Re: Edict of toleration

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 11/28/2004 1:26:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear Scott, That policy doesn't appear until around 1904.  The impulse to immigrate to Palestine doesn't begin until the very end of the 19th century with Theodor Herzl's zionism which held that Jews needed their own  national homeland. And even he wasn't insistent that it be in Palestine. Uganda and Guyana were both mentioned as alternatives. We don't hear of complaints against Jewish immigration and land purchases until 1891. And that probably wouldn't have been seen as a problem had it not been clear that Zionists intended to make Palestine a European colony. Thanks for the info!   it might be of interest to note that before the second world war broke out Adolf Eichman was in contact with Arabs and Zionists in Palestine discussing the possibility of find a place to move the Reich's Jews. Even as late as 1940 the Nazis were making noises about turning Madagascar into a Jewish homeland. Though of course that was just talk to placate opponents and Jews still in Germany. Eichmann makes some note of those discussions in the memoir cuttings that appeared in Life Magazine shortly after he was kidnapped and taken to Israel. He had been trying to find a publisher for his memoirs and that is probably the only reason the Mossad was able to track him down. Talk about ego biting one in the ass.   Regards,   Scott __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu