What Zionist Historians Have Thought about Hanukkah
“It was one of the decisive events in human history. Never before had men been convinced, as they were then, that an idea was something to fight for and to die for.”
Dec. 14 2020 12:01AM
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes
Gertrude Himmelfarb, historian of Victorian Britain and of the 18th-century Enlightenment, has lately devoted special attention to Jewish history and culture. What’s the connection?
July 20 2017 12:01AM
The Failure of Cultural Zionism
To its shame, the movement led by Ahad Ha’am missed the extreme urgency of the Jewish situation in Europe. Thankfully, the revival of his thought in today’s Israel is another matter.
Oct. 26 2016 12:01AM
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