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Sokolow was a prolific author and translator. His works include a three-volume history of Baruch Spinoza and his times, and various other biographies. He was the first to translate Theodor Herzl 's novel Altneuland into Hebrew, giving it the name Tel Aviv (literally, "An Ancient Hill of Spring"). Nahum Sokolow was a Jewish journalist and Zionist leader. Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Hebrew: נחום ט' סוקולוב Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov, Yiddish: סאָקאָלאָוו; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.
After his barmizwah (attainment of his religious majority—the age of thirteen) he was sent to a public school at Leipzig. Nahum Sokolow (born Feb. 3, 1861, Wyszogród, Pol., Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died May 17, 1936, London, Eng.) was a Jewish journalist and Zionist leader. The descendant of an ancient Polish rabbinical family, Sokolow became well known for his contributions to the Jewish press in Hebrew and other languages.
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Nahum Sokolow (born Feb. 3, , Wyszogród, Pol., Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died May 17, , London, Eng.) was a Jewish journalist and Zionist leader. The descendant of an ancient Polish rabbinical family, Sokolow became well known for his contributions to the Jewish press in Hebrew and other languages. Nahum Sokolow - Wikiwand articles Sokolow held this position from 1907-1909 but differences over the political nature of Wolffsohn's Zionism led to a rift between the two men. In 1911, under a new administration, Sokolow became responsible for the political portfolio and tried to win support for the Zionist idea in particular in the United States and in Britain.Nahum Sokolow - Wikipedia Sokolow was the founder and editor of the year-book Ha-Asif, and of its successor, the "Sefer ha-Shanah," which appeared in Warsaw from 1899 to 1902. He edited the "Sefer Zikkaron" (Warsaw, 1890), a biographical dictionary of contemporary Jewish writers, which appeared as a supplement to "Ha-Asif"; and "Toledot Sifrut Yisrael," a Hebrew.Ha-Asif - Wikipedia Sokolow turned "HaTzefirah" into a daily newspapar with wide circulation. At the outbreak of World War-1 Sokolow moved to England. Historian Martin Kramer argues that securing the assent of Britain's French and American Allies and of the Vatican, which controlled many Christian Holy Sites in the Land of Israel, was a necessary precondition for. History of Zionism, by Nahum Sokolow | A Project Gutenberg eBook
Nahum Sokolow was born in Wyszogrod, Russian Poland in and received a traditional Jewish education. In secular subjects he was an autodidact specializing in languages and literature. He spoke German, French, Spanish and Italian as well as English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish and Russian.
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Sokolow was the founder and editor of the year-book Ha-Asif, and of its successor, the "Sefer ha-Shanah," which appeared in Warsaw from to
Nahum Sokolow - Wikiwand
Sokolow was an author and historian. His works include a three-volume history of Baruch Spinoza and his times, and various other biographies. [Baruch Spinoza () had been one of the pioneers of Biblical Criticism. Nahum Sokolow | Zionist, Historian, Translator | Britannica
SOKOLOW, NAHUM (–), Hebrew writer, pioneer in modern Hebrew journalism, and president of the World Zionist Organization. Sokolow was born in Wyszogrod, near Plock, Poland, into a family with deep roots in Poland that had produced many rabbis and public figures. Sokolow: England and the Bible. -
Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Hebrew: נחום ט' סוקולוב Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov, Yiddish: סאָקאָלאָוו; 10 January – 17 May ) was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.