This dissertation was written as part of the MA in Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
Studies at the International Hellenic University.
Zionism is regarded as the movement connecting Jewish people with the land of their
historical, cultural and religious origin: the Land of Zion. Its modern expression was
deeply defined by the raging anti-Semitism in European societies, together with the
parallel evolution of the “Jewish Enlightenment”, formulating the base needed for the
realization of a nationalist interpretation of the Jewish identity, centered on its needed
national, ethical and religious emancipation, reestablished and sovereign in its
perennial homeland.
The movement could not leave Greek Jewry indifferent. As such, this dissertation aims
to examine the evolution of the Zionist movement inside Greek Jewish communities,
together with the multiple factors (social, religious, political) affecting its course.
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