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Political Zionism. 1897 The First Zionist Congress. Theodor Herzl The Jewish State , 1896 Alteneuland, 1902
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1897 The First Zionist Congress • Theodor Herzl • The Jewish State, 1896 • Alteneuland, 1902 • „The persecutions were social and economic. Jewish merchants were boycotted, Jewish workingmen starved out, Jewish professional men proscribed [...]. The blood libel was revived; and at the same time the Jews were accused of poisoning the press, as in the Middle Ages they had been accused of poisoning the wells. As workingmen the Jews were hated by their Christian fellows for undercutting the wage standards. As businessmen they were dubbed profiteers. Whether Jews were rich or poor or middle-class, they were hated just the same.“
1897 The First Zionist Congress • Max Nordau • „The western Jew has bread but man does not live on bread alone.“ • Emancipation put an end to Jewish national identity – that needs to recreated through zionism • Judenstaat, 1896: Jews are a nation, not merely a religious group
1897 The First Zionist Congress • Basel • Est. WZO – effective political institution