Herzl's Grandparents Laid to Rest Alongside Zionist Leader on Mount Herzl
The ceremony completed the last unfulfilled clause of Herzl’s 1903 will, with an honor guard carrying two caskets to the family plot.
- On Wednesday, the remains of Shimon Leib Herzl and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, were reinterred at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem during a state ceremony.
- World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel led the four-year repatriation effort, fulfilling a clause in Theodor Herzl's 1903 will that had been delayed due to the hostage crisis in Gaza.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the service, which occurred exactly 77 years to the day after Theodor Herzl himself was reburied at the site.
- President Herzog described Shimon Leib as a communal leader whose influence helped shape the environment in which his grandson, the founder of modern political Zionism, was raised.
- Retrieval of the remains from Zemun, Serbia, marks the culmination of a years-long initiative, closing a historic chapter by reconnecting the family's roots to the land Theodor Herzl devoted his life to.
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Herzl’s grandparents reburied on Mount Herzl, fulfilling Zionist leader’s final wish
(JTA) — JERUSALEM — When World Zionist Organization officials working with the Israeli Foreign Ministry opened the grave of Theodor Herzl’s grandfather on July 29 in Zemun, Serbia, they found it empty. Shimon Leib Herzl was not buried beneath his tombstone. So they kept digging to the side of his wife Rivka’s grave and found his remains there, according to Yizhar Hess, the WZO’s acting chairman, who was present at the exhumation. On Wednesday af…
Israel more united than it seems, Netanyahu says at ceremony reburying remains of Herzl’s grandparents in Israel
Herzl’s paternal grandparents lived near Belgrade, and his grandfather served as a Jewish community leader who helped shape young Theodor’s attachment to Judaism and Zionism. By Etgar Lefkovits, JNS The bodies of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, which were exhumed last week in Belgrade, Serbia, were reburied next to the grave of their grandson, the Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl, on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The ceremony, during which Israe…
Herzl's grandparents are reburied in Jerusalem, fulfilling Zionist leader's final wish
"When Zion brings her children home, she also brings home their forebears," said one leader involved in the effort. The post Herzl’s grandparents are reburied in Jerusalem, fulfilling Zionist leader’s final wish appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
A century after Herzl's death, his grandparents are laid to rest in Israel
Shimon and Rivka Herzl, who were buried in Serbia, were reinterred in a state ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Theodor Herzl had requested in his will that his closest family members be brought for burial in Israel
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Jewish News SyndicateIsrael more united than it seems, Netanyahu says at ceremony reburying remains of Herzl's grandparents in Israel
The bodies of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, which were exhumed last week from graves in Belgrade, Serbia, were buried next to their grandson on Mount Herzl 77 years to the day that the Zionist visionary and his parents were reburied…
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