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Lwów(Lemberg,L’viv):Childhood
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movement,adecadebeforeHerzl.57ComparedtoBraudeandEhrenpreis,
ThonwasreservedinhisestimationofMikraKodesh,Howeverwhenhe
wroteaboutZionhewasmuchmoreenthusiasticthenhisfriends,perhapshis
deepZionistworldviewmadehimevaluatethetwoassociationsindifferent
ways.AfteryearshestillrememberedZionasaveryauthenticinitiative,
stemmingfromthedepthoftheirsouls.Theywerelisteningonlytotheir
heartsnottoanyonefromtheoutside.ThenZionismwasautopianvision
andtheycouldnotimaginethatitwouldbecomesuchagreatpowerinthe
Jewishworld.58ThonbecameanengagedZionistactivistalreadythen,with
theestablishmentofZion,andheneverceasedtobeoneallhislife,butthe
enthusiasticbudsofhisrichZionistactivitybeganinhisyouthinLwów.
Then,ashenoted,theywerereadytobenotonlyobserversbutrealactors
onthestageofhistory.Then“wedevelopedfullytheideathatthesalvation
ofIsraelwillnotcomefromtheoldworldofTorahandnotalsofromthe
HaskalahandknowledgeofMikraKodeshbutonlyformthevisionand
splendorofZion.”59LikeEhrenpreisThonalsoapprehendedZionasone
ofthefirstbudsofpoliticalZionism,althoughwithoutclearplansandnot
yetwiththeideaof“Jewishstate.”60ButovertheyearsZiondeveloped,
flourished,andbecamethecenterforagreatspiritualwork,auniversityfor
the“officersandcommandersofZion-Zionism.”61
AnotherimportantfigureinThon’slifewasEmanuelFrankel.Hewas
alsoaspiritualteacherofThon,butnotintraditionalJewishstudiesas
Wolf-Salat,butingeneralstudies.ThankstoFrankelhecametoknow
Europeanculture.HehadahugelibraryandThonborrowedbooksfrom
him.“InhisguidanceIreadallthemasterpiecesofGermanliterature,and
EnglishandFrenchliteraturetranslatedintoGerman,andalsophilosophy.
HededicatedtomemanyhoursandexplainedmebooksthatthenIcould
57Braude,“Zikhronotavshel,”96;Ehrenpreis,Beynmizrah,26.Moreaboutthe
circumstancesthatledtotheestablishmentofZion,itsideologyandactivitiessee:Gelber,
Toldotha-tenu’a,120-135;Shanes,DiasporaNationalism,82-94;Bauer“TheIntellectual.”
AboutJewishnationalisminGaliciabeforeHerzlsee:JoshuaShanes,“NeitherGermansnor
Poles:JewishNationalisminGaliciabeforeHerzl,1883-1897,”AustrianHistoryYearbook
34(2003):191-213.
58MojżeszKanfer,“Godzinaupos.Thona,”NowyDziennik,71(17.3.1930):19.
59Thon,“Demuyotmi-Lvov,”369.
60Ibid,370.
61Ibid,375.ForthehistoryoftheZionistmovementinGaliciasee:AvrahamSaltzet
al,“Shaloshte’udot,”inPirkeiGalitsyah,editedbyIsraelCohenandDovSadan,(Tel-Aviv:
AmOved,1957),57-80.