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 ]

(ZIONISM).

Josef Fischer

Cracow

1897

German text with smattering of Hebrew. Bookplate of Heinrich Loewe, showing lion (German, Loewe) and “Elyakim ben Yehudah” spelt in ancient Hebrew script (see below)

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