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Berl Katznelson
1887 - 1944. Berl Katznelson was one of the intellectual founders of Socialist Zionism, instrumental in the establishment of the modern...
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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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Nahalat Binyamin
The Nahalat Binyamin Association of Jaffa (mainly made up of craftsmen) wanted to establish another neighborhood outside Jaffa, while the...
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Nahum Sokolov
1859 - 1936. Nahum Sokolov. Source : https://loc.gov/pictures/resource/ggbain.33385/ Nahum Sokolov was a writer, journalist, and Zionist...
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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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Yehudah Ben Samuel Halevi
1141 - 1075. Rabbi Juda (Yehuda) HaLevi was a Sephardic rabbi, philosopher, doctor, and poet born in Tudela (Spain). During his life, he...
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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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Meir Dizengoff
1861 -1936. Meïr Dizengoff was the first mayor of Tel Aviv, between 1921-1925, and from 1928 until his death in 1936. Born in Moldova in...
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Menahem Sheinkin
Menahem Sheikin was a Zionist leader and one of the founding figures of Tel Aviv.
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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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