The Jewish population needed a lifeboat. Cue the Zionist movement. The Zionist movement emerged against the backdrop of a general intellectual awakening that was sweeping over Europe. The Age of Enlightenment in the 1700s and the Spring of Nations in the mid-1800s saw democratic and liberal revolutions and unrest in almost every country. Citizens e

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At the end of the First Jewish Congress, Theodor Herzl wrote: “In Basel, I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today, I would be greeted by universal laughter. In five years perhaps, and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it.” United Nations Resolution 181 for the creation of the State of Israel was adopted on November 2

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