Hebrew essayist, primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'amin Skvira, near Kiev in the Ukraine - at that time Russian Empire - and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. Heis primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'am. He is known as the founder of Cultural Zionism. With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Palestine he confronted Theodor Herzl. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews." The impact of modern philosophy and the sciences led him to abandon his religious faith and observance. Nonetheless he remained deeply committed to the Jewish people. It was his attempt to find a synthesis between Judaism and European philosophy.
Hebrew essayist, primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'amin Skvira, near Kiev in the Ukraine - at that time Russian Empire - and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. Heis primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'am. He is known as the founder of Cultural Zionism. With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Palestine he confronted Theodor Herzl. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews." The impact of modern philosophy and the sciences led him to abandon his religious faith and observance. Nonetheless he remained deeply committed to the Jewish people. It was his attempt to find a synthesis between Judaism and European philosophy.
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