Timeline


Rabbi Shneour Zalman: “The love of Zion must be a fire burning in the heart … a true Jew must go to Eretz-Israel, and if there are obstacles, he must overcome them all and go.” (Y. Ben-Ami)

Russian Jews of "White Russia" settle Holy Land as pioneers.

(1880 - 1890)

Jews fleeing persecution in Rumania and Russia come to Eretz Israel.  Baron Edmund de Rothschild helped settle a swarm of Jews, mainly from Rumania.  These also started colonies and sang around new Hebrew camp fires.

Theodore Herzl's publishings on "Zionism"