Israel's national anthem, Hatikvah ("The Hope"), expresses the Jewish people's longing to return to Israel, the land of their forefathers, after 2,000 years of exile following the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE.

The Israeli flag was originally the banner of the World Zionist Organization and was first adopted as a flag during the first Zionist Congress in 1897 (Basel, Switzerland).

Moshe Yitzhak Matlon was one of Tel Aviv's founders. The Matlon family first arrived in Israel from Iraq in 1817, over 200 years ago, playing a pioneering role in establishing the Jewish community in Jaffa.

1895 - 1952. David Zvi Pinkas was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence (out of 37 signers), and the third Minister of...

Nahum Sokolov was a writer, journalist, and Zionist leader.

1894 - 1955. source: gov.il/en Moshe Sharett was an active Zionist leader, the first Foreign Minister of Israel, and its Second Prime...

Hovevei Zion is a collective name for Zionist associations founded in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century. These associations...

1843 - 1910. Source : Wikipedia, from the national Library of Israel. Moshe Yehuda Leib Lilienblum was a journalist and writer who wrote...

Menahem Sheikin was a Zionist leader and one of the founding figures of Tel Aviv.

1876 - 1963. Source : Israel National Photo Collection 1951. Born in the Russian Empire, Haim Bograshov was an Israeli politician and...