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Golda Meir
1898 - 1978. Golda Meir was an Israeli politician, and Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. Born in Kyiev, her early years were...


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Levi Eshkol
1895 - 1969. Levi Eshkol was an Israeli politician and the third Prime Minister of the State of Israel, between 1963 and 1969. You can...


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Abraham Isaac Kook
1865 - 1935. Rabbi Dr. Abraham I. Kook, 4/15/24. Source: Library of Congress. Abraham Isaac Kook, known as Rav Kook , was an Orthodox...


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Herbert Samuel
1870 - 1963. Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel was the first appointed High Commissioner for Palestine, in charge of the...


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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858 - 1922. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, originally named Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, was a Russian linguist, grammarian, and journalist who played...


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Menachem Ussishkin
1863 - 1941. Menachem Ussishkin was a Zionist leader born in Belarus. Starting in 1878, he developed a passion for reading contemporary...


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Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 - 1940. Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Zionist leader, writer, orator, soldier, and journalist. He strongly advocated for the creation of a...


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Siona Tagger
1900 - 1988. Ziona Tager was an Israeli painter known for painting the Yishuv period and the country's first years. She was born in Jaffa...


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King George
1865 - 1936. King George V was King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936. During and after World War 1, the United Kingdom expanded...


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General Edmund Allenby
1861 - 1936. Edmund Allenby was a British military officer who became famous during World War 1 for conquering the Land of Israel and...


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Nahum Sokolov
1859 - 1936. Nahum Sokolov was a writer, journalist, and Zionist leader. Born in Poland, he received a traditional Jewish education as a...
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