Isidore Singer
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Isidore Singer was an Austrian-born American encyclopedist, editor, and activist. He is best known as the managing editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia.
Isidore Singer
Theodor Herzl
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Theodor Herzl was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine, which, in
Isidore Singer
…des Judentums in Berlin and the Rabbinical Seminary in Vienna, where he came under the influence of Adolf Jellinek. During this period, Singer also met Theodor Herzl, who was at the time studying law at the University of Vienna. In 1884, Singer established the Allgemeine Österreichische Literaturzeitung, which he…
Herzl, c. 1897
Herzl at the age of 5
Herzl (seated in the middle) with members of the Zionist Organization in Vienna, 1896
Herzl in Basel, photographed during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901, by Ephraim Moses Lilien