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A Jewish University
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The purpose of the Jewish University is to offer Jewish youth the opportunity to obtain an education:A. In the general higher disciplines with special consideration given to the Wissenschaft des…

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Martin Buber, Chaim Weizmann, Bertold Feiwel

Places:

Geneva, Switzerland

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Education, Zionism, Scholarship, Philosophy, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Pedagogy & Schooling
The Basel Program
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The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law.The Congress contemplates the following means to the attainment of this end:
    The promotion, on suitable…

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The First Zionist Congress

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Colonialism, Government, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Journalism, Law, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Reportage
Herzl Observing the Rhine from the Balcony of Hotel Les Trois Rois during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 in Basel
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Ephraim Lilien’s photograph of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism, depicts him staring off into the distance like a lonely prophet. The congress in Basel in 1901 was the…

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Ephraim Moses Lilien

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Portrait, Philosophy, Jewish identity, Cities, Zionism, Photography

Categories:

Photography
Photograph of man leaning over a bridge.
Official Postcard of the Sixth Zionist Congress
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Those Who Sow in Tears Will Reap the Harvest, official postcard of the Sixth Zionist Congress, Basel, 1903, with postmark.

Contributor:

Emil Ranzenhofer

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Politics, Zionism, Nationalism, Labor, Agriculture

Categories:

Political Culture
Drawing of man in field looking at an angel surrounded by sheaves, with decorative border and Hebrew text along top and bottom.