David Wolffsohn
1855 - 1914. David Wolffsohn was a Lithuanian-Jewish businessman, an early Zionist, and the second president of the Zionist Organization....
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Theodor Herzl
1860 - 1904. Benjamin Zeev Theodor Herzl was the founder of Political Zionism and founder of the Zionist Organization. He was born to a...
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The Israeli Flag
The Israeli flag was originally the banner of the World Zionist Organization and was first adopted as a flag during the first Zionist...
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The Land of Israel before the first Aliyah (1882)
Decades before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the establishment of a Jewish state embodying Zionist ideology had already...
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Nahum Sokolov
1859 - 1936. Nahum Sokolov was a writer, journalist, and Zionist leader. Born in Poland, he received a traditional Jewish education as a...
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From Ahuzat Bait to Tel Aviv, a story of seashells
Throughout the 19th century, the city of Jaffa served as the main entry point to the land of Israel for Jews from around the world...
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Menahem Sheinkin
1871 - 1924. Menahem Sheikin was among Tel Aviv's founders. In 1900, after he completed his studies in Odessa (Ukraine), he was elected...
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"Masaʻ le-erets Yisraʼel bi-shenat Tat"
Published in 1892, this book, authored by Elhanan Leib Lewinsky, unfolds a visionary tale set in 2040, envisaging a journey to the Land...
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Elhanan Leib Lewinsky
1857 - 1910. Born in the Russian Empire, Elhanan was a Hebrew-language writer and Zionist leader. He received a Talmudic education,...
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Ahad Ha'Am
1856 -1927. Asher Zvi Ginzberg, known as Ahad Ha'am, was an influential writer and one of Zionism's leading thinkers. Born in Ukraine to...
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