Moses Hess. Roma VeYerushalayim [“Rome and Jerusalem, The Ultimate National Query.”]

(ZIONISM).

Y. Halter for “Toshiah”

Warsaw

1899

FIRST HEBREW EDITION. Translated from the German by David Tzemach. Frontispiece portrait of the author.

IMPORTANT TREATISE BY THE FATHER OF ZIONIST SOCIALISM. The author’s anthropological studies of the liberation movements of oppressed nationalities resulted in his publication of the present text, in which he concluded that the Jewish people required a national center. The title “Rome and Jerusalem” (first edition, 1862) derived from Hess’s notion that there were “two world-historical races:” Aryans and Semites. The Aryans aim to beautify life; the Semites to sanctify i