BENEI MOSHE — (Heb. בְּנֵי מֹשֶׁה; Sons of Moses ), secret order of Ḥovevei Zion founded in Russia in 1889 to ensure personal dedication to the spiritual renaissance of the Jewish people and the return to Ereẓ Israel. Benei Moshe, founded on the seventh of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BENEI BINYAMIN — (Heb. בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִין, Sons of Benjamin ), association of second generation farmers in the veteran moshavot of Palestine, active from 1921 to 1939. It engaged mainly in promoting economic and cultural interests, along with matters of security… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
USSISHKIN, ABRAHAM MENAḤEM MENDEL — (1863–1941), Zionist leader, member of Ḥovevei Zion, and the president of the jewish national fund (JNF). Born in Dubrovno in the district of Mogilev, Russia, Ussishkin moved to Moscow with his family in 1871. From 1878 he became an enthusiastic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MAZEH, JACOB — (1859–1924), Zionist leader and Hebrew writer. Born in Mogilev, Belorussia, he was orphaned in childhood and given a traditional education in his grandfather s home. Later he read and was influenced by the Haskalah, in particular by the works of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IDELSON, ABRAHAM — (1865–1921), Zionist theoretician, publicist, and editor. Born in Vekshni (Wexna), Lithuania, Idelson had a traditional education but at the age of 15 turned to secular studies. In 1885–90 he studied at the University of Moscow. In 1886 or 1887… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TSCHLENOW, JEHIEL — (Yefim Vladimirovich; 1863–1918), Zionist leader. Born in Kremenchug, Ukraine, into a well todo ḥasidic family, Tschlenow studied medicine in Moscow where his family had settled in 1876. He graduated as a physician in 1888 and became a well known … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AUSTRIA — AUSTRIA, country in Central Europe. Middle Ages Jews lived in Austria from the tenth century. However the history of the Jews in Austria from the late Middle Ages was virtually that of the Jews in vienna and its environs. In the modern period,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEVONTIN, JEHIEL JOSEPH — (1861–1936), Hebrew writer. Born in Orsha, Belorussia, he graduated from the University of Moscow as an engineer, and worked on railroad construction in Persia and Russia. He was among the early Ḥovevei Zion and a founder of the Benei Zion… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rabbinowitz, Israel Michael — (1818 93) French writer and scholar. He was born in Gorodets, Lithuania. He became a physician and settled in Paris, where he devoted himself to scholarship. He participated in the Kattowitz Conference of Hibbat Zion in 1884, and was head of… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
