Herzl, Theodor. Altneuland [“Old-New Land”- a novel]

(ZIONISM).

HaTzefirah

Warsaw

1902

FIRST EDITION IN YIDDISH. Translated from the German by “Dr. Is-El” (i.e. Isidor (Yisroel) Eliashev) aka, Ba’al-Machshoves.

Alt-NeuLand is Herzl’s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a brand new Hebrew Nation. The motto of the book, noted on its title-page, became the watchword of the entire Zionist Movement: “If you will it, it is no dream.” Herzl personally invited the popular Yiddish literary critic Ba’al-Machshoves to undertake the translation of the work.