This Dover edition, first published in 1988, is an unabridged,unaltered republication of the work originally published in 1946by the American Zionist Emergency Council, New York, based on arevised translation published by the Scopus Publishing Company,New York, 1943, which was, in turn, based on the firstEnglish-language edition, A Jewish State, translated by Sylvied'Avigdor, and published by Nutt, London, England, 1896. TheHerzl text was originally published under the title DerJudenstaat in Vienna, 1896. Please see the note on the facingpage for further details.

"THE JEWISH STATE" is published by the American Zionist EmergencyCouncil for its constituent organizations on the occasion of the 50thAnniversary of the publication of "DER JUDENSTAAT" in Vienna, February14, 1896.

The translation of "THE JEWISH STATE" based on a revised translationpublished by the Scopus Publishing Company was further revised byJacob M. Alkow, editor of this book. The biography was condensed fromAlex Bein's Theodor Herzl, published by the Jewish Publication Societyof America. The bibliography and the chronology were prepared by theZionist Archives and Library. To Mr. Louis Lipsky and to all of theabove mentioned contributors, the American Zionist Emergency Councilis deeply indebted.