Anti-Zionist Jews Gather at the Birthplace of Zionism

Anti-Zionist Jews Gather at the Birthplace of Zionism

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In March 1896, William Hechler, the Anglican chaplain at the British Embassy in Vienna, came across a book titled Der Judenstaat (The State for Jews). Hechler belonged to a centuries-old Protestant movement that aimed at gathering Jews in Palestine and converting them to Christianity. The book’s author, journalist Theodor Herzl, also lived in the Austrian capital. Hechler sought out Herzl, and th…