08
Aug
The following post is the result of an assignment we gave our history professor - to help us learn about the man (pictured above) who’s the namesake for our lovely street.
Five useful things to know about Moshe Hess:
1) Moshe Hess is often understood to be the first thinker to integrate Socialism and Zionism
2) According to his writings, he had been estranged from his Jewish roots for twenty years during which time he was a central figure in the Communist movement.
3) His book, Rome and Jerusalem published in 1862 is said to have solved some sixty copies when it was first published.
4) Hess is buried in the Kinneret Cemetery after his remains were brought here from East Germany. In the days of East German Communism, Hess was one of the icons of the Communist movement. The others were Marx and Engels. We shall be visiting Moses Hess’s grave during the Northern tiyul.
5) In Jerusalem, adjacent to Moses Hesss street is Zamenhof street, who is considered the founder of the “international” language Esperanto. Needless to say Zamenhof was a Jew.
THANK YOU DAVE MENDELSSON!
