Zion here, Zion there, Zion everywhere!
Here we have multiple ideas for Jewish homelands, states, refuges, or communities throughout the years. The borders I've left a little vague because most of these never got past the proposal stage. From left to right, we have:
* Sitka, Alaska- Proposed in 1940 by the Slattery Report as both a refuge for European Jews and an incentive to increase Alaska's economic development.
* Ararat City- Proposed in 1820 by Mordecai Manuel Noah to be established at Grand Island, New York.
* British Guiana- There was a 1939 plan to resettle a modest number of Jewish refugees here, but it was shelved thanks to World War II. In March 1940, the suggestion was made to create a Jewish homeland here instead. The British Government decided that "the problem is at present too problematical to admit of the adoption of a definite policy and must be left for the decision of some future Government in years to come".
* Thuringia- Proposed in 2007 by Israeli art student Ronen Eidelman as a second Jewish state with Weimar as its capital.
* West Prussia- In 1941, Lord Moyne suggested that David Ben-Gurion advocated for a Jewish emigration to the region. Ben-Gurion responded that "the only way to get Jews to go [to East Prussia] would be with machine guns."
* Albania- In 1935, British Zionist journalist Leo Elton traveled to Albania, apparently at his own initiative, to see if it would be possible to establish a Jewish national entity there.
* Crimea- From before its annexation by the Russian Empire up to the Soviet Empire, Crimea was long considered to be the most viable place to become a homeland for Jews, even the place where the Jewish Autonomous Oblast could be established. However, this dream was brought down when the Nazis came steamrolling in.
* British Uganda- Actually Kenya, but the idea was brought to the World Zionist Congress in 1903, where 5,000 square miles (13,000 square kilometers) of the Mau Plateau were offered as a potential refuge. Many were on board with the idea, but others weren't so keen on it. They sent delegates to scout the area and found the natives and local wildlife weren't too friendly, so they declined the offer in 1905.
* Madagascar Plan- Made famous by the Nazi plan to deport Europe's Jewish population there and transform it into the world's largest concentration camp. However, there are some accounts that the British and French also considered settling their Jewish populations there at some point.
* Al-Hasa- A Russian Jewish doctor residing in France named Dr. M.L. Rothstein proposed an Jewish state here, in what is modern day Saudi Arabia, in September 1917.
* Jewish Autonomous Oblast- Probably the most well-known example on the list, where Stalin "offered" the Jews a homeland, which just so happened to be faaar away from the important cities of Russia. While some wanted the area to become a Jewish state following the collapse of the USSR, the majority immigrated to Israel and Europe.
* Kimberley- Proposed by the Freeland League, led by Isaac Nachman Steinberg, to resettle Jewish refugees from Europe in the Kimberley region in Australia starting in the late 30's.
* Point Davey- With the support of the Premier of Tasmania, Robert Cosgrove, Critchley Parker Junior proposed a Jewish settlement in this town in south west Tasmania. Parker surveyed the area, but his death in 1942 put an end to the idea.