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Theodor Herzl was a Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel.
While Herzl is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as “the spiritual father of the Jewish State”, i.e. the visionary who gave a concrete, practicable platform and framework to political Zionism, he was not the first Zionist theoretician or activist; scholars, many of them religious such as rabbis Yehuda Bibas, Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Judah Alkalai, promoted a range of proto-Zionist ideas before him.
Theodor Herzl was born in the Dohany utca, a street in the Jewish quarter of Pest (now eastern part of Budapest), Kingdom of Hungary (now Hungary), to a secular Jewish family. His father’s family were originally from Zimony (today Zemun, Serbia). He was the second child of Jeanette and Jakob Herzl, who were German-speaking, assimilated Jews. It is believed Herzl was of both Ashkenazi and Sephardic lineage predominately through his paternal line and to a lesser extent through the maternal line. He also claimed to be a direct descendant of the famous Greek Kabbalist Joseph Taitazak.
Here is a Theodor Herzl letter that we sold:
1900 Theodor Herzl Typed Letter Signed
December 1900 German language typed letter signed by Theodor Herzl. Herzl’s ink signature appears to the lower right, while Herzl’s secretary appears to the lower left. The founder of modern political Zionism, Herzl is regarded as one of the greatest influences in the movement that led to the creation of the state of Israel. Letter shows even toning throughout. Two binder holes to left side, slight chipping to edges. Overall very good condition. Sold for $1,074.
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