Am Scheidewege: Ausgew�hlte Aufs�tze, Basierend Auf Der Vierb�ndigen Hebr�ischen Gesamtausgabe

by Ahad Ha'am, Christian Wiese (Editor)

The new edition of Achad Ha am s Am Scheidewege [At the Crossroads] makes essays published by the founder of Cultural Zionism in 1923 accessible again for the first time. In these works the author sets out his view of Jewish identity and, in debate with the political Zionism of Theodor Herzl, advocates a Jewish nationalism that focuses above all on the cultural renewal of Judaism in Europe. An introduction and commentary by the editor Christian Wiese explain the significance of these writings which are crucial to Jewish self-conception in the modern age."

800 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1921

About the author

Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg, primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'am, (Hebrew: אחד העם‎, lit. one of the people, Genesis 26:10), was a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers.

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.