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Zionism & State-Building
ציונות ובניין הארץ
Ideologues, pioneers, institution-builders, and visionaries of modern Jewish national revival.
#12Tier I
Theodor Herzl
May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904The father of modern political Zionism, whose visionary diplomacy, organization, and unyielding will resurrected national Jewish sovereignty after 1,900 years of exile.
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#24Tier I
David Ben-Gurion
October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973The founding prime minister and architect of the State of Israel, who proclaimed independence, unified the armed forces, and built the national institutions of modern Jewish sovereignty.
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#25Tier I
Golda Meir
Historical –Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
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#27Tier II
Chaim Weizmann
1874 – 1952Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
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#59Tier II
Louis Brandeis
November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941The legendary "People’s Lawyer" and first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice, who created the constitutional right to privacy and pioneered legal realism.
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#115Tier III
Moses Hess
1812 – 1875German-Jewish philosopher and socialist (1812–1875)
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#118Tier III
Leon Pinsker
1821 – 1891Jewish scholar and writer (1821–1891)
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#121Tier III
Max Nordau
1849 – 1923Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)
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#123Tier III
David Wolffsohn
1855 – 1914Zionist activist (1855–1914)
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#124Tier III
Ahad Ha'am
1856 – 1927Hebrew-language essayist, poet, and critic of early Zionism (1856-1927)
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#125Tier III
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
1858 – 1922Jewish linguist and journalist (1858–1922)
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#126Tier III
Nahum Sokolow
1859 – 1936Hebrew journalist, editor, essayist, and political leader (1859–1936)
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#127Tier III
Israel Zangwill
1864 – 1926British author (1864–1926)
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#135Tier III
Haim Nahman Bialik
1873 – 1934Hebrew poet, author, and editor (1873–1934)
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#138Tier III
Arthur Ruppin
1876 – 1943German-Jewish Zionist (1876–1943)
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#139Tier III
Judah Magnes
1877 – 1948Jewish rabbi (1877-1948)
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#140Tier III
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
1879 – 1970Zionist leader among the Polish Jewry (1879–1970)
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#141Tier III
Pinhas Rutenberg
1879 – 1942Russian-Jewish engineer (1879–1942)
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#143Tier III
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
1880 – 1940Russian Revisionist Zionist leader (1880–1940)
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#144Tier III
Joseph Trumpeldor
1880 – 1920Russian Zionist activist (1880–1920)
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#152Tier III
Yosef Sprinzak
1885 – 1959Israeli politician (1885–1959)
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#153Tier III
Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
1886 – 1979Israeli author and educator (1886–1979)
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#154Tier III
Berl Katznelson
1887 – 1944Jewish intellectual (1887–1944)
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#156Tier III
Yitzhak Sadeh
1890 – 1952Israeli general (1890–1952)
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#160Tier III
Eliezer Kaplan
1891 – 1952Israeli politician (1891-1952)
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#162Tier III
Eliyahu Golomb
1893 – 1945Founder and commander of the Haganah (1893–1945)
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#166Tier III
Nahum Goldmann
1895 – 1982Founder and president of the World Jewish Congress (1895–1982)
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#168Tier III
Abba Ahimeir
1897 – 1962Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader (1897–1962)
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#173Tier III
Chaim Arlosoroff
1899 – 1933Labour Zionist politician in Mandatory Palestine (1899–1933)
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#177Tier III
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Historical –President of Israel from 1952 to 1963
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#220Tier III
Menachem Ussishkin
Historical –Russian-born Zionist leader
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#222Tier III
Berl Locker
Historical –Israeli politician
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#241Tier III
Moshe Sneh
Historical –Israeli politician
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#273Tier IV
Moshe Sharett
Historical –Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955
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#294Tier IV
Yitzhak Tabenkin
Historical –Israeli politician
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#296Tier IV
Abba Hillel Silver
Historical –American rabbi and Zionist leader
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#622Tier V
Henrietta Szold
Historical –American Zionist leader, political activist and editor
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#629Tier V
A. D. Gordon
Historical –Russian-Jewish philosopher, worker, and educator
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#634Tier V
Zalman Shazar
Historical –President of Israel from 1963 to 1973
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#981Tier V
Levi Eshkol
1963 – 1967Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969
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