Britain's foreign secretary Arthur Balfour declares his government's support for a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine; the declaration, later written into the League of Nations mandate, gives Zionism an imperial sponsor.
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The Event
- Date
- 1917 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Jewish history
- Location
- London; today London, England
- Traditions
- Judaism
- Streams
- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Secular Judaism
- Key figures
- Arthur Balfour, Chaim Weizmann
Primary Sources
- The Balfour Declaration (letter of 2 November 1917)
Secondary Sources
- Johnson, A History of the Jews (Harper, 1987)
- Sarna, American Judaism: A History (Yale, 2004)
Provenance: HIST-0128; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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