EI's Alastair Benn speaks to
Rachel Cockerell, author of
Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land, a history of the quest for a Jewish homeland at the turn of the 19th century and beyond, weaving memoir, documentary, and literature.
Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the
Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by
Paul Lay and
Alastair Benn. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones.
Image: Theodor Herzl addresses the Sixth Zionist Organisation Congress in Basel, 1903. Credit: World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo