About
Born in Odessa into a middle-class Jewish family, Vladimir Jabotinsky studied law in Rome while working as a press correspondent. The 1903 Kishinev pogrom propelled him into active Zionism. He co-founded the Zion Mule Corps and persuaded the British to form the Jewish Legion during World War I. Founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement (1925) and the Betar youth movement, he advocated a maximalist Jewish state on both banks of the Jordan. A polyglot writer, he authored the essay 'The Iron Wall' and novels such as Samson the Nazarite and The Five. He died in the United States in 1940.
* 1880-10-09 — † 1940-08-03
Major works
- Samson the Nazarite (1927)novel
- The Five (1936)novel
- The Iron Wall (1923)essay
Key milestones
- 1925Founded the Revisionist Zionist movement (Hatzohar).
- 1937Became head of the Irgun Zvai Leumi.
- 1964His remains were reinterred at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
Themes
Revisionist ZionismJewish self-defenseMaximalist Jewish stateJewish identity and assimilationJewish cultural heritage
Sources: en.jabotinsky.org · britannica.com · encyclopedia.yivo.org