Ahad Ha'am

Response · November 3, 2016
Why Ahad Ha’am Still Matters
By Hillel Halkin
Despite the failure of his cultural Zionism, the two main pillars of his thought remain central to Jewish life—and to arguments about Jewish life—today.
Response · October 26, 2016
The Failure of Cultural Zionism
By Asael Abelman
To its shame, the movement led by Ahad Ha'am missed the extreme urgency of the Jewish situation in Europe. Thankfully, the revival of his thought in today's Israel is another matter.
Response · October 19, 2016
Ahad Ha’am and Theodor Herzl: Together at Last?
By Steven B. Smith
The Zionist debate between the two men is old but still urgent. Can their disparate visions be reconciled? Do they need to be?
Response · October 10, 2016
What Would Ahad Ha’am Think about Israel Today?
By Allan Arkush
He would likely share more with young men sporting knitted kippot and young women in long skirts than with any other sizable group on the Israeli scene.
Monthly Essay · October 5, 2016
What Ahad Ha’am Saw and Herzl Missed—and Vice Versa
By Hillel Halkin
The unresolved rivalry between the great Zionist thinker and the great Zionist strategist still shapes the contending outlooks of many 21st-century Jews.