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Herzl grandparents' return to Mount Herzl reveals Zionism's roots through generations - editorial

The reburial of Theodor Herzl’s grandparents on Mount Herzl shows how Jewish identity, memory and Zionist ideals are passed through generations.

Israel buried the remains of Shimon (Leib) and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of the late Theodor Herzl, in Mount Herzl.
Israel buried the remains of Shimon (Leib) and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of the late Theodor Herzl, in Mount Herzl.

Herzl's grandparents laid to rest alongside Zionist leader on Mount Herzl

 THEODOR HERZL.

Reburying Herzl’s grandparents reflects Zionism at its most redemptive - opinion

The founder of political Zionism, Theodore Herzl, is buried on the mountain named after him in 1949.

Is Israel the Jewish state that Theodor Herzl dreamed of? – opinion


Is Israel retreating to the pre-Zionist ghetto?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: As the Jewish state faces Benjamin Netanyahu’s new political bandwagon, the grim conclusion is that the Zionists have been pushed to the backseat.

 UNITED TORAH Judaism’s Yitzhak Goldknopf (left) and Moshe Gafni bring ghetto-like demands and mentality to the coalition.

Hanukkah, Herzl and the horror of Hellenization - opinion

For many Jews in the Diaspora, Hanukkah is just a “Jewish way” of celebrating what has been morphed into a rather bland “holiday season” universal experience.

 JEWISH REFUGEES from Ukraine celebrate the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday at a kosher shelter in Hungary. The holiday, says the writer, ensures that future generations will similarly be able to celebrate our traditions as Jews.

Herzog becomes an honorary citizen of Herzliya

Herzog said that he felt like a citizen of Herzliya, a city that is blessed because it bears the name of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl.

  President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, November 23, 2022.

Israel will be replaced by a halachic state -opinion

A full right-wing government? Far from it. The incoming government will change the face of the State of Israel.

 United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf and Otzma Yehudit chair Itamar Ben-Gvir with MKs from the likely coalition, November 21, 2022.

Celebrating 75 years of Theodor Herzl's Zionist idea - opinion

The world recognized Theodor Herzl's old-new Zionist idea, Jews are a people tied to a particular homeland with the right to establish a Jewish state in their homeland.

 CELEBRATIONS TAKE place in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the UN voted to pave the way for the creation of Israel, on November 29, 1947

Zionism: The beating heart of Jewish life for the past 125 years

I believe that the task of our generation is to keep walking on a third path, the golden path between the “melting pot” and “multiculturalism.”

 YAAKOV HAGOEL speaks at the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, in August in Basel, Switzerland.

Grapevine October 6, 2022: Zionist chief rabbis

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets then-president of Israel Ezer Weizman in 2000 in Cairo.

A need for strong religious Zionist political representation

For many Israelis, the role of the religious Zionism is narrowly conceived as being solely related to issues of land and the military response to our enemies but it is so much more than that.

 Rabbi David Fine (L) is seen shaking hands with Religious Zionist Party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich.

Two missed opportunities at the World Zionist Congress

The recent anniversary of the First Zionist Congress had left out both the Christian Zionists and the haredim. We must include those groups in order to strengthen Zionism.

 President Isaac Herzog addresses the event marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel on August 29 2022.

Israeli democracy was born in Basel - what would Herzl think today?

Israeli President Isaac Herzog leads a Zionist gathering in Basel, where Theodor Herzl envisioned a Jewish state and launched Zionism as a political movement.

 Delegates sing “Hatikvah” at the end of the gala event celebrating the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, on August 29.