NORDAU - ZIONIST CONGRESS] Max NORDAU (1849-1923) 7th Zionist Congress in Basel L.A.S. located in Basel and dated August 28, 1903. 4 pp. in-12. Letter in which Nordau vividly describes the madness that is gripping the congress participants as it draws to a close: "a wind of hideous madness is blowing over all these contorted heads (sic). Yesterday I presided over the meeting from 3 p.m. to 9.1/2 p.m., then I simply ran away, because I felt I would take the hammer and throw it at the heads of the madmen, as I had already hurled insults at them several times. I have the satisfaction of seeing that I am now the most hated man in Congress. "On my way out, I'll probably have to be shaved by Mr. Slousch and Mr. Sokoloff. Sokoloff and then take leave of the few friends who are not completely crazy. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba