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Moses Hess Born: January 21, 1812, Bonn; Died: April 6, 1875, Paris Moses Hess, also known as Moritz Hess was born on January 21, 1812 in Bonn, Germany. His father was an Orthodox Jew who worked as a merchant. Matrilineally,…

Max Nordau Born: July 29, 1849, Budapest; Died: Jan 23, 1923, Paris Max Nordau was a doctor, writer, and Zionist leader. Nordau was born on July 29, 1849 the son of a Sephardic Jewish Orthodox Rabbi. He moved away from…

Chaim Weizmann Born: November 27, 1874, Motol; Died: November 9, 1952, Rehovot Chaim Weizmann was an influential Zionist leader, scientist, and the first President of Israel who is recognized as a founder of Synthetic Zionism. Weizmann was born on November…

Theodor Herzl Born: May 2, 1860, Budapest; Died: July 3, 1904, Edlach Theodor Herzl was the founder of Political Zionism, a journalist, and lawyer. He was born on May 2, 1860 in Budapest. He went on to study law at…

Ahad Ha’am  Born: August 18, 1856; Died: January 2, 1927, Tel Aviv Ahad Ha’am born Asher Hirsch Ginsberg was a Hebrew journalist and essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. He is known as the founder of cultural…

Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) Born: August 15, 1769; Died: May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island Napoleon Bonaparte also referred to as Napoleon I, was the Emperor of the French from 1804-1814. Napoleone di Buonaparte was born to a Corsican family,…

Muhammad Ali Born: 1769, Kavala Died: August 2, 1849, Alexandria Muhammed Ali was the ruler, pasha (high level political and military Ottoman rank granted by the Sultan), and viceroy of Egypt. Muhammad Ali was born in 1796 in Kavala. Little…

Ze’ev Jabotinsky Born: October 17, 1880; Died: August 3, 1940, Hunter Ze’ev Jabotinsky born Vladimir Jabotinsky was a founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, founder of the Beitar Youth Movement, and founder of the political party Hatzohar which would go…

Joseph Chamberlain Born: July 8, 1836, London; Died: July 2, 1914, London Joseph Chamberlain was a British businessman and politician who initially was a member of the Liberal party before joining the Liberal Unionist and ultimately the Conservative party. Chamberlain…