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Moshe Montefiore
1784 - 1885. Moshe Montefiore, an English Sephardic Jew born in Italy, was a financier, banker, Zionist activist, and philanthropist. He...
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Beyond the Walls of Jerusalem
During the second part of the 19th century, Jerusalem started to expand, and new neighborhoods were built outside the old city after thousands of years in which the residents of Jerusalem lived between the old walls.
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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 started.
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Nahalat Binyamin
The Nahalat Binyamin Association of Jaffa (mainly made up of craftsmen) wanted to establish another neighborhood outside Jaffa, while the Ahuzat Bait Association settled one in 1909.
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Moshe Sharett
1894 - 1955. source: gov.il/en Moshe Sharett was an active Zionist leader, the first Foreign Minister of Israel, and its Second Prime...
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Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild
1845 - 1934. Baron Edmond de Rothschild / Source : Ramat-hanadiv.org.il Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a French banker,...
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