Some early Zionists imagined Zionism as unifying all Semitic peoples against Aryans

Evidence

The writer identified the Zionist movement with a rejuvenation and “unification” of all Semitic peoples: “The Orient as the old sight of spiritually infused Semitism (Semi-tentum) will, recognizing the spiritual emptiness and cowardice of the Aryan so-called culture, force back the Aryan where he belongs.” — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 141

Categorization

  • CANDY: A striking anecdote: an anonymous 1900s Prague manuscript casts Zionism as pan-Semitic revenge against ‘spiritually empty’ Aryans.
  • QUESTION: Who was this author, and how representative was this pan-Semitic, anti-Aryan current within early Zionism?