A century before Zionism became conventional, an English-speaking Sepharadi rabbi in Montreal delivered a sermon of clarity and urgency.
 
Rabbi Aharon David Meldola de Sola (1853-1918) insists that Jewish restoration is a covenantal destiny, and that faith is not passivity. Jews must pray, and then organise; hope, and then build.
 
The Restoration of Israel brings this forgotten voice back to life in a richly annotated edition, pairing the sermon with a vivid account of Sepharadi pioneers whose longing for Zion was practical as well as poetic.
 
This edition also features an essay by Rabbi Shalom Morris of the historic S&P Bevis Marks Synagogue in London.