- Jacob de Haas
Jacob de Haas (1872 – 1937) was an
UK Chassidic Jew, a journalist and an early leader of theZionist movement.De Haas was the secretary of the
First Zionist Congress and he introducedTheodor Herzl to the UK in the "Jewish World ".He moved to the
USA in 1902. Theodor Herzl, had suggested to Richard Gottheil that he hire de Haas as the new secretary of theFederation of American Zionists (FAZ) to replaceStephen Samuel Wise . De Haas assumed the leadership of the fragmented American Zionist movement. One of his best known accomplishments was his befriending ofLouis Brandeis , the best known, and admired secular Jew in America. De Haas introduced Brandeis to the ideas of Theodor Herzl and ideals of Zionism. After a relatively short period of examination and self-examination, Louis Brandeis became an ardent, committed Zionist in 1908. More importantly, Brandeis, would head the FAZ and the American Zionist movement by 1912. [ [http://www.jewishmag.com/118mag/richard_gottheil/richard_gottheil.htm] Richard Gottheil, the Reluctant Father of American Zionism]Literary works
* an editor of the "
Jewish World " (1892-1900), atLondon
* an editor of the "Jewish Advocate (or TheBoston Jewish Advocate )" (1908-1918), atBoston References
External links
* [http://www.gis.net/bostonwalks/brandeis.html Louis Dembitz Brandeis Boston Homes by Michael Alan Ross ] at www.gis.net; About him on The
Jewish Encyclopedia : [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=75&letter=F "Federation of American Zionists"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=307&letter=J "(The) Jewish World"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=306&letter=J "(The) Jewish World, or Die Yiddishe Welt"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=15&letter=M "(The) Maccabaean"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=199&letter=P "Periodicals"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=132&letter=Z "Zionism"] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=2089&letter=A "Atlanta"]
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