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Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[~~Theodore~~ Herzl|Herzl]] and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to ~~Palestine~~, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.

Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[Theodor Herzl|Herzl]] and political [[Zionism]], and argued that first, before the return to [[Eretz Israel]], there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.

He founded the “[[Sons of Moses]]” society to materialize his ideas. He defined the goals of the society in his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/3361 Way of Life]” and in the journal “Hive”, which he was the editor of. The society dispersed in 1897. Aḥad Ha‘am travelled to Palestine in 1891, 1893 and 1900 and wrote about his journeys in ''HaMelitz'', in his articles called “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/7883 Truth from Palestine]”.

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* Learning, learning, learning—that is the secret of Jewish survival.

** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref>

*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which the land will be regenerated.

*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which [[Eretz Israel|the land]] will be regenerated.

**In “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/6530 The Wrong Way],” 1889. Translated in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html Ten Essays]''.

*More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel.

**From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]”

*In Palestine we can and should found for ourselves a spiritual center of our nationality.

*In [[Palestine]] we can and should found for ourselves a [[spiritual center]] of our nationality.

**In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2913 Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet].” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']

*[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt.

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*The existence of an original Hebrew culture needs no proof. So long as the Bible is extant, the creative power of the Jewish mind will remain undeniable.

*Zionism for us means simply the foundation in Palestine, by means of diplomatic negotiations with Turkey and other powers, of a ‘safe refuge’ for all oppressed and persecuted Jews...

*The solution of the Jewish problem lies in the revival of the spirit.

*The solution of the [[Jewish problem]] lies in the revival of the spirit.

**In “[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/The_spiritual_revival_%28IA_spiritualrevival00ahadiala%29.pdf The Spiritual Revival].”

==References==

[[Category:Zionist leaders and thinkers]]

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-Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[Theodore Herzl|Herzl]] and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to Palestine, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.
+Aḥad Ha‘am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of [[Theodor Herzl|Herzl]] and political [[Zionism]], and argued that first, before the return to [[Eretz Israel]], there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.
 He founded the “[[Sons of Moses]]” society to materialize his ideas. He defined the goals of the society in his essay “[https://benyehuda.org/read/3361 Way of Life]” and in the journal “Hive”, which he was the editor of. The society dispersed in 1897. Aḥad Ha‘am travelled to Palestine in 1891, 1893 and 1900 and wrote about his journeys in ''HaMelitz'', in his articles called “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/7883 Truth from Palestine]”.
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 * Learning, learning, learning—that is the secret of Jewish survival.
 ** Said in 1910<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jewish_Curriculum_and_Resource_Guide_for/Pz3UyHrnyqQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Learning,+learning,+learning%E2%80%94that+is+the+secret+of+Jewish+survival%22&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Jewish Curriculum and Resource Guide for the Armed Forces: Resource guide update (1984) |date=1985 |publisher=Department of Defense |language=en}}</ref>
-*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which the land will be regenerated.
+*The heart of the people—that is the foundation on which [[Eretz Israel|the land]] will be regenerated.
 **In “[https://benyehuda.org/collections/6530 The Wrong Way],” 1889. Translated in ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html Ten Essays]''.
 *More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel.
 **From “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2786 Sabbath and Zionism]”
-*In Palestine we can and should found for ourselves a spiritual center of our nationality.
+*In [[Palestine]] we can and should found for ourselves a [[spiritual center]] of our nationality.
 **In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/2913 Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet].” See quote cited by himself at “''A Spiritual Centre''” in the collection [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67667/pg67667-images.html ''Ten Essays'']
 *[Zionism] provides an opportunity for communal work and political excitement; his emotions find an outlet in a field of activity which is not subservient to non-Jews; and he feels that, thanks to this ideal, he stands once more spiritually erect and has regained his personal dignity, without overmuch trouble and purely by his own efforts…. For it is not the attainment of the ideal that he heeds; its pursuit alone is sufficient to cure him of his spiritual disease, which is that of an inferiority complex, and the loftier and more distant the ideal, the greater its power to exalt.
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 *The existence of an original Hebrew culture needs no proof. So long as the Bible is extant, the creative power of the Jewish mind will remain undeniable.
 *Zionism for us means simply the foundation in Palestine, by means of diplomatic negotiations with Turkey and other powers, of a ‘safe refuge’ for all oppressed and persecuted Jews...
-*The solution of the Jewish problem lies in the revival of the spirit.
+*The solution of the [[Jewish problem]] lies in the revival of the spirit.
 **In “[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/The_spiritual_revival_%28IA_spiritualrevival00ahadiala%29.pdf The Spiritual Revival].”
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Zionist leaders and thinkers]]