The Hungarian-born Austrian Jewish author Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) founded the World Zionist Organization and served as its first president. Theodor Herzl, son of Jacob and Jeanette Herzl, was born on May 2, 1860, in Budapest, Hungary, where he...

(1860–1904) Founder of the World *Zionist Organisation. After attending the *Dreyfus trial, he became convinced that a Jewish homeland was the only solution to *anti-Semitism. He was the author of Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) which went...

Benjamin Ze'ev (Theodor) Herzl (Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar, Hebrew: בנימין זאב הרצל‎ (Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl)) (May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist who founded modern political Zionism. Herzl was born...

Theodor Herzl (1) was laid to rest in the family's burial plot, beside his father, Yaacov Herzl, in Vienna's Doebling Cemetery on July 7, 1904. Zionist leaders immediately began to examine the possibility of re-interring his remains in the Land of Israel, in...

Biographical, historical truth asserts itself; it is naked and does not tolerate bindings and wrappings, even if they are made of silk. Biographical truth neither ignores nor conceals anything, not even that which is undesirable to the biographer with a known bias and...

Playwright Zellnik, and actor Glenn Fleshler A couple weeks back a guy named David Zellnik emailed me, asking me to come see a reading of his play: "Ariel Sharon Stands at the Temple Mount and Dreams of Theodor Herzl." What a title! So crazily,...

The remains of the only grandchild of Zionist pioneer Theodor Herzl will be brought to Israel from the United States for reburial next month, a Jewish Agency official said Tuesday.Stephan Theodor Norman was buried in the Adas Israel Congregation's cemetery in Washington in 1946.Washington health...