"A city like this, my brothers and friends, you have not seen even in a dream" wrote Nobel Prize-winning Hebrew author S.Y. Agnon.

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1859–1924. Rabbi Yaakov Mazeh served as the government-appointed chief rabbi of Moscow. Born in 1859 in Mogilev, Belarus, Mazeh's family...

Introduction Nestled along the shimmering Mediterranean coast, Jaffa is a city that resonates with tales of antiquity, cultural fusion,...

1854 - 1938. David Shuv was an Orthodox rabbi and a Proto-Zionist and was among the founders of the city of Rosh Pinna. Below is his...

Translation: "Hurry, Brothers, hurry". To fully understand this article, we recommend reading our article about the Bilu Movement....

Acronym: Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha Translation: "House of Jacob, come, let us walk" Biblical Source: Isaiah 2:5. In the early 1880s,...

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was a Russian linguist, grammarian, and journalist who played a vital role in the revival of the Hebrew language. He...

Abraham Isaac Kook, known as Rav Kook, was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel (in British Mandatory Palestine). He is considered one of the fathers of religious Zionism.

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

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