Steven J. Zipperstein, ‘Elusive prophet: ‘Ahad Ha’Am and the Origins of Zionism’

Originally published in Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England 33 (1992/4), pp. 279-81. Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha’Am and the Origins of Zionism, Steven J. Zipperstein (Peter Halban, London 1993) xxv + 386 pp. £25.00. Asher Hirsch Ginzberg, known to the world of Jewish letters as Ahad Ha’Am, was born in the Russian town of…