Summary
Zionist activist who, in Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, co-founded Sha’are Zion with Davis Trietsch in 1898 to promote settlement in countries adjacent to Palestine, and joined the unprompted 1902 Berlin committee for the exploration of Palestine (PDF p.124, p.130).
Details
- Sha’are Zion [The Gates of Zion] preceded the Jewish Orient Colonization Society; its name announced settlement not in Palestine proper but in its vicinity, Trietsch’s “Greater Palestine” (PDF p.124, p.145-146).
Related pages
Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, Davis Trietsch, Jewish Orient Colonization Society, Greater Palestine