Biography - Leon (Yehuda - Lieb) Pinsker
After more than a decade of thought, and following more serious, government-inspired violence, Pinsker traveled to Europe where he tried unsuccessfully to popularize the idea that Jews need to organize a national movement, he returned to Odessa, where he wrote Selbstemanzipation (Auto-Emancipation) . The essay declared that Jews would never be the social equals of gentiles as long as they did not have a state of their own, and called for a meeting of Jewish leaders to consider the problem. Pinsker was willing to settle for a Jewish homeland in a country other than Palestine. The pamphlet was initially ignored. But following a series of pogroms, it attracted attention at least in Russia, and Pinsker was subsequently chosen to head the Chovevei Tzion (Lovers of Zion) movement that was organized in Russia to unite a network of underground Zionist study circles.
Pinsker died in Russia in 1891. His remains were brought to Palestine in 1934 and reburied in The Cave of Nicanor near to Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The yishuv of Nahalat Yehudah near Rishon Lezion is named after him, as well as streets in several towns in Israel. More Israeli and Zionist Biographies The Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Zionism and Israel External Zionism LinksThis site provides resources about Zionism and Israeli history, including links to source documents. We are not responsible for the information content of these sites. These links are NOT intended to be an exhaustive reference about Zionism, but the list will keep growing... Please tell us about your favorite links and we will review them for inclusion. Please do copy these links to your Web site and tell your friends about http://www.zionism-israel.com Zionism and Israel Information Center Thank you. Please link to us and to our Sister Web sites - http://zionism.netfirms.com Zionism Pages and Zionism and Israel On the Web Wikipedia article about Zionism - A comprehensive article including the history of Zionism as well as links to specific topics and articles about anti-Zionism.Zionism - Table of contents at the Jewish Virtual Library Zionism - Definition and Brief History - A balanced article that covers the definitions and history of Zionism as well as opposition to Zionism and criticisms by Arabs, Jewish anti-Zionists. Labor Zionism - Early History and Critique - Contribution of Labor Zionism to the creation of the Jewish state, and problems of Labor Zionism in a changing reality. The US Library of congress has a comprehensive and balanced set of articles about Zionism: Zionist Precursors - US Library of Congress Political Zionism - US Library of Congress Cultural Zionism - US Library of Congress Labor Zionism - US Library of Congress Revisionist Zionism - US Library of Congress Jewish Agency Zionism pages - Links to basic information about Zionism from the Jewish Agency Ambassador Herzog explains Zionism in the UN Advocacy Israel-Palestina - (Dutch) Middle East Conflict, Israel, Palestine,Zionism... Israël-Palestina Informatie -gids Israël, Zionisme, Palestijnen en Midden-Oosten conflict... Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a European perspective - Dutch and English.
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