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No. 12. | Vienna, 24 March 1899. | Third Year.

Zionism seeks to establish for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine. Basle Programme.

Contents.

Leo Rafaels: Our Spring. Dr. Adolf Friedemann: The Awaited One. The Jewish Colonial Bank. Erwin Rosenberger: The Week. A Lecture by Max Nordau. B. Jacobs: Heymann Steinthal. Tribune. World Chronicle. Correspondence. Miscellaneous News. Zionist Movement. Society News. Review of Periodicals. The World of Books. E. Müller: Seder. Ben-Ami: The Exodus. Prince Friedr. Wrede: The Goldschilds (XXXXII).

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