Zionism 1/13/15 Notes Flashcards
Zionism
Desire for Zion
When was the idea of Zionism established? Give approximate date and events
Dates back to the 6th century B.C.E. with destruction of the first temple and Babylon and seen in Jewish Liturgy (prayer) in literature.
Auto-emancipation
Early Zionist Pamphlet written in 1882 in German
Leon Pinsker
A Russian-Polish Jewish doctor who wrote “Auto-emancipation”.
Why did Pinsker feel Jews would never be treated as equals in other countries?
Anti-Semitism was too strong
Self-Freedom”
Pinsker’s idea that Jews need to free themselves
How did Pinsker feel about the Haskalah?
He believed in it
Haskalah
Jewish Enlightenment
Pogroms
Violent attacks aimed at ethnic groups especially Jews
Pogroms and Pinsker
Pinsker witnessed these violent attacks against Jews
Jewish Nationalists
Idea that Jews were seen as valuing the Jewish people above other nations and not being “international” enough. Term heavily used by communists.
What phrase depicted the “homelessness” of the Jews and the
Anti-Semitism that was a result?
“Everywhere as guests, nowhere at home”
What would Pinsker say in response to those who felt Jews should wait and would eventually be free?
Jew’s can’t wait to be freed. They need to emancipate themselves or they will never be freed.
Who introduced and promoted the idea of a “Jewish State” in Israel?
Theodore Herzl
What did Herzl organize and when?
First Zionist Congress 1897
What did Herzl start with the idea to use diplomacy to try to get international support for a Jewish State/Homeland?
World Zionist Organization
Where did the British want to explore as a possible location for a Jewish Homeland? When?
Eastern Africa (Now Uganda) in 1903
Who brings the British proposal to the Zionist Congress?
Theodore Herzl
What happened to the British proposal for a Jewish homeland?
The Zionist congress heavily debated the idea but eventually rejected the proposal stating that the Jewish State needs to be in Israel.
When does Herzl die?
1904
