Fulfillment – The Epic Story Of Zionism: the Authoritative History of the Zionist Movement From the Earliest Days to the Present Time Reviews

Fulfillment - The Epic Story Of Zionism: the Authoritative History of the Zionist Movement From the Earliest Days to the Present Time





FULFILLMENT THE EPIC STORY OF ZIONISM BY RUFUS LEARSI The World Publishing Company CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK Mi if 41 THhODOR HERZL Published by The World Publishing Company FIRST EDITION HC 1051 Copyright 1951 by Rufus Learsi All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaper or magazine. Manufactured in the United States of America. Design and Typography by Jos. Trautwein. TO ALBENA my wife, who had no small part in the making of this book bea-havah rabbah FOREWORD MODERN or political Zionism began in 1897 when Theodor Herzl con vened the First Zionist Congress and reached its culmination in 1948 when the State of Israel was born. In the half century of its career it rose from a parochial enterprise to a conspicuous place on the inter national arena. History will be explored in vain for a national effort with roots imbedded in a remoter past or charged with more drama and world significance. Something of its uniqueness and grandeur will, the author hopes, flow out to the reader from the pages of this narrative. As a repository of events this book is not as inclusive as the author would have wished, nor does it make mention of all those who labored gallantly for the Zionist cause across the world and in Pal estine. Within the compass allotted for this work, only the more significant events could be included, and the author can only crave forgiveness from the actors living and dead whose names have been omitted or whose roles have perhaps been understated. With reference to many of the controversies to which Zionism gave rise, the author will no doubt be found to be a partisan, but not, he trusts, a blind partisan. Without the help of many devoted friends, this work could not have been accomplished. The two who have the largest claim on my gratitude are Sundel Doniger, the president of the Jewish History Foundation, and my son David Emanuel, who lightened the burdens involved in a work of this exacting nature. I had valuable help also from Dr. Joshua H. Neumann and his charming wife Tamar, and from my old and faithful friend Abraham Grayer. Professor Neumann, Mr. Doniger and Mr. Grayer, whose acquaintance with the Zionist Move ment has been long and intimate, read the manuscript and made im portant suggestions. The rich facilities of the Zionist Archives and Library of the Palestine Foundation Fund, particularly their collection of photographs, were made available to me by the director, Mrs. Sylvia Landress, and her assistants, especially Mrs. Adinah Dorf man, and Mrs. Janet Deutsch Gendelman was an able secretarial assistant. I owe a great deal, finally, to the considerateness and help fulness of the publisher and his staff...









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