Marcus, Ahron. Dr. Theodor Herzl’s “Judenstaat” besprochen in der Generalversammlung der “Chowewe Erez Israel” in Krakau am 10. Januar 1897 [Address concerning Herzl’s Judenstaat ]
AUCTION 37 |
Tuesday, June 26th,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 165
(ZIONISM).
Marcus, Ahron. Dr. Theodor Herzl’s “Judenstaat” besprochen in der Generalversammlung der “Chowewe Erez Israel” in Krakau am 10. Januar 1897 [Address concerning Herzl’s Judenstaat ]
Cracow: Josef Fischer 1897
Est: $700 - $900
Aaron Marcus (1843-1916) was initially an ardent supporter of Herzl’s Zionism, as witnessed in this pamphlet. Later however, he adopted the anti-Zionist ideology of the Agudath Israel movement. On p.7, Marcus quotes the Chassidic Rabbi Israel of Rizhin as having said that the final Redemption will develop in much the same way that the return of the captivity from Babylon occurred, namely there will arise a political movement that will result in the return of the Jews to their ancestral. See EJ, Vol. XI, cols. 944-5.
Heinrich (Elyakim) Loewe (1867-1950) was one of the first German Zionists, a scholar of Jewish folklore and librarian at the University of Berlin and later Tel Aviv. See EJ, Vol XI, cols. 446-7