the history of modern zionism through numismatics by simcha kuritzky ana world’s fair of money,...

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

Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature

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

Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature

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