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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1860-05-02|birthplace=Pest|birthcountry=Kingdom of Hungary|death=1904-05-03|deathplace=Edlach|deathcountry=Austria}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Pest, Hungary. Some Sephardic ancestry has been suggested but has not been documented. The family later moved to Vienna after the death of his sister Pauline. | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1860-05-02|birthplace=Pest|birthcountry=Kingdom of Hungary|death=1904-05-03|deathplace=Edlach|deathcountry=Austria}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Pest, Hungary. Some Sephardic ancestry has been suggested but has not been documented. The family later moved to Vienna after the death of his sister Pauline. | ||
==Zionism== | ==Zionism== | ||
Confronted with [[antisemitism]] in Vienna, | Confronted with [[antisemitism]] in Vienna, Herzl reached the conclusion that anti-Jewish sentiment would make Jewish assimilation impossible, and that the only solution for Jews was the establishment of a Jewish state. His idea was was well received and eventually resulted in the creation of the nation of Israel. | ||
==Family life== | ==Family life== | ||
Herzl married Julie Naschauer, the 21-year-old daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman in Vienna on 25 June 1889. The marriage resulted in the birth of two girls and one boy, [[Hans Hertzl]]. | |||
== Views regarding circumcision == | == Views regarding circumcision == | ||
Although the | Although the Herzl family was strongly Jewish, Hertzl and his wife did not support [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] as required by the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]], so when Hans was born on 10 June 1891,<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Herzl/6000000007014376451 | |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Herzl/6000000007014376451 | ||
|title=Hans Herzl | |title=Hans Herzl | ||
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* {{REFbook | * {{REFbook | ||
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|first=Theodor | |first=Theodor | ||
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==Death and reinterment== | ==Death and reinterment== | ||
Herzl died of heart failure on 3 May 1904 when he was 44 and his son Hans was 13. Herzl was buried in the Döbling Cemetery of Vienna, but later was exhumed and re-interred in a special cemetery of great honor on Mount Herzl, a prominence near Jerusalem that was named in his honor.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl | |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl | ||
|title=Theodor Herzl’s Grave | |title=Theodor Herzl’s Grave | ||
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|accessdate=2024-02-19 | |accessdate=2024-02-19 | ||
}}</ref> His other family members also were re-interred in the Mount | }}</ref> His other family members also were re-interred in the Mount Herzl national cemetery. | ||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{URLwikipedia| | * {{URLwikipedia|Theodor_Herzl|Theodor Herzl|2024-02-19}} | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||