Asher Ginzberg: the Founder of Cultural Zionism

Subject Areas : Judaism

bahareh zamiri jirsarai ¹ (Alzahra university)
nouri sadat shahangian ² (Alzahra university)

Received: 2019-08-05 Accepted : 2019-08-05 Published : 2018-07-23

Keywords: Asher Ginzberg, Zionism, Culture, revival, Ahad Ha’am,

Abstract :

Zionism has different trends that are the results of the different conditions in which the Eastern and Western European Jews lived in 19th century. The cultural or spiritual Zionism is one of these trends. For understanding the nature of the cultural Zionism one should survey the ideas of Asher Ginzberg -known as Ahad Ha’am - an Eastern European Jewish thinker. This article after reviewing his biography tries to study his ideas and thoughts about the cultural Zionism. For establishing cultural Zionism, Ahad Ha’am tried to establish a Jewish cultural center, set up an educational system relying on Hebrew language and literature and employ Jewish elites. So, Ahad Ha’am, as one of the critics of political Zionism, is an important figure especially for understanding the contemporary Zionism. Indeed by surveying the cultural Zionism, one can realize that Zionism is not merely a political trend; rather than it could address other issues.

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