Episode 162 Basel

The first Zionist Congress ignites a movement that would culminate in the Jewish return to the holy land and to Jerusalem.
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The first Zionist Congress ignites a movement that would culminate in the Jewish return to the holy land and to Jerusalem.
Supplemental Materials:
Why did the German kaiser want to visit Jerusalem, and what happened when he got there?
Theodor Herzl's meeting with the kaiser seemed insignificant at the time, but the hindsight of history suggests the opposite.
Why did Vladimir Jabotinsky, who had no tangible connection to the holy land, oppose the plan to found a Jewish state in Uganda?
A meeting with the Pope demonstrates that Herzl didn't fully understand the miraculous nature of his goal.
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