Israel Belkind | |
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| Born | 1861 |
| Died | 1929 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, writer and historian |
| Known for | Organizing the First Aliyah Designing the flag of Israel[1] |
Israel Belkind (Belarusian: Ізраэль Белкінд, Hebrew: ישראל בלקינד; 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.
- ^ Bar-Am, Aviva (26 April 2002). "The first families". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.