The New Ghetto: Tackling Systemic and Epidemic Jew-Hatred– Before Dreyfus
September 7, 2022
After graduating as a lawyer, Herzl barely lasted a year as a low-level civil servant for the court, from August 1884 to August 1885.
Gil Troy
The Real Herzl: Haunted by Jew-Hatred Early On, Like Most European Jews
September 1, 2022
Early on, when he was still trying to fit in, there were clear signs that the Theodor Herzl that always was – was the Theodor Herzl he eventually became.
The Jewish and Intellectual Origins of this Famously Non-Jewish Jew
August 24, 2022
In Herzl’s household – like so many other bourgeois Jewish homes – the success in looking normal on the streets came at a high Jewish cost, even at home.
Theodor Herzl and the Jews’ Leap of Hope
August 18, 2022
One hundred and eighteen years after his tragic death at the age of forty-four, and 125 years after he convened the first Zionist Congress in August, 1897, Theodor Herzl remains influential.
The Secular Socialist Zionist Who Insisted on Mourning on Tisha B’Av
August 4, 2022
In 1934, Berl Katznelson, an avowedly secular Socialist Zionist living in Tel Aviv, criticized members of his youth movement for going off to camp on Tisha B’Av.
Identity Zionism: Seeking Zionist and Jewish Renewal
May 5, 2022
Today, Israel is robust — but the Zionist conversation has turned fragile.
Gil Troy Interviews Dennis Prager on His New “Rational Haggadah”
April 12, 2022
“Belief” is not synonymous with “irrational.” Beliefs can be rational or irrational. If you believe your car speaks to you, that is irrational. If you believe your spouse cheated on you because various behaviors on his or her part led you to that belief, that belief may be quite rational.
When Terror Strikes… Zionists Everywhere Can Strike Back Too
April 6, 2022
Israel supporters living thousands of miles away may think they cannot help, but they can. Terrorism is a bloody mind game wherein psychological resilience helps quash the physical violence.
Supreme Court Vacancy: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Need Not Apply
February 3, 2022
Viewing race or gender or any identity dimension too rigidly reflects a more worrisome trend of treating politics as a game of absolutes – be it from the Left or the Right.
The 1619-1776-1865-1940-1964 Project
October 13, 2021
As America becomes impasse-ville, many influential voices have imposed a false all-or-nothing historical choice on us.
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