The Israeli Flag
The Israeli flag was originally the banner of the World Zionist Organization and was first adopted as a flag during the first Zionist...
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Moshe Yitzhak Matalon
1872 - 1959. Moshe Yitzhak Matlon was one of Tel Aviv's founders. The first Matlon family members arrived in Israel from Iraq in 1817,...
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David-Zvi Pinkas
1895 - 1952. David Zvi Pinkas was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence (out of 37 signers), and the third Minister of...
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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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Moshe Sharett
1894 - 1955. Moshe Sharett was an active Zionist leader, the first Foreign Minister of Israel, and its Second Prime Minister. He led the...
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Hovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion)
Hovevei Zion is a collective name for Zionist associations founded in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century. These associations...
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Moshe Leib Lilienblum
1843 - 1910. Moshe Yehuda Leib Lilienblum was a journalist and writer who wrote in Hebrew, Russian, and Yiddish. As a young adult, he...
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Menahem Sheinkin
1871 - 1924. Menahem Sheikin was among Tel Aviv's founders. In 1900, after he completed his studies in Odessa (Ukraine), he was elected...
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Haim (Boger) Bograshov
1876 - 1963. Born in the Russian Empire, Haim Bograshov was an Israeli politician and Zionist leader. He had a traditional education in a...
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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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