Ha-Melits was a Hebrew newspaper published in the Russian Empire between 1860 and 1904. It was one of the first Hebrew-language newspapers, initially published as a weekly before transitioning to a daily format in 1886.

Moshe Yehuda Leib Lilienblum was a journalist and writer who wrote in Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish.

In 1889, Asher Ginzberg, also known as Ahad Ha'am, published his article "This is Not the Way". Widely regarded as his most important work, it laid the foundation for the Cultural Zionist movement.

1856 -1927. Early Life and Philosophical Foundations Asher Zvi Ginzberg, known as Ahad Ha'am, was an influential writer and one of Zionism's leading thinkers. Source: National Library of Israel, Schwadron Collection. Born in Ukraine to a Hasidic family, he distanced himself from religion in adulthood and studied diverse fields including mathematics, Hebrew grammar, literature, and philosophy. In 1884 he joined the "Hovevei Zion" movement and founded two years later the Hebrew