The New York Times · New York, New York · 24 November 1902
CP-1902-003
Zionism Attacked by Rabbi Silverman
Calls it a dream utterly impossible of realization — says greatest blessing in disguise that ever happened to Israel was the Palestinian Kingdom’s overthrow
Transcribed from the clipping
“The principal Jewish problem is how to overcome anti-Semitism and to insure to Israel a position of equality among the people of the earth. Zionism is an endeavor to solve this problem of creating for Israel a State of its own in its ancient habitation—Palestine.” Dr. Silverman “practically ridiculed the idea of the Jews emigrating to Palestine and becoming a nation, and contended that the majority of Jews today were perfectly satisfied with their lot.”
Context added by this archive
The earliest Jewish objection to Zionism in this archive, in the New York Times, forty-five years before partition.
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"Zionism Attacked by Rabbi Silverman," The New York Times, 24 November 1902. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1902-003. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1902-003
Elsewhere in the archive
- PLAN OF COLONIZING PALESTINE WITH JEWSThe New York Times · 6 January 1902 · the same newspaper
- DR. HERZL SEES THE SULTANThe New York Times · 6 August 1902 · the same newspaper
- PROGRESS OF ZIONISMThe New York Times · 16 December 1901 · the same newspaper
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