Category: Israel

Really three distinct books in one cover. Each book covers the biographies of relatives of the author. The first, and longest of the three, describes the early calls for Zionism, with special attention to the highly influential, and all-but-forgotten British author: Israel Zangwill. Israel Zangwill was best friends with Cockerell's great grandfather, David Jochelman, also an influential zionist. When the first Zionist congress was called in 1897 representatives came from across Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and North Africa. They all carried the same story of generations of pogroms. The need for a safe Jewish homeland was underway as it...