Theodor herzl

The New Jewish Question - opinion

Zionism secured Jewish survival. Survival is no longer the crisis. Legitimacy is. The future of Jewish sovereignty will not be decided by armies alone, but by whether Jews know who they are.

 ‘HERZL UNDERSTOOD the value of a great photo’: Theodor Herzl in Basel, 1897.
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sánchez leaves at the end of a news conference before summer break, in Madrid, in July. In recent weeks, he has led unprecedented moves against Israel, the writer charges.

The Spanish threat to America and Israel: Remember the 'Maine' - opinion

RABBI JOSEPH DWECK teaches at The Habura.

'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review

Theodor Herzl and Ahad Ha'am Asher Ginsberg.

Herzl, Ahad Ha’am, and the Jewish question we still haven’t answered


‘Make Jews great again’: Is Zionism a forerunner to Trump's MAGA movement? - opinion

While some Jews have not transformed, Israelis, in great gratitude to Donald Trump, are sending a clear message: The nation of Israel has risen like lions.

THEODOR HERZL rides aboard a ship on his way to the Land of Israel in 1898. He fathered an ideology that would transform Jews from being timid and weak to a proud, confident nation, says the writer

From start-up nation to Sparta: Israel’s tragic turn toward isolation - opinion

We can surrender to a vision of Sparta on steroids, a closed and isolated state, or we can restore Israel to its true path: Zionist, democratic, open, creative, and a light unto the nations.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem this week. He seems to have miscalculated the exasperation that has seeped into every corner of this country, the writer maintains.

Security scare at Jewish event highlights rising antisemitism in Norway

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: A man wearing a large backpack pretended to be a West Bank settler to enter an event honoring Theodor Herzl. Questioning revealed he was a Palestinian from Jenin.

A party honoring Theodor Herzl in Oslo, Norway, August 2025.

Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion

Vilna was the center of the Zionist movement in the Soviet Union, hosting the Hibat Zion movement, Poalei Zion Party, and Chovevei Zion conventions.

 Vilnius, Lithuania

Zionism is the best defense against antisemitism - opinion

Today, celebrities, prominent leaders, heads of state, and even religious people are not holding back. They are part of the anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, and anti-Jew bandwagon.

A NEW immigrant from France kisses the ground upon arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport last year. The writer asks: Yet, who thinks, for one minute, that we would be less hated if every Jew were to leave and return to Israel?

Commemorating Herzl’s vision: Reflections on his legacy and values - opinion

Theodor Herzl’s vision and values, as expressed in his writing, imagine a different Israel than we have today.

 ACTIVISTS HOLD copies of the Declaration of Independence in the Knesset gallery to protest against the Nation-State Law in 2018. Herzl’s values compel us to scrutinize the law, which undermines the equality of non-Jewish citizens, the writers maintain.

The first Zionist diplomat: How Theodor Herzl changed Jewish and world history - opinion

To those who view diplomacy as naive, we urge a look at Theodor Herzl, the first Zionist diplomat, a man whose primary tools were determination and words.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a portrait of Theodor Herzl at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv in 2010. Herzl’s use of diplomatic means secured recognition for Zionism’s goals, say the writers.

An Iron Dome of values: Israel's future lies in Herzl's vision - opinion

The founding principles envisioned by Herzl – mutual responsibility, concern for all, and prosperity without exploitation – are exactly what Israel needs now.

 THEODOR HERZL.

Yuval Raphael pays homage to Theodor Herzl’s iconic Basel photo

The photo of Raphael on Friday was snapped in the same location where Herzl posed in 1901 when he was attending the fifth Zionist Congress.

 Yuval Raphael echoes Theodor Herzl’s pose in Basel.

Herzl's dynasty is gone, but his heirs are the Israeli people - opinion

Theodor Herzl died at 44. His heart could not withstand intense journalistic work together with the demands of promoting his vision - though the Zionist movement offered to pay him a salary.

 People visit the Mount Herzl military cemetery before the ceremony on Israel's Memorial Day, when the country commemorates fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and Israeli victims of hostile attacks, in Jerusalem, April 30, 2025