TY - JOUR
T1 - Alliance of the Hebrews, 1863-1875
T2 - The diaspora roots of an ultra-Orthodox proto-Zionist utopia in Palestine
AU - Silber, Michael K.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - In 1873, Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1837-1922), a young Hungarian rabbi who combined ultra-Orthodox militancy with Jewish nationalism, published a remarkable booklet in Jerusalem that anticipated features of later Zionist utopias. It derived its original inspiration not from the active messianism that drove other religious forerunners of Zionism, but rather from harsh critiques of Orthodox society and culture in Hungary. Only later were Messianism and the Holy Land grafted on to the remedies he proposed for the ills of Orthodox society in the diaspora. In Palestine, his vision expanded to encompass a utopian blueprint for a revitalized, authentic Jewish society and a vision of a Jewish state.
AB - In 1873, Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1837-1922), a young Hungarian rabbi who combined ultra-Orthodox militancy with Jewish nationalism, published a remarkable booklet in Jerusalem that anticipated features of later Zionist utopias. It derived its original inspiration not from the active messianism that drove other religious forerunners of Zionism, but rather from harsh critiques of Orthodox society and culture in Hungary. Only later were Messianism and the Holy Land grafted on to the remedies he proposed for the ills of Orthodox society in the diaspora. In Palestine, his vision expanded to encompass a utopian blueprint for a revitalized, authentic Jewish society and a vision of a Jewish state.
KW - A.Y. Schlesinger
KW - Alliance of the Hebrews
KW - Hungary
KW - Jewish nationalism
KW - Jewish state
KW - Palestine
KW - Ultra-Orthodoxy
KW - Utopia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350015207&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13531040802284031
DO - 10.1080/13531040802284031
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AN - SCOPUS:70350015207
SN - 1353-1042
VL - 27
SP - 119
EP - 147
JO - Journal of Israeli History
JF - Journal of Israeli History
IS - 2
ER -