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The
Zionist Century - Concepts - Zionist Congresses
Fourth Congress - London, 1900
The Congress was held in
London in order to affect public opinion in that country in sympathy with
the Zionist idea. The Congress met in an atmosphere of growing concern
over the situation facing Rumanian Jewry where many thousands had been
forced to leave and the remainder were subject to persecution. Although
this appeared to provide further evidence of the need for a "Charter,"
Herzl had nothing substantial to offer that might bring succor to these
Jews.
On the cultural question, the religious Zionists led by Rabbi Yitzhak
Ya’akov Reines demanded that the Zionist movement restrict itself
solely to political matters. The Congress also discussed the problems
of the Jewish workers in Palestine and the question of a national Jewish
sports movement.
Theodor
Herzl | Max Nordau | David
Wolffsohn | Yitzhak Ya’akov Reines
Leo Motzkin | Martin
Buber |Chaim Weizmann | Israel
Zangwill
Menahem Ussishkin | Nahum
Sokolow
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