He is the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the foundation of the State of Israel.

Contemporary scholars conclude that Herzl's own implementation of modern Zionism was undoubtedly influenced by that relationship.

The law was enacted in 1950, two years after Israel came into being, and it is a bedrock of modern Zionism.

The problem is that such expressions, despite their Zionist origins, are heretical to modern Zionism for the reasons I outlined above.

The first is Theodore Herzl's, which gave birth to modern Zionism.

"The only exception," he said, "is maybe Theodor Herzl," a reference to the father of modern Zionism.

Before the birth of modern Zionism, by the early 19th century, more than 10,000 Jews were still living in the area that is today's Israel.

He has even begun to forgive them for the fact that the founder of modern Zionism was an Austrian Jew.

However, modern Zionism evolved both politically and religiously.

It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism.