Colonizing Palestine Begins In... Whitechapel

[Howard Brown]

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 24, 1890
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[Stephen Thomas]

Hi Howard

That article is a fascinating find.

Thanks.

[Howard Brown]

Regarding Nordau :
Nordau's work as a critic of European civilization and where it was heading certainly contributed to his eventual role in Zionism. One of the central tenets of Nordau's beliefs was evolution, in all things, and he concluded that Emancipation was not born out of evolution. French rationalism of the 18th century, based on pure logic, demanded that all men be treated equally. Nordau saw in Jewish Emancipation the result of 'a regular equation: Every man is born with certain rights; the Jews are human beings, consequently the Jews are born to own the rights of man.' This Emancipation was written in the statute books of Europe, but contrasted with popular social consciousness. It was this which explained the apparent contradiction of equality before the law, but the existence of anti-Semitism, and in particular 'racial' anti-Semitism, no longer based on old religious bigotry. Nordau cited England as an exception to this continental anti-Semitism that proved the rule. "In England, Emancipation is a truth…It had already been completed in the heart before legislation expressly confirmed it."

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Nordau )

Cleveland Plain Dealer
August 14, 1900
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[Chris G.]

Hi Howard

Good work in posting this. Jewish writer and Spitalfields Jews' Free School-educated Israel Zangwill and Jewish Chronicle editor Leopold Greenberg (aka "Mentor") were supporters of Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Cause. It's a little known fact that in the early stages the Zionists were looking to start a colony in East Africa rather than in the Jewish ancestral homeland of Palestine.

The claim in Howard's headline "Colonizing Palestine Begins In... Whitechapel" based on the first article posted, from 1890, might be a misleading statement though because Zionism was a worldwide movement, and Herzl of course was not an East Ender.

All the best

Chris

[Howard Brown]

It's a little known fact that in the early stages the Zionists were looking to start a colony in East Africa* rather than in the Jewish ancestral homeland of Palestine.

*Uganda...

[Chris G.]

It's a little known fact that in the early stages the Zionists were looking to start a colony in East Africa* rather than in the Jewish ancestral homeland of Palestine.

*Uganda...

Thanks, Howard. And given that fact, isn't it ironic that perhaps one of the most famous episodes in Israeli history was the 1976 successful Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda, to free hostages. In that raid, the Israeli commander unit's commander, Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of current Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was killed.

Chris

[Howard Brown]

It sure was ironic CG....

The Graphic
February 14, 1891
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[Howard Brown]

The Graphic
May 9, 1891
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[Howard Brown]

The Graphic
November 21, 1891
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