Original Publisher’s Cloth. 8vo. X, 180 pages. 25 cm. “Hess, a German socialist and father of Zionist Socialism, professed that Jews must preserve their nationality in the exile and strive for its political restoration in Palestine. He felt that the Jewish religion is the best means of preserving the nationality of the Jews and must therefore be left unchanged until the day when the foundations of a Jewish political and social establishment are laid in Palestine and a Sanhedrin can be elected to modify Jewish law in agreement with the needs of the new society. According to Hess, the Jewish people needed a "center of action, " around which a nucleus of men devoted to the religious mission of Israel could gather to pursue their work. ” –EJ, 2007. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (GER-32-8)