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The photographic exhibit "Vibrant Israel" comprises a series of panels depicting 18 different facets of Israeli life.
The exhibit was produced by the Public Affairs Division of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jerusalem, Israel, 1997.
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| Zionism is the national ideology upon which the State of Israel in based. Derived from the word Zion, the traditional synonym for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel, Zionism symbolizes the practical as well as the spiritual redemption of the Jewish People in its ancestral homeland. Political Zionism emerged in the latter half of the 19th century, as a response to the continued oppression and persecution of Jews in Eastern Europe, and growing disillusionment with the emancipation in Western Europe which failed to integrate Jews into their host societies. In 1897, the first Zionist Congress, convened by Theodor Herzl in Basle, Switzerland, proclaimed its aim: the return of the Jews to their historic homeland, where Jews would be free from persecution and be able to develop their own lives and identity. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the World Zionist Organization, also founded in Basle, has continued to promote Zionism in the Diaspora, as well as taking responsibility for such crucial tasks as immigration and absorption, rural settlement, educational and youth activities, and urban renewal.
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