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Confession by Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937)
Full text of an abridged translation, published in 1946, of Dr. Birnbaum's Gottesvolk, published in 1917. The author, in his youth a secularist and a founder of the Zionist movement, describes his cultural odyssey which eventually brought him to Torah Judaism.

A Historical Look at Religious Zionism
Article on the evolving responses of religious Jews to secular Jewish nationalism.

100 Years of Zionism
Timeline, concepts, glossary, people, places, maps, materials and archives.

The State Department and Zionism, 1917-1945: A Reevaluation
Scholarly article from the October 1999 issue of Middle East Policy Journal by Dr Lawrence Davidson, professor of history at West Chester University.

The Life and Death of Socialist Zionism
Article by Jason Schulman published in New Politics traces the ideological origins and evoloution of Labor Zionism which was the dominant ideological force in Zionism for much of the twentieth century until 1977.

Nationalism, Socialism and Patriotism: (Labor) Zionist Dissent in late 19th and early 20th Century America
Online companion to a course offered by Indiana University, Bloomington. Includes documents and other resources.

The Zionist Library
Makes available to researchers, students and the general reader many fundamental texts, generally in English translation, focusing on the pre-World War I period.

Central Zionist Archives
Introduction and detailed list of its holdings.

A history of Zionism and the creation of Israel
A brief history of Zionism and the creation of Israel with photos, discussion of major issues and the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


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