Aḥad Ha‘am
Ahad Ha’am was the founder of Cultural Zionism. He was a critic of Herzl and political Zionism, and argued that first, before the return to Palestine, there must be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish people.
Quotes
- Learning, learning, learning—that is the secret of Jewish survival.
- Said in 1910[1]
- More than Israel has guarded the Sabbath, the Sabbath has guarded Israel.
- From “Sabbath and Zionism”
- In Palestine we can and should found for ourselves a spiritual center of our nationality.
- In “Dr. Pinsker & His Pamphlet.” See quote cited by himself at A SPIRITUAL CENTRE in the collection “Ten Essays”