Ahad Ha'am, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ahad Ha'am

Hebrew essayist and thinker

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1856

Place of Birth: Skvyra, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1927

Profession: writer, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Ahad Ha'am

  • Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (Hebrew: ??? ???, lit.
  • 'one of the people', Genesis 26:10), was a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers.
  • He is known as the founder of cultural Zionism.
  • With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Israel, he confronted Theodor Herzl.
  • Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews".

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