To truly understand Mount Herzl, one must look back to the late 19th century. Before it became the manicured national landmark it is today, this ridge, known in Arabic as el-Bad, was a barren, rocky hillside on the western edge of Jerusalem. Its transformation into the "Mount of Remembrance" is a reflection of the Zionist journey itself. The Vision of Theodor Herzl The story begins with Theodor Herzl, a secular Jewish journalist from Vienna. In 1897, he organized the First Zi