Historical Dictionary of Zionism Rafael Medoff and Chaim I. Waxman The Jewish attachment to Zion is centuries old. While the modern Zionist movement was organized a little more than a century ago, its roots reach back nearly 4,000 years ago to when the biblical patriarch Abraham left his home in Ur of the Chaldees to settle in the Promised Land, where the Jewish state subsequently arose. From that day forward, the Jewish people have struggled to either regain or maintain their homeland. Sixty years have now passed since the establishment of the state of Israel, but many of the political and religious factions that comprised the Zionist movement prior to 1968 remain active. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Zionism - through its chronology; maps; introductory essay; bibliography; and more than two hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial people, organizations, and events - is a valuable contribution to the appreciation for both the diversity and consensus that characterize the Zionist experience. Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in Washington D.C. Chaim I. Waxman is professor emeritus of sociology and Jewish studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute in Jerusalem.