who is theodor herzl
Theodor (Binyamin Ze'ev) Herzl was the visionary behind modern Zionism and the reinstitution of a Jewish homeland. Herzl (born May 2, 1860; died July 3, 1904) was born in Budapest in 1860.He was educated in the spirit of the German-Jewish Enlightenment, and learned to appreciate secular culture.erzl died in Vienna in 1904, of pneumonia and a weak heart overworked by his incessant efforts on behalf of Zionism. By then the movement had found its place on the world political map. In 1949, Herzlâs remains were brought to Israel and reinterred on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.