Rabbi Yaakov Mazeh served as the government-appointed chief rabbi of Moscow. Born in 1859 in Mogilev, Belarus, Mazeh's family name is an acronym signifying their lineage as Kohanim: MiZera Aharon Hacohen (from the seed of Aaron the Priest). Following the early passing of his father, he was raised by his maternal grandfather.

Charles Netter was a French businessman and a founding member of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. He is also known for being the founder of Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel.

Aharon Chelouche was an Algerian Sephardic Jew known for his roles as a landowner, jeweler, and money changer in Jaffa's Jewish community. He founded Neve Tzedek, now part of Tel Aviv.

Aliya Eele BeTamar was an aliya of Jews from Yemen to the Land of Israel in 1881-1882. The Jewish year of their Aliya, תרמ"ב, gave to the alya its name (תרמ"ב --> בתמר). The name is also a direct quote from the verse "I said, I will climb up to the Tamar" from the book of Songs of Songs.

1868 - 1945. Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, was a British industrialist, politician, and Zionist activist in the late 19th and early...

In the early 1880s, Jews in the Russian Empire experienced harsh antisemitism, violence, and persecution. In response to that, and in opposition to assimilation, some Jews suggested settling a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, the only place Jews could become a nation.

Haim Nissim Amzlag was a Jewish businessman and community leader during the Yishuv period.

Berl Katznelson was one of the intellectual founders of Socialist Zionism, instrumental in the establishment of the modern state of Israel, and the editor of Davar.

Ha'poel Hatzair is the first Zionist socialist party founded in the Land of Israel in 1905 by Russian Jewish immigrants. The party's goals were Zionism's realization and the creation of a working Hebrew society. The party considered it a duty to embrace productive (industrial and agricultural) labor work in settlements and to work on Hebrew language revival.

Levi Eshkol was an Israeli politician and the third Prime Minister of the State of Israel, between 1963 and 1969.