{"product_id":"2940149702619","title":"The Jewish State","description":"Few books have changed human history as did Theodor Herzl's 1896 tract advocating the founding—even the inevitability—of a Jewish state. Founder of the World Zionist Organization and an Austrian intellectual, Herzl recognized that Jews would never be truly assimilated in any country they settled in, even over the course of centuries, and could only find a home in their own nation. More than that, creating a new Jewish state would provide the opportunity to evolve it under advanced Western democratic ideals and structures. \"The earth resounds with outcries against the Jews,\" Herzl wrote, \"and these outcries have awakened the slumbering idea.\" The idea was a \"very old one: the restoration of the Jewish State.\" But it was given a new voice and Utopian contours by Herzl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new digital edition from Quid Pro Books includes a 2014 Foreword by Jerold S. Auerbach, Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College and recognized as a leading scholar in the U.S. on Judaism in America as well as Israeli history. His extensive introduction brings home the importance of and complexities of this historic work, of this visionary man. Translated to English in this 1904 version and supplemented with notes and a preface by Jacob De Haas in 1917, this version recounts steps that Herzl and others had taken after 1896 toward persuading world leaders of the necessity of creating a Jewish homeland in what is present-day Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented in a quality NOOKbook edition from Quid Pro, this version of \"Der Judenstaat\" features accurate presentation and proofreading of the original text, active Table of Contents, and linked notes. Part of the History \u0026amp; Heroes Series.","brand":"Quid Pro, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109149065456,"sku":"2940149702619","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149702619_p0.jpg?v=1763722260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149702619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}