Zionism, a name given to a scheme for the acquisition of Palestine by purchase from Turkey, with a view to establishing the Jews in the Holy Land.

 

Zionism has made great progress, and is championed by some of the greatest living Jews.

 

While its aim is to populate Palestine with Jews, and provide a refuge there for some of the persecuted Jewish millions of Russia, Rumania, etc., it is not averse to Jewish settlement in other desirable localities, and a suggestion from the Federation of American Zionists through Jacob H. Schiff (q.v.) in Dec. 1906,

for a settlement near Galveston, Texas, was regarded favorably by Zionist leaders.