Introduction to Zionism; Aliya to the Yishuv; Why did Jews come to migrate to Palestine; What were the influences? Descriptions of types of Zionism; Hardships, etc.
Introduction to Zionism; Aliya to the Yishuv; Why did Jews come to migrate to Palestine; What were the influences? Descriptions of types of Zionism; Hardships, etc.
Introduction to Zionism; Aliya to the Yishuv; Why did Jews come to migrate to Palestine; What were the influences? Descriptions of types of Zionism; Hardships, etc.
1882: 450,000 inhabitants; 24,000 were Jews In four Holy Cities: Jerusalem, Tiberius, Safed, & Hebron; Couple hundred jews in each of Haifa, Jaffa, Akko, and Aza (Gaza) About 110 Jews in Pekiin, Shafram 1918: Jewish population = 56,000 out of 70,000 In 1925: 108,000 Jews
1,242,000 69% 608,000 31% 1,588,365 6% 1947 UN Partition
1,300,000 67% 640,298 33% 1,900,000 7% SELF- DETERMINE D IDEAS COMMON LANGUAGE WHAT IS A NATION ? COMMON RELIGION COMMON HISTORY POLITICAL ENTITY NOT A STATE France becomes a republic 1829 1839 Belgium becomes independent Italy becomes a nation 1850 Greece becomes a nation 1848 Germany reunites 1870 PREJUDICE JUSTIFICATION RETALIATION LOGICAL RATIONAL CONCIOUS THE CRIME IS BEING JEWIS H THERE IS NO SOLUTION NO ALTERNATIVE NO REDEMPTION ONCE A JEW, ALWAYS A JEW JEWISH RACE NOT INDIVIDUAL JEW VIOLENCE TOWARDS JEW SAME AS VIOLENCE TOWARDS OTHER RELIGIONS AND NATIONALITIES ANTI-SEMITISM WHY COME? ANTI-SEMITISM POGROMS IN UKRAINE DREYFUS JEWS AS SCAPEGOATS NATIONALISM WAVE ASSASSINATION OF CZAR PALESTINE AMERIKA SUPPORT ZIONISM AND SOCIALIST IDEAS WE HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL HOME WE WILL NEVER BE FULLY ACCEPTED Homeland dreaming to 1840 State defining 1840s - present State seeking 1760s - 1920s State making 1880s - 1948 State keeping 1948 - present What would it be like to have a homeland of our own? How do you make a state? How do you move people? How do you create settlements and create economies? TERRITORIALISM CULTURAL PRACTICAL RELIGIOUS REVISIONIST POLITICAL SOCIALIST ZIONISM NEW JEW OLD JEW Climate Hardiness Physical Condition Workability of the Land Swamps Mosquitos, Locusts WATER, WATER, WATER!!!!! Language
These young Jews came from Eastern Europe. They dreamed of working on the land though they had not been farmers.. They struggled with swamps. They fought mosquitoes that carried disease. They dealt with unfriendly Arab neighbors. Many died or went back home. Baron de Rothschild 35,000 leave
1882 1860-1904 Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), 1896 Alteneuland (The Old New Land), 1902 The Dreyfus Affair, 1894 Lilien, Moses (Freedom) LIlien, Moses on mount Sinai, illustration in Books of the Bible These Jews from Eastern Europe were more prepared than the first group. They started the Kibbutz movement. They began building the city of Tel Aviv. This Aliya created a group of armed watchmen called Hashomer (The Guard) to protect their settlements. 40,000 from Russia found Degania and Tel Aviv; leave 1908 1917 Britain promises the Jews a homeland They also promise the Arabs their own nation if they help to beat the Ottomans Britain gets involved as a means of protecting the Suez Canal These Jews came from Russia and Poland. They wanted to work their land. They wanted to be friendly neighbors, too. The Arabs were unhappy that more and more Jews were coming. They attacked the Jewish homes and towns. To defend themselves, the Jewish settlers started a military group. It was called the Haganah 30,000 90,000 from Eastern Europe few leave
1923 United Jewish Appeal Poster These olim came to the land to get away from anti-Semetism in Eastern Europe. Anti- Semitism is hatred of Jews. Most of the olim settled in bigger citites. They helped people from preschool through college age go to school. In 1925, they began the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. 82,000 from Poland and Hungary. 23,000 leave 1923 United Jewish Appeal Poster 1925 These Jews arrived in Palestine when Hitler rose to power in Germany. This was the largest of all the Aliyot. Aliyot means more than one aliyah. Not all of the European Jews were lucky enough to come though. The British were in charge of Palestine at the time. They only let a small number of people come in. Many people who stayed in Europe died in the Holocaust. 250,000 from Germany and Eastern Europe. Population reaches 450,000 by 1940
Tzena, tzena, tzena, tzena ha-banot u-rena ayalim ba- moshava Al na, Al na, Al na, Al na, al na titabena Mi ben ayil, ish tzava Go out, go out, go out girls and see soldiers in the moshava (farming community). Do not, do not, do not hide yourself away from a virtuous man [a pun on the word for "soldier"], an army man.
1936 United Israel Appeal Poster 2/3 of the land was purchased by 1939 1946 United Israel Appeal Poster