When Zionists wanted a ‘Promised Land’ for European Jews in Argentina

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When Zionists wanted a ‘Promised Land’ for European Jews in Argentina

Did you know that Theodor Herzl, the founding father of Zionism, eyed Argentina for a Zionist state or the “Promised Land”? In the late 19th century, hundreds of Jewish settlers founded Moise Ville, a small town some 600 kilometres from the capital, Buenos Aires, that was supposed to become the “Jerusalem of Argentina”

December 24, 2023