The History of Modern Zionism through Numismatics

By Simcha KuritzkyANA World’s Fair of Money, July 2008

Zion-ism

Jerusalem

c. 1000 BCE – 930 BCE Kings David and Solomon

By the Rivers of Babylon…

587 BCE First Temple Destroyed

Zion Restored…

c. 536-515 BCE Persians permit rebuilding of Temple

…and Lost Again

70 CE Romans destroy Second Temple and Jewish Autonomy

Illustration ©1978 Abba Eban and David Bamberger

Medieval Jewry

The Modern Era

1781-2 Austrian Emancipation Proclamations

Napoleon Bonaparte in Eretz Israel

Napoleon Bonaparte in France

Revolutions

Early Settlement

Early Settlement

Early Settlement

Other Refuges

Anti-Semitism

Modern Political Zionism

Herzl and Der Kaiser

Jewish Colonial Trust

Jewish National Fund קק׳ל

Land of Israel

The Great War

The Great War

October 1917

Britain & France Divide Up the Middle East

Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature

The Great War

November 2, 1917

Support for an Arab Homeland

ZO leader Weizmann meets with Emir (later

King) Faisal

1920 San Remo Conference

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1920 San Remo Conference

1919 Hagana (Defense)

1925 Revisionists

Rise of Anti-Semitism

1927 Palestine Currency Board

1929 Jewish Agency

Originally 1 franc, 1 mark, 1 kroner, 2 shillings, half a dollar, or 40 kopeks

Publicity

1934 An Alternative Zion

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1934 Transfer Agreement

1936-39 Arab Revolt

1941-45 Genocide

Displaced Persons Camps

November, 1947 U.N. votes to create Jewish state

May, 1948 Israel born