[Ads-l] Antedating of "Zionism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Zionism (OED 1896)

1895 _Hebrew Standard of Australasia_ 6 Dec. 8/2 (Newspapers.com)

The Rev. Isadore Myers, B.A., has met with a most cordial rcception in New York.  His first public appearance was on the occasion of a lecture on "Zionism," which drew an immense audience of old and young to the Hebrew Institute.

Fred Shapiro

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