TY - JOUR
T1 - Eastern Jews vs. Western Jews
T2 - The Ahad Ha'am-Herzl dispute and its cultural and social implications
AU - Goldstein, Yossi
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The conflict between Herzl and Ahad Ha'am encapsulated the cultural divide that separated the two, as well as it reflected the political and ideological rift separating East from West. The Eastern block wished Zionism to maintain strong ties to a sense of Jewish continuity (if not necessarily to traditional Jewish practice). The Western one was more cosmopolitan and assimilationist in its bent. From the first Zionist Congress onward, Ahad Ha'am assumed the role of Herzl's chief opponent. At first, he was a voice crying in the wilderness, but within seven years, he headed a united front whose members sought to remove Herzl or at least force him into a minority. The point of no return was reached in a clash known as the "Alteneuland Affair," whose personal side was as strong as its other aspects, if not more so. For after this episode concluded with this defeat and Herzl's victory, Ahad Ha'am bowed out of all active Zionist political life.
AB - The conflict between Herzl and Ahad Ha'am encapsulated the cultural divide that separated the two, as well as it reflected the political and ideological rift separating East from West. The Eastern block wished Zionism to maintain strong ties to a sense of Jewish continuity (if not necessarily to traditional Jewish practice). The Western one was more cosmopolitan and assimilationist in its bent. From the first Zionist Congress onward, Ahad Ha'am assumed the role of Herzl's chief opponent. At first, he was a voice crying in the wilderness, but within seven years, he headed a united front whose members sought to remove Herzl or at least force him into a minority. The point of no return was reached in a clash known as the "Alteneuland Affair," whose personal side was as strong as its other aspects, if not more so. For after this episode concluded with this defeat and Herzl's victory, Ahad Ha'am bowed out of all active Zionist political life.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957375950&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10835-010-9119-6
DO - 10.1007/s10835-010-9119-6
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AN - SCOPUS:77957375950
SN - 0334-701X
VL - 24
SP - 355
EP - 377
JO - Jewish History
JF - Jewish History
IS - 3
ER -