In this Book
- At the Crossroads: Essays on Ahad Ha'am
- Book
- 1983
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
A founding father of modern Israel, Ahad Haam (18561927) was one of the shapers of the contemporary Zionist consciousness. His career spanned the era of Russian Jewry’s nationalist awakening. During the last decade of the nineteenth century, he was the leading theorist of the Russian Zionist movement. Afterwards, he was overshadowed by Theodore Herzl, who imposed his own stamp on Zionism. With the failure of Herzl’s diplomacy and his early death in 1904, Russian Zionists abandoned Herzl’s priorities and gradually refashioned the program of the Zionist organization in their own image. More than anyone else, Ahad Haam provided the ideological authority for this shift.
Table of Contents
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- Contributors
- pp. ix-xi
- Glossary and Note on Transliteration
- pp. xii-xiv
- At the Crossroads: An Introductory Essay
- pp. xv-xxvii
- 4. Ahad Ha-Am and Smolenskin
- pp. 36-45
- 10. Ahad Ha-Am and Herzl
- pp. 106-129
- 13. The Disciple, Chaim Weizmann
- pp. 156-169
- Index [Includes Back Cover]
- pp. 204-207
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438409542
MARC Record
OCLC
811382040
Pages
242
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No