This Dover edition, first published in 1988, is an unabridged,
unaltered republication of the work originally published in 1946
by the American Zionist Emergency Council, New York, based on a
revised translation published by the Scopus Publishing Company,
New York, 1943, which was, in turn, based on the first
English-language edition, _A Jewish State_, translated by Sylvie
d'Avigdor, and published by Nutt, London, England, 1896. The
Herzl text was originally published under the title _Der
Judenstaat_ in Vienna, 1896. Please see the note on the facing
page for further details.
"_THE JEWISH STATE_" is published by the American Zionist Emergency
Council for its constituent organizations on the occasion of the 50th
Anniversary of the publication of "DER JUDENSTAAT" in Vienna, February
14, 1896.
The translation of "THE JEWISH STATE" based on a revised translation
published by the Scopus Publishing Company was further revised by
Jacob M. Alkow, editor of this book. The biography was condensed from
Alex Bein's Theodor Herzl, published by the Jewish Publication Society
of America. The bibliography and the chronology were prepared by the
Zionist Archives and Library. To Mr. Louis Lipsky and to all of the
above mentioned contributors, the American Zionist Emergency Council
is deeply indebted.