Movies
Review: ‘It Is No Dream’ an uneven look at Theodor Herzl
Aug. 16, 2012
World & Nation
Israel finally fulfills Theodor Herzl’s last wish. The legacy of his troubled offspring had been an embarrassment to Jewish leaders.
Sept. 21, 2006
The bodies of two children of Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, will be transported from France to Israel to be buried near their father, in keeping with his century-old will, the Israeli government said.
Sept. 18, 2006
Books
Theodor Herzl Gaster, 85, a renowned scholar who published the first English translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Feb. 15, 1992
Assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be buried with full military honors today on a Jerusalem hilltop where the father of modern Zionism and numerous Israeli leaders and war heroes lie.
Nov. 6, 1995
Kahane’s article is clearly on target.
July 28, 1985
A day after he threw his moral weight behind the establishment of a Palestinian state, Pope Francis paid tribute Monday at the grave of Theodor Herzl, the man whose dream of a Jewish homeland led to the creation of modern-day Israel.
May 26, 2014
Nazi swastikas were daubed overnight on the tombs of modern Zionism’s founding father, Theodor Herzl, and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Aug. 18, 1986
* 1882: First wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe. * 1896 Theodore Herzl purposes establishment of a Jewish state. * 1897: First Zionist Congress--meeting in Basel, Switzerland--adopts resolution calling for a “home in Palestine.” * 1904-14 Second wave of Jewish immigration and the creation of the first collective settlements (kibbutzim). * 1917-18 British and Allied occupation of Palestine and Syria; British military administration in Palestine. * 1919: Treaty of Versailles following Worl War I puts former provinces of the Ottoman Empire under temporary rule of European states to prepare for self-rule. * 1922: British government releases policy attempting to reassure Palestinians that it is not trying to impose a Jewish nation in Palestine. * 1929: Arab rioting begins in late summer, spreading from Jerusalem to other parts of the country.
Sept. 14, 1993
Science & Medicine
“Can Evil Beget Good”? Definitely!
Nov. 11, 1988