Herzl

American  

[her-tsuhl, hurt-suhl, hairt-] / ˈhɛr tsəl, ˈhɜrt səl, ˈhɛərt- /

noun

1. Theodor 1860–1904, Hungarian-born Austrian Jewish writer and journalist: founder of the political Zionist movement.

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Herzl British  

/ ˈhɛrtsəl /

noun

1. Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1860–1904, Austrian writer, born in Hungary; founder of the Zionist movement. In The Jewish State (1896), he advocated resettlement of the Jews in a state of their own

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Herzl

Rothschild, who had already spent years financing agricultural colonies in Ottoman Palestine, regarded Herzl as an energetic but naive dreamer ignorant of the difficult realities on the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Her group visited Mount Herzl, a cemetery in Jerusalem where fallen soldiers are buried, and they were accompanied by six IDF soldiers.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024

But Theodore Herzl, the 19th-century founder of modern Zionism, was an entirely secular figure and quite likely an atheist.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024

Its use was championed by a Jewish Austro-Hungarian journalist, Theodor Herzl, at the turn of the 19th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024

So we moved to Herzl Street where Aunt Kay and Bernie lived upstairs.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson