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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
A Zionist Reading List from Soc.Culture.Jewish (extremely thorough)
see also here
Ottoman Empire Reading List, some books here are useful for understanding conditions in pre-Zionist Palestine
Some controversial books on Zionism
Readings on Contemporary Antisemitism
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
The Herzl Gallery
Zionist Idealogues, short bios from the Zionist Exposition site
Self Emancipation, early Zionist writers and their works
Moses Hess, a short bio from JSOURCE
Moses Hess, a slightly longer bio
Vladimir Jabotinsky, the father of "revisionist" zionism. Texts of Jabotinsky's writings, and bios of his followers in today's Likud party
On Leon Pinsker and his book, "Autoemancipation"
From the WZO's site:
Biography of Ahad Ha'am
Judah Ben Solomon Hai Alkalai (1798-1878), Sephardic rabbi of Belgrade, an early advocate of return to Zion
Judah Leib Pinsker, author of Autoemancipation (1882)
Henrietta Szold, the great American Zionist leader
Zevi Hirsch Kalischer, a rabbinic author advocating settlement in Eretz-Israel without messianic intervention
ZIONIST HISTORY
Herzl: The Jewish State (highlights)
Zionist Philosophies, a good overview of the various branches
Rishon le-Zion and Sicily Island, a history of two Hoveve Zion Settlements
The Virtual Zionist Congress, 1998, lots of discussions
Herzl's Diary, 1898, hebrew only
The letters of Ahad Ha'am, hebrew only
Homeward Bound, the WZO's Zionist Exposition site
Lexicon of Zionism
History of Zionism, by subject, somewhat subjective. US-Israel site.
Modern Zionism, a timeline from the Israeli Embassy in Washington
Great early zionist graphics
Kruzim, an exhibition of proclaimation posters from the walls of Jerusalem (19th & 20th century)
Photo exhibition, from Beth Hatefutsoth, the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv
LOST JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE
Abandoned Jewish Cemetaries in Europe, a photoessay
The Virtual Shtetl
The Jew As Other, 18th & 19th century English caricatures
Demolished Synagogues, history and pictures of destroyed synagogues in Europe
The Jewish Museum of Prague
Images of Polish synagogues
Minutes from the Wannsee conference, 1942
ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS
WZO, The World Zionist Organization
AACI , American and Canadian Olim
The Jewish Agency
Central Zionist Archives
American Zionist Movement
Hashomair Hatzair, venerable socialist zionist group
Zionist Organization of America
LINKS TO MORE LINKS
Judaism and Jewish Resources , from Shamash
Zionist links from the Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Jacob Richman's Hot Sites
Jewish Resources , a private site
Jewish Resources in Cyberspace, (ORT), international
Maven, "more than 6,000 Jewish links"
iGuide, Israeli Internet Guide
The Ultimate Jewish Link Launcher, University of Colorado Jewish Student Union
Religious pluralism in Israel Links, (Masorti movement)
Peace Links, from Ariga
Middle East Links, all countries
Palestine Links from Birzeit University, Ramallah