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Article: Theodor Herzl: Visionary of the Jewish State.(Review) (book review)
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- January 1, 2001
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Theodor Herzl: Visionary of the Jewish State, edited by Gideon Shimoni and Robert S. Wistrich. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press; New York: Herzl Press, 1999, 351 pp.
Some 22 writers have collaborated in a series of fascinating and intriguing studies of Theodor Herzl's work and personality. They throw new light on Herzl and clarify his, at times, enigmatic persona. The value of the book is enhanced because of the contributors' appreciation and evaluation of the wide range of Herzl's interests and ideas, which the historian Peter Loewenberg declares were developed "between fantasy and reality."
It is regrettable that due to space requirements, ...