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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…

Contributor:

The First Zionist Congress

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1897

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Reportage
Responsum: On Uniting European Jewry
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Now, the editor [of the Maḥzike hadas journal] suggested that we keep away from the people of this generation, that is, separate from one another entirely, just as Abraham separated from Lot [see…

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Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

Late 19th Century

Subjects:

Exile, Sectarianism, Jewish identity, Migration, Law, Politics, Responsa

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Responsa
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
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Eretz-Israel [The Land of Israel] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural…

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Provisional Government of the State of Israel

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Theology, War, Interfaith relations, Law, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Law