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“Benjamin’s work is of the greatest importance for the history of the Jewish communities of the Middle Ages” - Cecil Roth

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

Massa’ot shel Rabbi Binyamin (Travels of Rabbi Benjamin). Constantinople: Eliezer son of Gershom Soncino, 1543

First edition of this Jewish classic of the Middle Ages, the most famous secular work by a Jew of the era. “No other medieval traveler has left us so full and trustworthy an account of the condition of the Jews in the various countries which he visited” (Marcus Nathan Adler).

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“my heart is certain that the people of Israel will return to fortitude in their land and state”

HERZL, THEODOR

“A Solution to the Question of the Jews” (in Hebrew) in Ha-Tzfirah, issues 11 and 14 (January 24 and 28, 1896). Warsaw, 1896

FIRST HEBREW EDITION of this landmark essay by Herzl on “A Solution to the Question of the Jews.” This is the first appearance of Herzlian Zionist thought before a Hebrew-speaking audience, preceding the publication of Der Judenstaat.

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“The Jews who wish for a State will have it. We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and die peacefully in our own homes. The world will be freed by our liberty, enriched by our wealth, magnified by our greatness. And whatever we attempt here to accomplish for our own welfare, will react powerfully and beneficially for the good of humanity” - Herzl, Der Judenstaat

HERZL, THEODOR

Der Judenstaat. Leipzig & Vienna: Breitenstein, 1896

FIRST EDITION of the manifesto of Zionism. More than any other work, Herzl Der Judenstaat (the Jewish State) represents the foundation of the modern state of Israel.

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