Israel Belkind (Belarusian: Ізраэль Белкінд; 1861–1929) was a Jewish educator, author, writer, historian and founder of the Bilu movement. A pioneer of the First Aliyah, Belkind founded the Biluim, a group of Jewish idealists aspiring to settle in the Land of Israel with the political purpose to redeem Eretz Yisrael and re-establish the Jewish State on it.
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14 April 1861 Minsk, Belarus
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Died |
28 September 1929 (aged 68) Berlin, Germany
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Zodiac | Aries |
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