Joshua: ‘Let us by all means, go up… for we shall surely overcome it,’ says the writer.

Echos of biblical proportions: Israel's war with Iran mirrors story of Moses's 12 spies - opinion

 Batel Blaish-Sultanik is the Executive Director & Founder of the AID Coalition

A second Herzl moment: Why Zionist institutions must reform now - opinion


Hate: Herzl’s unfulfilled vow

The Jewish state that was promised as antisemitism’s cure has become its excuse, focus and obsession.

 Anti-Israel demonstrators at the World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001

La déclaration Balfour, toujours sur le banc des accusés

100 ans après, la célèbre lettre ouverte du ministre des Affaires étrangères britannique reste un sujet de controverse. Qu’en pensent les descendants de Lord Balfour ?

Carte postale créée par l’institut Betsalel en l’honneur de la déclaration Balfour

The Golden age of Jewish-Christian relations

Christian love demanded that they try and convert the Jews, but more often than not, Jews felt more wrath than grace.

Powerful docudrama produced by CBN.

Middle Israel: The Arab Herzl

Only Theodor Herzl’s "ism" has bucked the trend, remaining fresh, relevant, and a very big success 120 years after its launch.

THE BIRTHPLACE of the ‘ism’ that has survived: Basel, Switzerland, scene of the First Zionist Congress, 1897

My word: From Herzl to the Zionists’ dogs

The anniversary of the First Zionist Congress has produced much pontification on what the Zionist visionary would have made of today’s State of the Jews.

THE FAMOUS image of Theodor Herzl on the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel is seen on a clock face in Jerusalem

120 Herzls gather in Herzliya to celebrate Zionist Congress anniversary

“They say no one is irreplaceable, but I don’t know if someone else could have started the great process that Herzl put in motion."

120 Herzls gather in Herzliya to celebrate the anniversary of the First Zionist Congress

In Herzl’s footsteps

Nissim Levy, the new chairman of the Herzl Museum, talks of the visionary’s concepts of secularism and declares: ‘This is the only country for Jews but it has to be a normal county’

Thedodor Herzl, lors du 1er congrès sioniste mondial en 1897

Herzl à Jérusalem

Chroniques de l’unique voyage dans la Ville sainte du leader sioniste

Thedodor Herzl, lors du 1er congrès sioniste mondial en 1897

Following Herzl's footsteps in Jerusalem

Theodor Herzl never returned to the Holy City during his lifetime, but he did after his death.

Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl

Israel and the Palestinians: Might a different perspective help? Part II

The Palestinian state that cannot be; the Palestinian canton that might.

Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl