How did Herzl describe his proposed Jewish State?
Herzl sought to produce a “tolerant modern civil state.” The
Promised Land should be a land of new life and hard work. There should be a “Society
of Jews” to work in science and politics, helping to form this Jewish state.
This society will gather all the information it can to determine whether or not
Jews indeed want to go to the Promised Land and whether or not they should go.
Every Jewish community should contribute to this society in order to help it
develop. The “Society of Jews” will be in charge of public organizations,
planning migration and places to settle, etc. Herzl believed in listening to
the opinion of the people regarding where it is they wished to settle-
Palestine or Argentine. In addition to listening to the people’s thoughts,
Herzl decided that language should be a free concept and each man should be
allowed to maintain his native language. The constitutional form of this new
state will be an aristocratic republic, for it is impractical and absurd to continue
old constitutional forms. Ultimately, Herzl wanted Jews to live happily in
peace and to give hope to Jews everywhere.
What problem/s for Jews did the varying kinds of Zionism propose
to solve?
Zionism reflects aspects from traditional Judaism, as well as
modern Judaism. Zionism believes in the messianic destiny and history of Jews.
It was time for the prophecy regarding Zionism to be acted upon. The Hovevei Zion believed resettlement is the
answer to the Jewish question. Both the Hovevei Zion and the World Zionist
Organization were concerned with the Jewish problem/question. They wanted to
secure Jewish culture and enable the recovery of Hebrew. Secular Eastern
European Jews were already quite assimilated. Ahad Haam wanted to ensure the
energy and life of these secular Jews in Eastern Europe. Western Zionism, on
the other hand, was devoted to helping persecuted Jews. All pro-Zionism
organizations had the same theme in common: the rejection of Jewish exile.
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